Jefferson County News

Informational fliers and photos are being distributed outside the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department to renew attention on two separate missing persons cases that have confounded eastern Missouri.

The Jefferson County Planning and Zoning Commission was considering Thursday night whether to recommend a rezoning that would allow construction of a Hindu temple, education center and more than 100 adjoining ...

A rural part of Jefferson County could be the new home for a Hindu temple and spiritual retreat.

Savvy home buyers and residents have long taken it on themselves to do a little amateur sleuthing, checking on the quality of schools, crime rates - even searching the Internet to see if a sex offender lives in ...

Two men were killed in separate car accidents in Jefferson and St. Louis counties Saturday.

The clock is ticking. Members of the Jefferson County Charter Commission say people interested in commenting on the charter and, possibly, getting changes made to it have only a little more than a week to do ...

A charity barbecue will help pay medical bills for a Jefferson County teenager seriously hurt in an ATV accident that killed her 5-year-old sister.

If you haven't heard anything lately about the effort to incorporate the town of Sugar Creek Hills, that's because those behind it are taking a different approach this time around.

A plan is in the works that could make Jefferson County a major regional shipping point on the Mississippi River.

A Jefferson County man is expected to be sentenced next month to seven years in prison for a 2006 fatal crash in Franklin County in which three people died.

There's a controversy brewing in Jefferson County about the proposed use of a large section of land in House Springs.

A Jefferson County woman is trying to get a new animal shelter built in Jefferson County.

A 5-year-old girl is dead and her 15 year-old sister is injured after an ATV accident in Jefferson County.

Dan Francis, the former owner of the Lt. Robert E. Lee riverboat and other Jefferson County businesses, pleaded guilty July 29 to two felony charges.

A 5-year-old Hillsboro girl was killed Thursday afternoon when the ATV she was riding with her half-sister crashed into a tree.

A 5-year-old girl was killed and her 15-year-old half sister was seriously injured around 1 p.m. Thursday when the ATV they were riding slammed into a tree in Jefferson County.

A five-year-old girl died after an accident in Jefferson County Thursday afternoon involving an all-terrain vehicle.

A 5-year-old eastern Missouri girl is dead after an all-terrain vehicle accident.

The message was short. Simple. And came in a dream when Bertha Propst needed to hear it the most.

At the beginning of 2009, Jefferson County will be home to a new fire protection district.