December 2023

Commission awards contracts for Southeast District projects

SIKESTON – The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission awarded two contracts for pavement resurfacing in the Southeast District during its regular meeting on Dec. 6. Contracts included the following:   A $22,436,716 contract was awarded to Magruder Paving, LLC for pavement resurfacing on Interstate 55 from Exit 27 to Exit 49 in Pemiscot and New Madrid

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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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Eastern Missouri Girl Scout receives organization’s Medal of Honor

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Girl Scouts of the USA and Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri (GSEM) recently honored fifth grade Girl Scout, Ruth Martin, with the organization’s Medal of Honor after she jumped into action this spring to assist a fellow student who was choking during lunch period. She was presented with the Medal of Honor

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