August 2023

Hill and Dale Garden Club holds design class

STE. GENEVIEVE – The Hill and Dale Garden Club members invited Laura D’Amico, Flower Design Pro from Buy the Bunch, to their August meeting in Lake Forest.     Hill and Dale Garden Club members participated in a fresh flower arrangement design class. Shown are (from left): Linda Kreitner, Sara O’Rourke, Jan Sullivan, Kathie Scheuermann, […]

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Judge denies Senate Bill 49 opponents’ request for preliminary injuction

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A Misouri judge has denied a request for a preliminary injunction blocking  SB 49, a bill barring gender transition care for childtren, while the measure goes through the court system.   Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey released the following statement after the judge’s ruling:   “Missouri is the first state in

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MDC purchasing tree, shrub seed now through November in southeast Missouri

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) George O. White Tree Nursery in Licking is currently purchasing seed from the public for a variety of tree and shrub species within southeast Missouri.   “The nursery conducts seed collections annually, and collected seeds are grown into bare root seedlings,” said MDC Community Forester Jennifer

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MSHP reports arrests

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released its latest report of arrests.   Among those listed as arrested:   49-year-old Jose S. Martinez Ramirez of Ste. Genevieve at 8:56 p.m. Saturday in Ste. Genevieve County on a patrol charge of driving while intoxicated. He was released.   32-year-old Andrew J. Monnig of

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National Drought Summary for August 22, 2023

LINCOLN, Neb. – This U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) week saw drought-related improvements on the map across southern portions of California and Nevada in association with the impacts of Tropical Storm Hilary, which made landfall in Southern California over the weekend and into Monday. The tropical storm, the first to make landfall in Southern California since

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Perryville Police reports

PERRYVILLE — The Perryville Police Department has released its latest reports.   44-year-old Jeffrey D. Anderson of Cape Girardeau was arrested on a fugitive warrant out of Perry County. According to the report, the arrest was made at 6:45 a.m. August 11th on Highway 51 near Lake Drive.   A hit and run traffic crash

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Ste. Genevieve Middle School holds groundbreaking for Prop SG Project

STE. GENEVIEVE – Ste. Genevieve Middle School held a groundbreaking event to mark the start of construction of its addition during the school’s Open House Thursday, Aug. 24.   This is the second of several Prop SG groundbreaking events over the year and a half since voters approved the measure. On Tuesday, April 6, 2022,

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Three charged in fentanyl overdose in St. Francois County Jail

U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Missouri ST. LOUIS – Three people have been indicted in U.S. District Court in St. Louis on drug charges and have been accused of helping smuggle the drugs that killed a St. Francois County jail detainee in 2021.   Timothy L. Noll, 34, Garry “Will” Triplett, 36, and Alissa

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