January 2024

Edna A. Moeller

A funeral will be held Friday, January 19, 2024 for 97-year-old Edna A. Moeller of Red Bud, Illinois, who passed away at 6:34 pm, Wednesday, January 10, 2024 at Red Bud Regional Hospital, Red Bud, Illinois.   She born June 8, 1926 in Baldwin, Illinois to John and Wilhelmina “Minnie” (nee Falkenhain) Tillock, who both […]

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Chester’s Mabry Wingerter will play volleyball for Westminster next year

Signed letter of intent Tuesday January 9 at ceremony at Chester High School By Jim Beers CHESTER – Chester High School senior Mabry Wingerter has signed a letter of intent to continue her volleyball career at the collegiate level next year when she goes to college at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. Mabry Wingerter of

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$28 million awarded for local park and recreational facility projects

SPRINGFIELD – A project in Anna, Illinois is getting a share of more than $28 million in state grant funding. The money has been awarded to local governments throughout Illinois for the construction, renovation, and improvement of buildings or land purchases for public recreational opportunities, Governor JB Pritzker has announced.   The City of Anna is

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Attorney General Bailey issues statement after win in China COVID-19 Case

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – On Tuesday, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey obtained a ruling from the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals holding that Missouri can sue China for certain unlawful actions it took with respect to COVID-19. He issued the following statement: “We will continue to fight for accountability for the horror communist China unleashed on Americans

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Governor Pritzker celebrates economic development milestones and positive momentum in 2024

CHICAGO – Governor Pritzker today joined the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO), Salesforce, Intersect Illinois, Metro Edge, the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce and BMO at the brand-new Salesforce Tower in downtown Chicago to celebrate major economic development milestones and highlight positive momentum as Illinois advances into 2024.  “Over the past several years, we’ve

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Little Village shelter for asylum seekers begins accepting families

CHICAGO—A new State-supported shelter is beginning to serve asylum seekers in Chicago today. The location is the site of a former CVS in the Little Village neighborhood. The shelter will be part of the City of Chicago’s existing asylum seeker shelter system and will house approximately 220 people as they transition to independent living.  

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Man wanted on drug charges leads authorities on a pursuit

PERRYVILLE — A police chase which began in Ste. Genevieve County Wednesday morning and ended in Perryville around 9 a.m. was concluded with the capture of two individuals.   Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff’s office Chief Deputy Jason Schott says the driver, an area man in his 30s, was wanted on felony warrants for drugs. Deputies

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MSHP arrest reports

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released its latest report of arrests.   Among those listed as arrested:   24-year-old Kristpher B. McNelis of Ste. Genevieve at 3:12 p.m. Wednesday in Ste. Genevieve County on a patrol charge of three counts of possession of child pornography. He was being held in the

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Nigel Hamilton is featured speaker at Abraham Lincoln Birthday Banquet February 17

SPRINGFIELD – Prominent Presidential historian and author Nigel Hamilton will be the featured speaker at the Abraham Lincoln Association (ALA) Birthday Banquet on Saturday, February 17 in Springfield. Four renowned Lincoln authors and historians will highlight the free Benjamin P. Thomas Symposium earlier in the day, which will feature discussions on Abraham Lincoln and Majority

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