Lightning strike causes barn fire

Corey Saathoff- April 29, 2017

The Maeystown and Valmeyer fire departments responded about 12:30 p.m. Saturday to the 3800 block of Bluff Road for a barn on fire due to a probable lightning strike.

Corey Saathoff

Corey is the editor of the Republic-Times. He has worked at the newspaper since 2004, and currently resides in Columbia. He is also the principal singer-songwriter and plays guitar in St. Louis area country-rock band The Trophy Mules.