July 2022

Riverside Regional Library announces calendar events for August 2022

JACKSON – The Riverside Regional Library has announced its events for the month of August.   For more information about these events call the library system at 573 243-8141.   The library system includes branches in Perryville and Altenburg. In Perryville at 800 City Park Drive, phone 573 547-6508 and in Altenburg at 66 Poplar […]

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Saving Children from Traffickers

By Holly Thompson Rehder, Missouri State Senator Early in June of this year, federal authorities arrested 32 individuals in Missouri and Kansas and charged them with sexual trafficking offenses, including crimes involving sexual activity with minor children. While the arrests were shocking, they were not necessarily surprising. Missouri has earned an unfortunate reputation as a

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Sips, stars and meteors program set for Aug. 12 at Washington State Park

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Guests at Washington State Park are invited to join a special overnight opportunity to view the Perseids meteor shower beginning Friday, Aug. 12. For this overnight event, guests will camp in the park’s Big River Day-Use Area near shelter 32. From 6 to 9 p.m., interpretive team members from the park will

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Tourism Tax, Tourism Advisory Council minutes released

STE. GENEVIEVE – The minutes of the Tuesday, July 19, 2022 meeting of the Ste. Genevieve Tourism Tax Commission and Tourism Advisory Council combined regular meeting have been released.   A video of the meeting is available at: https://youtu.be/tfldJpkDibg   MINUTES OF THE STE. GENEVIEVE TOURISM TAX COMMISSION AND TOURISM ADVISORY COUNCIL  REGULAR MEETING STE. 

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Wagner: Chips production is good, but not when it makes Biden’s recession worse

WASHINGTON, D.C.  –  Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO), Chair of the House Suburban Caucus, released the following statement on the Chips package: “It was confirmed this morning that Joe Biden and his tax and spend policies have thrown the US into a recession, costing Missouri families more at the pump and the grocery store.  It is utterly

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Zoning Laws and Urban Planning Protecting Park Areas

by Matt Ankney Ste. Genevieve County does not have any zoning laws around Hawn State Park; this makes it really easy to install a mine in the scenic, pastoral Highway 32 corridor. I recently returned from Boulder, Colorado, an amazing city where people really want to live for several reasons. What makes this city extremely

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Elmer Joseph Morgan

Elmer Joseph Morgan, 91, of Perryville, Missouri passed away Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at Garden Place Senior Living in Columbia, IL. He was born March 29, 1931 in Perryville, MO to William “Robert” & Grace (Cissell) Morgan. He retired after 25 years at Lincoln Engineering in St. Louis, MO. He was a member of Christ

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