A graveside service will be held Friday, Feb 17, 2023 for 101 year old Rita Rudell “Rudy” Figiel of Chester, Illinois, who passed away at 1:15 p.m., Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at Three Springs Lodge Nursing Home, Chester, Illinois. She was born January 11, 1922 to the late Bernard Andrew and Emma May (nee […]
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A funeral will be held Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023 for 51-year-old Kim L. White of Chester, Illinois, who passed away at 1:34 pm, Thursday, February 9, 2023 at Memorial Hospital, Chester, Illinois. She was born to Donald and Freida (nee Lee) McKinney on May 25, 1971 in Pinckneyville, Illinois. Kim married Bob White
BY JIM BEERS Contributing Writer In an article submitted December-28-2022, Aubrie Medford of Chester High School was recognized for signing a letter of intent to play golf next year at Shelton State Community College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Medford is a senior at CHS and played golf for the Lady Jackets her sophomore through senior
JEFFERSON CITY — A 47-year-old Cape Girardeau man was hurt in a traffic crash on I-55 in Perry County Thursday morning. Matthew J. Bommarito was taken to St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau by Perry County Ambulance. The patrol says the crash happened when a southbound 2013 Chevrolet 1500 driven by 51-year-old
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CAPE GIRARDEAU – The United States Attorney’s Office announced that Mark A. Brand, age 33, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, was sentenced to serve 108 months (nine years) in federal prison for the offense of Felon in Possession of a Firearm. Brand appeared for his sentencing hearing before United States District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh,
This was another busy week in Jefferson City as bills cleared legislative hurdles, floor discussions ensued and the chief justice delivered the annual State of the Judiciary address. In the Senate Local Government and Elections Committee I chair, we heard a proposal to strengthen the security of our elections. If approved by voters, Senate Joint
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SPRINGFIELD – This Super Bowl Sunday, the Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois State Police and numerous local police and sheriff’s departments across the state are taking a timeout to spread two very important safety messages to the public – “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” and “Click It or Ticket.” “Before your party or
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SPRINGFIELD – State Senator Ann Gillespie and child welfare advocates announced legislation that would provide youth in the care of the Department of Children and Family Services with legal representation on Wednesday. “Children and youth with lived experience in our child welfare system have overwhelmingly voiced their desire to be seen, heard and represented,”
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has approved the proposed final remedy of “no further corrective action with institutional and engineering controls” at the Holcim (US) Incorporated/Geocycle LLC facility in Pike County. The department has also terminated Holcim’s Part I hazardous waste permit because Holcim completed clean closure of its hazardous waste
CLARKSDALE, MS – The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) announced today Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has been elected the 2023 DRA States’ co-chairman. DRA’s Board of Governors annually elect a States’ Co-Chairman to work directly with the Federal Co-Chairman on economic development and growth in the DRA region. DRA Federal Co-Chairman Dr. Corey Wiggins said, “I am
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