August 2023

SIU will welcome students back to campus in grand Saluki style

by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois University Carbondale is rolling out the maroon welcome mat for new and returning students with weeks and weeks of special activities during Saluki Startup and Weeks of Welcome. Dawg Days facilitates a successful transition SIU’s Dawg Days New Student Retreat, set for Aug. 13-16 at Touch of Nature Outdoor Education Center, is […]

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Thursday’s Ste. Genevieve Board of Aldermen work session will be last meeting at city hall, for several months

STE. GENEVIEVE – This week’s work session meeting of the Ste. Genevieve Board of Aldermen will be the final meeting in city hall for several months, until the renovation which is scheduled to begin in the existing city hall the following week is completed. That’s what Ste. Genevieve City Administrator Happy Welch told the aldermen

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Marion L. McClure

A funeral will be held Saturday, August 12, 2023 for 94-year-old Marion L. McClure of Perryville, Missouri who passed away Sunday, August 6, 2023 at Independence Care Center.   She was born December 17, 1928 in Overland, Mo. to Roy Earl and Elizabeth (Upshow) Ritchey who both preceded her in death.   She and Malvern

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Application deadline approaching for the 119th (accelerated) and 120th (traditional) recruit classes

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri State Highway Patrol is testing for new troopers. The Patrol is encouraging qualified individuals of all backgrounds to apply and will offer testing at nine different locations in Missouri.   Those who successfully complete testing will be eligible to continue in the selection process for the 119th (Accelerated) and 120th

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Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site hosts artifact collection

JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site is proud to host a special artifact collection throughout August. Jordan Cunieo, one of the historical site’s interpreters, has been researching the lives of women in Missouri’s Arcadia Valley during the Civil War.   In conjunction with her research, she has put together a

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