February 2022

MSHP reports

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released its latest reports.   Arrested were:   24-year-old Jarrad C. Carroll of Florissant at 7:24 p.m. Saturday in Ste. Genevieve County on a warrant out of St. Charles County for failure to appear on a charge of failure to display plates on a motor vehicle.

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Robert H. Mueller 

A funeral will be held Saturday, February 19, 2022 for 100-year-old Robert H. Mueller, of Chester, Illinois, who passed away at 9:52 pm, Wednesday, February 9, 2022 at Memorial Hospital, Chester, Illinois. He was born July 14, 1921 in Chester, the son of Henry O. and Josephine (nee Bollman) Mueller, who both preceded him in

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Chester CUSD No. 139 Board of Education meets Wednesday

CHESTER — A regular meeting of the Chester Community Unit School District No. 139 Board of Education will be held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, February 16, 2022 in the High School Family and Consumer Science Classroom located at 1901 Swanwick Street, Chester. The meeting is open to the public. The tentative agenda: CHESTER BOE AGENDA

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Chester Grade School presents Character Awards

CHESTER — The following Chester Grade School students received awards Friday for demonstrating the character trait of the month, “Self-Management Skills”. (Front row, from left): Weylyn Quintana, Saige Peters, Ava Johanning, Lydia Miller, and Allie Kempfer, (back row), Kinlee Roscow, Ella Newton, Jude Medrano, Reed Fricke, Liam Welborn, Calvin Marshall, and Brendon Essman. Jim Beers Photo 

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In Their Own Words

By Jason Smith, member of Congress This week, the Department of Labor reported that the consumer price index, the measurement of inflation, hit a 40-year high when it came in at 7.5 percent. The numbers shocked many and outpaced even the most dire predictions from economists.   Unfortunately, this comes as no surprise to working-class

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