October 2021

MoDHSS reports Perry, Ste. Gen Co. COVID numbers

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has released its latest COVID-19 report for Ste. Genevieve and Perry Counties. The Department reports Ste. Genevieve County has had 24 new confirmed and probable cases in the seven days ending October 2, 2021 and no new deaths for a total of 2,323 confirmed […]

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Mo releases September 2021 General Revenue Report

JEFFERSON CITY — State Budget Director Dan Haug announced Tuesday that net general revenue collections for September 2021 increased 16.3 percent compared to those for September 2020, from $944.5 million last year to $1.10 billion this year. Net general revenue collections for 2022 fiscal year-to-date decreased 10.6 percent compared to September 2020, from $3.09 billion

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Firm seeks rezoning from residential to heavy industrial

STE. GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve Planning and Zoning Commission will meet Thursday at 6 p.m. in the city hall board room to consider the rezoning of an address on Coyne Street. The proposal would change the property at 175 Coyne Street from Single Family Residential to Heavy Industrial. Letters notifying nearby property owners of

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Drive-thru drug take-back events planned

STE. GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve Community Services Forum will be conducting two drive-thru drug take-back events this month. Drug take-back events allow people to safely and anonymously dispose of prescription drugs, such as opioids. With the opioid crisis impacting multiple aspects of many Americans’ lives, it takes a comprehensive approach to address this epidemic. 

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Blunt comments on NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins

WASHINGTON – Tuesday, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.), the top Republican on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, released following thestatement on National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Francis Collins’ announcement that he will step down by the end of the year: “Dr. Collins is the

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Marilyn T. Kassel

A funeral will be held Saturday, October 9, 2021 for 87-year-old Marilyn T. Kassel of Saint Louis, Missouri who passed away Friday, October 1, 2021 at Mercy Hospital South in St. Louis, Mo. She was born November 2, 1933 in Perryville, Mo., the daughter of Martin R. and Dorothy M. (Springer) Thompson. She married Harry

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Marilyn Ann Weisbrod

A funeral will be held Thursday, October 7, 2021 for 88-year-old Marilyn Ann Weisbrod of Perryville, Missouri who passed away Saturday, October 2, 2021 at her residence. She was born February 11, 1933 in St. Louis, Mo. the daughter of Oscar F. and Clara C. (Triller) Weisbrod, who both preceded her in death. Survivors include

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Margaret Jean Hunt

A funeral will be held Saturday, October 9, 2021 for 90-year-old Margaret Jean Hunt of Perryville, Missouri who passed away Friday, October 1, 2021 at her home in Perryville. She was born June 16, 1931 in St. Mary, Missouri the daughter of George F. and Stella E. (Gibbar) Mattingly. She and Leslie A. Hunt Jr.

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James ‘Jim’ D. Taylor

A funeral was held today, October 5, 2021 for 95-year-old James “Jim” D. Taylor of Perryville, Missouri who passed away Thursday, September 30, 2021 at Independence Care Center in Perryville. He was born January 12, 1926 in Alton, Missouri to Ambrose Leander and Mary Nancy (Roberts) Taylor, who both preceded him in death. He and

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