January 2024

Pothole repair operations taking place across Illinois

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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Transportation is advising the public that maintenance crews are out patrolling and repairing potholes on state highways and interstates across the state, requiring drivers to slow down, use caution and move over for workers. Non-emergency patching operations usually take place during nonpeak travel periods and often require temporary lane […]

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R-II School District announces kindergarten registration for 2024-25 School Year

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STE. GENEVIEVE – Kindergarten Registration will be held at the locations and times listed below.   Please contact your elementary office beginning Monday, Feb. 5, 2024, after 9 a.m. to schedule appointments.   To be admitted to kindergarten for the 2024-2025 school year, a child must turn 5 years old prior to Aug. 1, 2024.

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SIU has space available for researchers, photographers observing April eclipse

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by Tim Crosby CARBONDALE, Ill. – Amateur and professional researchers and astrophotographers who need observation space and facilities for the upcoming April 8 total solar eclipse can apply for assistance from the SIU Space Science group at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The group is organizing the 2024 Crossroads Eclipse Workshop, which is aimed at enriching

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Ste. Genevieve Board of Aldermen holds brief meeting

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STE. GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve Board of Aldermen met Thursday night for its regular session and completed its business in under an hour.   Jeffrey Stroder, CPA presented the city’s annual audit report.   He said the audit is “clean” and the city’s books fairly represent the city’s finances.   City Administrator Happy Welch

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TJ Lyons and Nico De Guzman advance to Regional in National Poetry Contest

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National Endowment for the Arts and Poetry Foundation sponsors, “Poetry Out Loud”   By Jim Beers ​CHESTER – On Friday January 26th Chester High School hosted Round 1 of the National Competition titled, “Poetry Out Loud”. The event is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation.   ​Chester High School

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Two named to University of Mississippi Chancellor’s Honor Roll

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UNIVERSITY, Miss. — The University of Mississippi has announced two local students named to the Fall 2023 Honor Roll lists, including Chancellor’s Honor Roll.   Marissa Cooper, of Perryville, MO, majoring in Integrated Marketing Communications,   Graci Porter, of Red Bud, IL, majoring in Biological Science.   The Chancellor’s Honor Roll, is reserved for students

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service releases draft recovery plan for four imperiled freshwater mussels

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BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – They have quirky names and are often mistaken for stones, but freshwater mussels are very much alive and perform critical ecological functions in rivers and streams. We at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have drafted a plan to save four imperiled mussels protected under the Endangered Species Act: the rayed bean,

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