August 2022

National Preparedness Month: Red Cross urges everyone to get ready now for emergencies

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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — People everywhere are feeling the impacts of climate change with more frequent and intense weather events threatening our communities. September is National Preparedness Month and the American Red Cross of Central and Northern Missouri urges everyone to get ready for these emergencies now. Just last year, more than 40% of Americans […]

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New student loan repayment program launches for community behavioral health care professionals

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CHICAGO – The Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) has launched the application for a student loan repayment assistance program to support qualified mental health and substance abuse professionals.   The Community Behavioral Health Care Professional Loan Repayment Program is designed as an incentive for recruitment and retention of those who practice in underserved or rural

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Perryville Police reports

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PERRYVILLE — The Perryville Police Department has released its latest reports. 27-year-old Daniel Walter Lee Radford of Ste. Genevieve was cited for driving while suspended at 7:43 a.m. on the southbound I-55 off-ramp. The arrest followed a traffic stop near the 129 mile marker. 43-year-old Joshua David Woodfin of Washington was charged with possession of

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Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff’s Office report

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STE. GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff’s Office has released its report for the week ending August 19.   Arrested Person: 6  (The individuals listed below have been formally charged all other individuals cannot be listed at this time) Alarm Activation: 4 Animal Control: 11 Assault: Assist Other Agency: 3 Brush Fire: Burglary: 1 Careless

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CEC believes bird or ‘sky lantern’ may have caused three-hour outage Monday

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PERRYVILLE – Citizens Electric Corporation (CEC) experienced an outage lasting nearly three hours Monday morning affecting over 1,700 members in Perryville. One of the members affected was Donze Communications’ radio station KSGM transmitter near Brewer. Employees of Citizens Electric witnessed loud noises and bright flashes in the St. Joe substation around 7A.M., just before the outage occurred.  Operations crews and

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Ethan Stumpe receives Methodist scholarships

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By Jim Beers, Contributing Writer CHESTER — Chester High School 2022 graduate, Ethan Stumpe, is the recipient of both the Chester United Methodist Men’s and Chester United Methodist Women’s College Scholarships.  Both awards are $750.00 each and are good for the 2022-23 school year.   Stumpe is the son of Jennifer Cartwright and Scott Stumpe. 

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Governor Parson issues special session call for historic tax cut, critical agriculture tax credits

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo – On Monday, during a press conference at the State Capitol, Governor Mike Parson announced that he has issued the official call for a special session to make historic income tax cuts and extend key agriculture tax credit programs for a minimum of six years. The General Assembly will meet in Jefferson

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Hearing on grid resilience formula funding application

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JEFFERSON CITY, MO – The Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Energy will hold a public hearing via Webex from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, to provide opportunity for comment regarding the department’s application for grid resilience formula funding under Section 40101(d) of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.   To join the

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Lawsuit brought by Missouri, coalition of states against suboxone maker cleared to proceed

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced Monday that the Court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has ruled that his office and a coalition of forty-two states can proceed with their litigation against the makers of Suboxone, Indivior, Inc. The states allege that Indivior, Inc. used illegal means to switch the Suboxone

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