November 2023

October mobile market serves 233 households

CHESTER – The October 2023 Mobile Market of the Chester Area Christian Food Pantry served 233 households with 561 individuals.     Matt McCoy (front) and Mike Cowan (back) await the directive to begin the distribution of approximately 100 crates of fresh, ripe plums at the October Chester Area Christian Food Pantry Mobile Market. McCoy

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Poplar Bluff man hurt when truck runs off Route P in Ste. Genevieve Co.

JEFFERSON CITY — A 25-year-old Poplar Bluff man was hurt in a traffic crash on Route P in Ste. Genevieve County Friday afternoon.   The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports Dillon A. Crowley was taken to Parkland Health Center by a Ste. Genevieve County ambulance.   The patrol says the crash happened when the westbound

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Pritzker Administration fines Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois $231,900

CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Insurance (IDOI) has announced fines totaling $231,900 for Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC), the parent company of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, for violations of the Network Adequacy and Transparency Act (NATA) requirements for health insurers to post up-to-date, accurate, and complete provider directory information.    Earlier this year, following

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Voice of Democracy Oral Essay Contest results are announced

STE GENEVIEVE – The top three finishers in the annual Voice of Democracy Oral Essay Contest have been announced. Valle Senior Camryn Skaggs, daughter of Darren and Dawn Wehner ’89 Skaggs, received first place honors. Valle Freshman Marlena Hoog, daughter of Jeremy ’93 and Christine Huck ’93 Hoog, received third place honors. Ste. Genevieve High

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USATF at Santiago2023

SANTIAGO, Chile – Ste. Genevieve’s Taylor Werner helped her Team USATF haul in six medals on day four at the track at #Santiago2023. Taylor Werner took silver in the 5000, Erin Marsh and Jordan Gray went 1-3 in the heptathlon, Bridget Williams won the pole vault,  Casey Comber took bronze in the 1500, and Adelaide

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Arrests made for possession and promotion of child pornography

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control announces the arrest of the following three individuals for possession and/or promotion of child pornography, following investigations by the Patrol’s Digital Forensic Investigative Unit. Nathan D. Orr, 40, of Union Star, Missouri, was arrested on October 31, 2023, and formally charged

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