JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. – A Tennessee toddler was killed in a single-vehicle crash early Sunday morning in south Jefferson County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s crash report, the crash happened at 4:40 a.m. on northbound Interstate 55 at mile marker 168.4. The highway patrol claims a 2024 Kia Forte struck an object or […]
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Burglars bear crawl into Jefferson County pharmacy, leave empty-handed
IMPERIAL, Mo. – The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office confirmed two burglars targeted a pharmacy in Imperial early Monday morning, breaking through a ground-level window and bear crawling their way to the pharmacy before running off. Deputies say it happened around 4 a.m. at the Pharmax Pharmacy on Main Street in Imperial. The pharmacy tells FOX […]
Construction begins at deadly Jefferson County intersection
Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) contractors have begun construction on a project aimed at saving lives at what some Jefferson County emergency responders say is by far the deadliest single intersection in the area. Dave Beachy, chief of the nearby Hillcrest Fire Department, said that he has begun to loathe the tone for a motor […]
Parts of Dane, Jefferson, Dodge and Green counties under tornado warning. Much of southern Wisconsin under tornado watch
A tornado warning is in effect in several parts of southern Wisconsin Saturday evening after a tornado was spotted near Watertown, while other parts of southern Wisconsin remain under a tornado watch until 10 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. A tornado warning is in effect until 8 p.m. Saturday for northeastern Jefferson and […]
Parts of Dane, Jefferson, Dodge and Green counties under tornado warning. Much of southern Wisconsin under tornado watch
A tornado warning is in effect in several parts of southern Wisconsin Saturday evening after a tornado was spotted near Watertown, while other parts of southern Wisconsin remain under a tornado watch until 10 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. A tornado warning is in effect until 7:45 p.m. Saturday for east central Dane, […]
The hollow malevolence of Jefferson Davis
Even Jim Crow Alabama couldn’t muster any enthusiasm for Jefferson Davis. When an Alabama House representative filed a bill in 1900 to make his birthday a holiday, the Birmingham Post-Herald called it “an event which the general public does not remember and has no wish to be reminded of.” “Vast numbers of Southerners do not […]
Strong investments lead to funding for playground installation in Jefferson
Jun. 5—JEFFERSON — Rising interest incomes for the village will offset the cost of reassembling a playground at Giddings Park. Village Council approved a change of expenditures to allow rising investment revenues to pay for the re-construction of a donated playground from the Jefferson Area Local Schools. “There will be no direct money from the […]
Stolen truck crashes after police chase ends in Jefferson County
IMPERIAL, Mo. — A police chase ends in a Jefferson County crash. Officers are at an apartment complex on Westward Trails Drive, where a red pickup truck is behind a building. That is the stolen vehicle the police were chasing. Bullet holes can be seen on the driver’s side of the vehicle. Shots were fired […]
Modest growth in St. Charles, Lincoln and Jefferson counties
MISSOURI – Far suburbs and exurbs of the St. Louis region continue to see growth, while St. Louis County and St. Louis City both continue to drop in population, according to new Census estimates released this week. Census reports modest growth in St. Charles, Lincoln and Jefferson counties from July 2022 to July 2023: St. […]
Thomas Jefferson University apologizes after commencement mispronunciations go viral
Thomas Jefferson University is apologizing after the names of some graduates from the nursing program were unrecognizably pronounced at their commencement, as seen in videos from the ceremony that have since gone viral. The mispronunciations at the Jefferson College of Nursing commencement ceremony, which occurred Thursday, according to the university’s website, were attributed to the […]
Columbus officer shot; possibly related to shooter at Amazon facility in West Jefferson
A Columbus police officer and another person were injured Sunday evening after a shooting on the Far West Side of the city, the second shooting involving police in as many days. The shooting occurred around 6:15 p.m. near the intersection of Georgesville and Clime roads. Brian Toth, executive vice president for the Fraternal Order of […]
Thomas Jefferson University apologizes for viral mispronunciations of graduates’ names
Thomas Jefferson University is apologizing after the names of some graduates from the nursing program were unrecognizably pronounced at their commencement, as seen in videos from the ceremony that have since gone viral. The mispronunciations at the Jefferson College of Nursing commencement ceremony, which occurred May 9, according to the university’s website, were attributed to […]