June 2022

Perryville Police report

PERRYVILLE – The Perryville Police Department has released its latest reports. 57-year-old Jeffrey W. Grissom was charged with trespassing in the 100 block of Zeno Street. 20-year-old Exavier D. Edward of DuQuoin was charged with driving while revoked or suspended and speeding. The charges followed a traffic stop on South Perryville Boulevard at 8:15 p.m.

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River Region students earn degrees at commencement

FAYETTE, Mo. — More than 500 Central Methodist University earned degrees this spring, with graduates from the Fayette and statewide campuses, as well as online, walked across the commencement stage in May. Graduates were recognized for academic honors at the ceremony and were treated to a commencement address by former Missouri judge and lawmaker Ted

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Saluki female aviators look to continue SIU’s strong Air Race Classic performances

By Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois University Carbondale senior Wendy Elliott was 12 years old when she realized she wanted to follow a path blazed decades earlier by famed aviator Amelia Earhart and other female pilots. After joining the Civil Air Patrol to follow her brother, John, Elliott, who is from Boulder, Colorado,

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Blunt votes in favor of historic, bipartisan bill to ensure health care & benefits for toxic-exposed veterans

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) released the following statement applauding Senate passage of the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act of 2022. The bill passed the Senate by a vote of 84-14, with Blunt voting in favor of the legislation. “Toxic-exposed veterans may not develop an illness

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