First night is in the books; Gibault and Saxony come away with wins By Jim Beers, Contributing Writer CHESTER – The 59th Annual Chester Invitational Tournament (CIT) tipped-off Monday January 9 with two games already in the books. The event, considered to be the longest running tournament south of I-70, features eight teams, three from […]
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Sparta finishes 3rd and New Athens wins Consolation Championship; Howie is Tournament MVP and Mott earns “All-Tournament Team” honors By Jim Beers, Contributing Writer CHESTER – The 2023 Lady Jackets Mid-Winter Classic Girls’ Basketball Tournament is in the books! Chester High School hosted the 16th Annual event and the host Lady Jackets were the tournament
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High School Boys Basketball PERRYVILLE – Perryville lost to Chester 63-33 last night in the Chester Invitational Tournament. Valle Catholic of Ste. Genevieve fell to New Athens 65-55 in the other CIT game last night. Two more games tonight: Lovejoy vs Valmeyer at 6 p.m. in a consolation semifinal and Saxony Lutheran
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A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Friday, January 13, 2023 for 88-year-old Sr. Ann Frances Gross, ASC who passed away peacefully at 9:40 p.m., Sunday, January 8, 2023 at Benedictine Living Community on the grounds of the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows near Belleville, Illinois. Sr. Ann Frances was born
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A graveside service will be held Monday, Jan. 23, 2023 for 87-year-old Robert Eugene “Gene” Dollar, of Ste. Genevieve who passed away Jan. 4, 2023, at Ste. Genevieve Care Center. He was born April 25, 1935, in Festus, the son of the late Celeste (Vinyard) and Robert “Buck” Dollar. He is survived by
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – On Monday, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that he has recruited Maddie McMillian Green to serve as Deputy Attorney General for Policy. In this role, Green will handle policy, legislation, and stakeholder outreach for the office. “I have had the pleasure of working with Maddie in the past, and
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AMES, Iowa – Nearly 1,800 graduates received degrees from Iowa State University in December. Graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremonies were held Dec. 16-17 at Hilton Coliseum. Among them is Landon Anderson of De Soto, who will received a Master of Science, Agronomy Beate Schmittmann, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences,
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Editor’s Note: If you are as unfamiliar with the terms “GaGa Pit” and “GaGa Ball” as I am, here is the Wikipedia definition: Gaga (Hebrew: גע גע literally ‘touch touch’) (also: ga-ga, gaga ball, or ga-ga ball) is a variant of dodgeball that is played in a gaga “pit”. Here is a video on the making of
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FARMINGTON – The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control announces the following arrest, as the result of an investigation conducted by members of the Division of Drug and Crime Control’s Digital Forensics Investigative Unit. On Thursday, January 5, 2023, investigators executed a search warrant at the residence of Jacob Ryan Sutton,
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Gov. Pritzker Monday, January 9th, 2023 *Remarks As Prepared For Delivery* During the campaign last year, I drove all across the state, and I couldn’t help but notice some signs in people’s yards that said, “FIRE PRITZKER.” I was concerned about this until my kids pointed out that when people in their generation
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