PERRYVILLE – A Perryville police sergeant is being called a hero for going into a burning apartment twice, without any protective gear, to rescue a mid-40s woman from a fire at the Creekwood Apartments Building E at 1501 Alma Avenue in Perryville Sunday night. Assistant Perryville Fire Chief Bill Jones called Sgt. Garrett Schott’s […]
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STE. GENEVIEVE – The Sainte Genevieve Museum Learning Center has opened a new display, and at the heart of the display are three well-known physicians that practiced in Ste. Genevieve over 60 years ago–Doctors Gerald DeGenova, Reed Marts and Joseph Lutkewitte. These three physicians, along with some very motivated residents, started a grass-roots effort to
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Sr. Michaeline Ryan, ASC, 90, of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ, passed away at 4:08 pm, Thursday, June 30, 2022 at the Benedictine Living Community at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows, Belleville, Illinois. She had been professed for 62 years. Sr. Michaeline (baptized Theresa) was born to the late
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James “Jimmy” Fischer 59 years old of Sainte Genevieve, passed away Friday, July 1, 2022 at Missouri Baptist Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. He was born July 16, 1962 in Perryville, Mo. He married Diane (Wester) Fischer on October 19, 2002. He is survived by: Wife, Diane Fischer of Sainte Genevieve, MO;
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Betty I. Deterding, 84, of Red Bud, Illinois, passed away at 8:55 am, Saturday, July 2, 2022 at her residence. She was born to the late Frank and Clara (nee DeRousse) Kempfer on August 31, 1937, in Modoc, Illinois. Betty married Paul Deterding on September 3, 1956 at St. Leo’s Catholic Church in
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By Jason Smith, member of Congress In June, the U.S. Supreme Court issued one of its most consequential and long-waited decisions when it announced its ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. That day – June 24, 2022 – marked a historic moment in the decades-long fight to protect the unborn. In Dobbs, the Court
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SPRINGFIELD – Ahead of the Fourth of July Holiday weekend, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is reminding those who are grilling out or packing a picnic to protect their family and friends by following proven safety tips to reduce the chance of spoiling the holiday by contracting a food-borne illness. In addition,
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CHESTER – The Chester City Council meets Tuesday. The meeting is open to the public. The tentative agenda: CHESTER, ILLINOIS CITY COUNCIL AGENDA Tuesday, July 5, 2022 I. CALL TO ORDER II. ROLL CALL III. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE READING OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
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STE. GENEVIEVE – The minutes of the Monday, June 27, 2022 meeting of the Ste. Genevieve County Commission have been released. SG COUNTY MINUTES 062722
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JEFFERSON CITY — The number of new COVID-19 cases continues to climb in the state of Missouri. The CDC reports the number of new confirmed and probable cases in Missouri for the past seven days was 12,174 up 1,617 or 15 percent more than the previous week’s increase. Missouri hotspots There were 14
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