December 2023

Dolores V. Wingerter

A graveside service will be held Thursday, December 14, 2023 for 86-year-old Delores Y. Wingerter of Perryville, Missouri who passed away Friday, December 8, 2023 at Independence Care Center of Perry County. She was born June 11, 1937 in Minnith, Mo. to Gilbert and Reva (Rader) Evans who both preceded her in death. Delores and […]

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Albert Joseph Fults

A private family event will be held to honor 80-year-old Albert Joseph Fults of Festus who passed away Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, at Mercy Hospital Jefferson in Crystal City.   Mr. Fults attended the University of Missouri Columbia for horticulture and business.   He then worked with his parents in the family business, Fults Florist,

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Robert O. Schaefer

Robert O. Schaefer, 86, of Evansville, Illinois, passed away at 6:48 pm, Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at his residence.   He was born to the late Jacob H. and Frances C. (nee Eschmann) Schaefer on January 21, 1937 in East St. Louis, Illinois.   Robert married Martha Woll on April 23, 1960 at Our Lady

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MSHP reports arrest

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released its latest report of arrests.   Among them:   36-year-old Justin M. Huff of Bonne Terre at 10:28 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6 on a patrol charge of driving while intoxicated. He was being taken to the Ste. Genevieve County Jail on a 12-hour hold.

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Perryville’s Koenig elected to Missouri Farm Bureau Board

PERRYVILLE – Brian Koenig, a self-employed farmer and owner of Perryville Pumpkin Farm, was elected to serve a two-year term on the Missouri Farm Bureau (MOFB) Board of Directors during the organization’s 109th annual meeting on December 5 at the Lake of the Ozarks. He will represent District 6, covering the southeast portion of the

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SIU Board of Trustees approves honorary degrees, Distinguished Service Awards

by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Larry H. Dietz, former vice chancellor for student affairs and enrollment management at Southern Illinois University Carbondale before becoming president at Illinois State University, will receive a Distinguished Service Award following approval by the SIU Board of Trustees Dec. 7. Dietz is one of four individuals recommended by SIU

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SIU law professor to discuss justice issues in Kenya

CARBONDALE, Ill. – Christopher Behan, a professor at the Southern Illinois University Carbondale School of Law will discuss access to justice issues in Kenya during the Southern Illinois chapter of the United Nations Association’s Human Rights Day celebration on Sunday, Dec. 10. The free, public program is set for 5:30 p.m. at the First Presbyterian

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Wreath-laying ceremony planned for Missouri’s National Veterans Memorial, Mt. Hope Cemetery

PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Missouri’s National Veterans Memorial (MNVM), an official Wreaths Across America (WAA) location, will host a wreath-laying ceremony, joining more than 3,700 other locations across the country for National Wreaths Across America Day.   Coordinated by MNVM, individuals, businesses, churches, and veterans service organizations have sponsored the placement of 600 veterans’ wreaths on

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