October 2022

Missouri REALTORS® Market Statistics Report

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Missouri REALTORS® is pleased to share with you a monthly statistics report highlighting the Missouri real estate market for the month of September, including third-quarter results.   In September, Missouri REALTORS® sold 7,609 residential properties. Of those sales, the average residential property sold for $287,227. Compared to the average sale price of $265,715 in […]

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Mountain lion struck and killed by vehicle on Illinois interstate

​SPRINGFIELD – A mountain lion (Puma concolor – cougar) was struck and killed by a vehicle on Interstate 88 in DeKalb County on Sunday, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources officials announced yesterday.The animal was transferred by the Illinois State Police to an Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) wildlife biologist and has been delivered to

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Opinion: Conflagrations

By Jim Martin The word occurred to me this morning in light of a multiplying deluge of overwhelming & prodigiously consequential nationwide & worldwide events in recent days, weeks, months & years, brought to mind by something that occurred in my backyard yesterday afternoon as I absentmindedly awaited the beautiful, long anticipated & hopefully drought

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Perryville man unhurt in three-vehicle crash on I-55 in Jefferson County

JEFFERSON CITY – A 38-year-old Perryville man escaped without injury a three-vehicle crash on I-55 in Jefferson County late Monday afternoon.The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports Lucas J. Bollinger was the driver of a southbound 2018 GMC 3500 which attempted a lane change and struck the front right side of a 2013 Freightliner. A 2009

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Perryville Police reports

PERRYVILLE — The Perryville Police Department has released its latest reports. 18-year-old Noah Kramer of Perryville was charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia following a traffic stop on South Kingshighway at 6:55 p.m. October 11th. A theft was reported at Wal Mart on October 19. The loss was reported to be over $750.

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Sainte Genevieve Museum Learning Center to host Halloween Happenings and Dinosaur Day

STE. GENEVIEVE –  The Sainte Genevieve Museum Learning Center will host Fossil ID Day today between 12 and 3 p.m.   Guests can bring in bones, rocks, and curiosities for the museum’s curator to assess and identify.   Regular museum admission applies.   On Friday October 28th the Show Me Dino Lab will feature a

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SIU Carbondale inks agreements to improve access for Metropolitan Community College students

by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois University Carbondale strengthened its commitment to students in the Kansas City, Missouri, area with agreements to bring the expertise of a doctoral research university to qualified community college students by providing the option to earn their bachelor’s degrees remotely and at a lower cost in nine academic

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Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff’s Office report

STE. GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff’s Office has released its latest report of arrests and reported incidents for the week ending October 21, 2022.   Arrested Person: 5  (The individuals listed below have been formally charged all other individuals cannot be listed at this time) Alarm Activation: 1 Assault: Assist Other Agency: 4 Bomb

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Pearl Mae Hartmann

A funeral will be held Thursday, October 27, 2022 for 82-year-old Pearl Mae Hartmann of Ellis Grove, Ill., who passed away at 9:50 pm, Monday, October 24, 2022 at Three Springs Lodge Nursing Home, Chester, Illinois.   She was born  May 28, 1940 in Evansville, Illinois daughter of the late John and Marie (nee Zweigart)

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