April 2022

CGS Band and Chorus get top honors at Organizational Contest

By Jim Beers, Contributing Writer    CHESTER – The Chester Grade School Band and Chorus accomplished something this spring that no other CGS Band and Chorus has ever accomplished. Both musical groups earned top honors at the 2022 Illinois Grade School Music Association (IGSMA) Organizational Contest. The Chester Grade School Chorus, under the direction of […]

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Billings, Montana man hurt in I-55 crash in Perry County

JEFFERSON CITY — A 71-year-old Billings, Montana man suffered minor injuries in a traffic crash on I-55 in Perry County Tuesday morning.   The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports Howard J. Moore was taken to Perry County Memorial Hospital by ambulance.   The patrol says Moore was the driver of a southbound 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer

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Mildred  Hall

A funeral will be held Friday, April 22, 2022 for 75-year-old Mildred  Hall of Saint Mary, Mo. who passed away Sunday, April 17, 2022 at home.   She was born August 2, 1946 in Ste. Genevieve, Mo., the daughter of James C. Madison and Omelia (White) Madison who both preceded her in death.   She

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Two SGHS FCCLA members qualify for national competition, again

STE. GENEVIEVE – Two members of the Ste. Genevieve High School Family, Career and Consumer Leaders of America (FCCLA) have qualified for the national competition held in San Diego, California during the summer. Seniors Drew Newman and Maria Kemper researched mental health self-care and then created a video about their topic for the Digital Stories

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SG R-II administrators will represent MOASSP Southeast Region

STE. GENEVIEVE – Two administrators in the Ste. Genevieve R-II School District have been selected to represent the Southeast Region of MOASSP (Missouri Association of Secondary School Principals) for the 2022-2023 school year.   Ste. Genevieve Middle School Assistant Principal Kristen Huffman will be the Southeast Region Middle-Level Representative next year, and Ste. Genevieve High

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Perry/Ste. Genevieve Counties will get a new MSHP trooper

JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri State Highway Patrol Superintendent, Colonel Eric T. Olson, has announced that 10 troopers will graduate from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy on Friday, April 29, 2022 and one of them will be coming to the Perry/Ste. Genevieve Zone of Troop C.   Jake R. Stombaugh is from Taylorville, Ill.   He

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