December 2021

Beta Delta Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma welcomes new teachers

CHESTER — A total of 19 “Welcome to Teaching” bags or baskets filled with assorted classroom supplies, snacks and personal items were presented to first-year teachers at all Randolph County schools by Beta Delta Chapter members of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International.   The useful containers were presented to welcome the teachers to their new careers […]

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MSHP: Eight traffic fatalities over Christmas Holiday

JEFFERSON CITY —  Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, provides the following preliminary statistics related to the Christmas holiday weekend: Eight people died in traffic crashes during the 78-hour counting period, which began at 6 p.m. Thursday, December 23, 2021, and ended at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, December 26, 2021. 2021

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Omicron variant arrives in Perryville

JEFFERSON CITY – The Omicron variant of the SARS COV 2 virus has turned up in samples taken from the Perryville wastewater treatment plant for the first time since the variant was first discovered in southern Africa. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reports more than half of community sewershed samples tested from

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PSC sets intervention deadline in Spire Missouri, Inc. infrastructure surcharge request

JEFFERSON CITY—Spire Missouri, Inc. (Spire) has filed an application with the Missouri Public Service Commission seeking to adjust the infrastructure system replacement surcharge (ISRS) on the bills of its Spire East and Spire West natural gas customers.   The surcharge first appeared on Spire East and Spire West customer bills in 2004.   Spire seeks

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Tips for holiday recycling

JEFFERSON CITY — The end of another holiday season means it will soon be time to start taking down holiday decorations. As Missourians start this often bittersweet task, they often wonder how to properly dispose of Christmas trees, strands of old lights, gift packaging and other items, including broken or unwanted electronics. The Missouri Department of Natural

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Two Ste. Gen students named to Columbia College dean’s list

COLUMBIA – Two Ste. Genevieve students attending Columbia College have been named to its dean’s list for the Fall 2021 Semester (August-December, 2021.) Kimberly Brewer and Lindsey Meyer, are both online students. To be named to the dean’s list, a student must have completed 12 semester hours in a 16-week period and achieved a minimum GPA

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Larry H. Ebers

A funeral will be held Thursday, December 30, 2021 for 71-year-old Larry H. Ebers of Red Bud, Illinois, who passed away at 8:10 am, Sunday, December 26, 2021 at St. Luke’s DesPeresHospital, St. Louis, Mo.   He was born May 2, 1950 in Chester, Ill., the son of Harold and Virginia (nee Mayer) Ebers who

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