CHESTER – Brett Bollmann, CEO at Memorial Hospital, named Sarah Dickerson Employee of the Quarter for the Fourth Quarter 2023 Tuesday, January 30, 2024. Brett Bollmann, CEO and Sarah Dickerson Sarah Dickerson, a lab lead phlebotomist, has worked at Memorial Hospital since August of 2021. When asked what she likes most about working at Memorial, […]
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by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Dental Hygiene Program is again hosting its popular annual “Give Kids a Smile Day” on March 1 to provide free, vital dental services to children. The event is set for 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the SIU Carbondale Dental Hygiene Clinic, west of Banterra Center. Free dental care
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By Don Pritchard, photos courtesy Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff’s Office STE. GENEVIEVE – An evacuation that has affected around 100 rural Ste. Genevieve County residents has ended. Ste. Genevieve County Emergency Management Director Felix Meyer announced shortly after 4 p.m. Tuesday that the evacuated residents of Sawmill Road could go home. Later it was
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Shirley Ann Dunker, 88, of Chester, Illinois, passed away at 3:20 pm, Monday, January 29, 2024 at Parkwood Meadows Assisted Living, Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. She was born to the late Alexander and Irene (nee Brown) Surman on July 30, 1935 in Chester, Illinois. Shirley married Cletus A. Dunker on June 30, 1951 in Piggott, Arkansas;
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Daniel Nelson Boone, 71, of Chester, Illinois, passed away at 2:45 am, Tuesday, January 30, 2024 at Missouri Baptist Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri. He was born to the late Olan Nelson and Ollie Grace (nee Walker) Boone on November 4, 1952 in St. Louis, Missouri. Daniel married Angela Turner on February 16, 1980 in
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JEFFERSON CITY, MO – The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services announced today the following community water systems have been awarded a Water Fluoridation Quality Award from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Albany Bethany Cameron Higginsville Harrisonville Kansas City Kearney MO American Water St. Joseph Liberty Brookfield Canton Carrollton
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STE. GENEVIEVE CO. – An evacuation that may be affecting as many as 100 residents of Ste. Genevieve County was continuing today as emergency workers deal with the aftermath of a Monday morning truck crash. The truck was reportedly carrying a chemical described as corrosive and an irritant if inhaled, phosphorus trichloride. The exact number
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PERRYVILLE — The Perryville Police Department has released its latest reports. 25-year-old Donald Roberts of Perryville was arrested at 1:11 p.m. January 25th on a possible felony warrant out of Franklin County. Police say the arrest occurred at the Probation and Parole office on East Wichern Road in Perryville. The charge in
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CHESTER – The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office has released its latest report of arrests. 23-year-old Joshua T. Brown of Chester, on January 22, 2024 by Chester Police for domestic battery and criminal trespass to residence. Is incarcerated. 33-year-old Mauro A. Cardona of Chester, on January 23, 2024 by Chester Police for domestic battery and
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PERRYVILLE – Perry County School District No. 32 Superintendent Dr. Fara Jones has released an update on the lead testing of drinking water on campus. “As you know, all public schools are required to have every potable (drinking and cooking) water source tested for the presence of lead to be in compliance with the Get the
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