May 2022

Chester Grade School graduates 80 eighth graders

By Jim Beers, Contributing Writer    CHESTER – After a last-minute delay due to the devastating straight-line winds that tore through Chester just prior to the original graduation ceremony Thursday May 19th, Chester Grade School was able to hold a rescheduled graduation ceremony Sunday May 22 at 7:00 p.m. CGS Valedictorian Erin Ann Liefer presents

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ISP plans checkpoints in Alexander, Massac, Alexander and Johnson Counties

ULLIN – Motorists heading south from the River Region in southern Illinois, need to be careful next month.   Illinois State Police (ISP) District 22 Commander, Captain Michael Alvey, announces the ISP will conduct Roadside Safety Checks (RSCs) in Alexander, Massac and Union Counties, an Alcohol Countermeasure Enforcement (ACE) in Alexander County and Nighttime Enforcement

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MSHP reports

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released its latest reports. 31-year-old Rachel L. Ferguson of Bloomsdale was arrested Saturday, May 28 at 8:57 p.m. on a Jefferson County warrant for DWI and probation violation. She was being held in the Ste. Genevieve County JaIl pending the posting of bond. 23-year-old Laura E.

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Nature’s Impact on Mental Health event June 11 in Lebanon

JEFFERSON CITY – Don’t miss Nature’s Impact on Mental Health. This family-friendly event will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 11 at The Exchange at Wall Street Cattle Co. in Lebanon, Missouri.   This free event is cosponsored by the National Alliance on Mental Illness Lebanon, Missouri State Parks, Missouri Department of

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The Formula for a Crisis

Jason Smith, member of Congress Across America parents of newborns are scrambling because infant formula has to be rationed – if it’s available at all. It’s unthinkable to me that this could be happening in present-day America, and yet here we are. But would you believe me if I told you that this latest crisis

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