April 2022

Chester High School NHS raises $1200 for Randolph County Humane Society

CHESTER – The Chester High School National Honor Society recently held a fundraiser for the Randolph County Humane Society.   The NHS sold Butter Braids and raised more than $1,200. Pictured here with the check are NHS members: (front row, left to right): Emma Bryant, Savanna Guebert, Cami Schroder, Alex Hennrich, Reese McCormick, Anna Childs, […]

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Bloomsdale women hurt in Hwy 61 crash in Ste. Gen Co.

JEFFERSON CITY — Two Bloomsdale women were hurt in a traffic crash on Highway 61 in Ste. Genevieve County Thursday afternoon.   The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports 27-year-old Kayli R. Arnold and 56-year-old Tammly L. Arnold were taken to Ste. Genevieve County Memorial Hospital for treatment of minor injuries.   The patrol says the

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Marlene D. Seymour

Marlene D. Seymour, 89, of Chester, Illinois, passed away Wednesday, April 6, 2022 at Randolph County Care Center, Sparta, Illinois. She was born to the late Joseph A. and Beulah E. (nee Neace) Seymour on August 30, 1932 in Chester, Illinois. She graduated from Chester High School in 1950 and was a long time Chesterite. She

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Ste. Genevieve man hurt in Lawrenceton Cut-off crash

JEFFERSON CITY — A 24-year-old Ste. Genevieve man was hurt in a traffic crash on Lawrenceton Cut-off Road in Ste. Genevieve County Thursday morning.   The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports Jeremy Gore was taken to Mercy Hospital South by ambulance for treatment of moderate injuries.   The patrol says Gore was the unrestrained driver

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SIU Carbondale adjusts spring commencement exercises

CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois University Carbondale has changed spring 2022 commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 7. There will now be two, rather than three, commencement ceremonies at Banterra Center that day. Commencement for the SIU School of Law will still be on Friday, May 6, in Shryock Auditorium. The revised schedule for the colleges

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Recovering America’s Wildlife Act passes out of Senate committee

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (Mo.) and Martin Heinrich (N.M.) have announced that their bipartisan Recovering America’s Wildlife Act is one step closer to becoming law.   The landmark conservation legislation was voted out of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) Thursday with bipartisan support. The legislation now heads to the Senate floor

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