December 2023

Filing continued Wednesday for PCSD No. 32 school board election

PERRYVILLE — Two more candidates for the Perry County School District No. 32 Board of Education filed for the April election yesterday.   They are Melissa Hahn Carroll and Lindsey C. Unterreiner. They join incumbents:  Mark Gremaud and Kevin Bachmann who filed on Tuesday.   There were no reports of additional filings Wednesday for the […]

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SIU Law student focuses on passion for restorative justice in Metro East program

by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Working with the federal public defender’s office for the Southern District of Illinois is the perfect fit for third-year Southern Illinois University Carbondale School of Law student Rachel C. Burke.     The law school’s Metro East Criminal Justice Experiential Learning Program is giving Burke the opportunity to focus on issues

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SIU-Murray State faculty string quartet to perform Sunday

CARBONDALE, Ill. — A string quartet comprising faculty from Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s School of Music and Murray State University will make its Carbondale debut with a performance on Sunday, Dec. 10.     Faculty string quartet to perform: Faculty members from SIU Carbondale and Murray State University will perform Sunday, Dec. 10, at the Carbondale Unitarian

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Ste. Genevieve County man sentenced to 210 months in prison for sexually exploiting boy

CAPE GIRARDEAU – U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. on Tuesday sentenced a 22-year-old man from Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri to 210 months in prison for producing photos of the sexual abuse of a young boy.   Noah Church pleaded guilty in September to one count of sexual exploitation of a minor. Church admitted sending

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MSHP reports

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released its latest report of arrests.   Among those reported as arrested:   34-year-old Christopher M. Robbins of Memphis, Tenn. at 11 p.m. Monday in Ste. Genevieve County on a warrant out of Memphis, Tenn. for aggravated assault.  He was being held in the Ste. Genevieve

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Operation Christmas Child volunteers send Christmas joy to children overseas

PERRYVILLE — Perry and Ste. Genevieve County volunteers are celebrating the collection of gift-filled shoeboxes that will send a message of joy to children around the world: God loves you, and you’re not forgotten!   This year, tens of thousands of volunteers contributed to Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse, by packing shoeboxes filled with

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