Festus

Ameren Missouri announced it will close its Rush Island coal plant in Festus over the next few years

Twenty years ago, the flood of 1993 changed lives up and down the Mississippi and Missouri rivers.Fifty-five thousand homes and 33,000 businesses were…

The postmaster of the suburban St. Louis town of Festus has been sentenced to two years in prison for her role in a scheme that defrauded the Postal…

View Larger MapThe postmaster in the eastern Missouri town of Festus has been convicted of two felony counts.The U.S. Attorney's Office in St. Louis said…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 31, 2009 - When William Curtis Sleeper listed his Festus cave home on eBay last winter -- asking…