October 2023

300+ students expected at SIU’s 2023 FFA Career Day

by Tim Crosby CARBONDALE, Ill. – The diverse fields of agriculture careers will be on display on Thursday at Southern Illinois University Carbondale during the annual FFA Career Day. More than 300 students from 22 Southern Illinois school districts have registered for the rain-or-shine event.     SIU began hosting FFA Career Day in 2012

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PCSD No. 32 announces All District Choir selections

PERRYVILLE – Perry County School District No. 32 has announced several Perryville High School and Perry County Middle School vocal music students have been named to the SEMMEA All-District Choir following their recent auditions.   PHS and PCMS choir instructor Taylor Davis announced the following students have been named to the All-District Choir.   Anna

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SIU prof receives $200K to study mechanisms of inflammation, which may lead to new therapies

by Tim Crosby CARBONDALE, Ill. – A researcher at Southern Illinois University Carbondale is trying to find ways to better understand and control the inflammation process, an important biological dynamic in human health. Chilman Bae, assistant professor in the School of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering, recently received a $200,000 Engineering Research Initiative grant from

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University of Mississippi celebrates August 2023 graduate Kendall Runzi

UNIVERSITY, Miss. — Kendall Runzi, of French Village, MO, is among the more than 900 students who graduated from the University of Mississippi in August 2023.   Runzi, who majored in Business Administration, received a Master of Business Administration in the Graduate School.   “Our August 2023 class of graduates is distinguished by incredible achievements

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Chester Parks and Recreation Committee meets Tuesday

CHESTER – The Chester Parks and Recreation Committee will meet in regular session Tuesday at 6 p.m. at city hall.   The tentative agenda:   Chester Parks and Recreation Committee Meeting Agenda 1330 Swanwick Street, Chester, Illinois 62233 Tuesday, October 10, 2023, 6 p.m., City Hall   Call to order Roll Call Pledge of Allegiance

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MLC will open new gallery with ribbon cutting

STE. GENEVIEVE – On Wednesday, October 18th, at 11 a.m., the Sainte Genevieve Museum Learning Center will have a ribbon cutting ceremony on its newly finished Mining Gallery. The mining gallery showcases the history of mining in Missouri with many highlights from our local mining corporations. The mining gallery is sponsored by Mississippi Lime Co, without

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NB I-55 in Ste. Genevieve County reduced for bridge repairs

SIKESTON—Northbound Interstate 55 in Ste. Genevieve county will be reduced to one lane with a 12-foot width restriction as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform bridge repairs.     This section of roadway is located from mile marker 139 to mile marker 143.    Weather permitting, work will take place Monday, Oct. 30 through Thursday, Nov. 6 from

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