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The mild-mannered chief of Big River/Bonne Terre Fire Department, Dave Pratte, is issuing a friendly holiday fund-raising challenge just in ti…
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Perhaps the longest-running Christmas Parade in St. Francois County, Bonne Terre Chamber of Commerce’s theme for the Dec. 6 festivities will b…
The truck belongs to one of the firefighter's brothers, who declined to be identified. Pratte says it still drives, the brother uses it to haul hay.
The front of the old Chevy is festooned with lights and a wreath.
They don't make them any more with starter buttons, chokes, and floor buttons for the headlights.
The font of the lettering shows the age of the sturdy old truck.
Young cowboys and cowgirls will want to saddle up for their photo taken with the 3800 Chevy sitting in front of the Bonne Terre fire station o…
Dave Pratte, chief of Big River/Bonne Terre Fire Department, opens the door to a 3800 Chevy five-window he and the other firefighters hope peo…
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Those who are nostalgic for old-time — really old-time — Christmases will want to visit the French Colonial town of Ste. Genevieve this weekend.
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Local legislators say they’re willing to accept the Missouri House and Senate district maps that result from the federal census-driven redistr…