SIKESTON, Mo. – February is National Canned Food Month, and Southeast Missouri Food Bank is encouraging businesses and organizations to help local pantries replenish their shelves with the second annual “You CAN Fight Hunger” campaign. “Typically, there are a lot of resources available during the holiday season,” said Camille Peters, SEMO Food Bank’s chief […]
By Bailey Otto, Ste. Genevieve County School District R-II STE. GENEVIEVE – Several members of the Ste. Genevieve Middle School Band have been selected to participate in the 2024 MAJHAA All-Conference Honors Band. Families and community members can listen to these fine musicians perform on Tuesday, March 5, in Farmington. They are: (from left):
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By Bailey Otto, Ste. Genevieve School Disrict R-II STE. GENEVIEVE – Ste. Genevieve County R-II School District has announced that Dr. Rhett Oldham has been selected as the new Director of Social Studies Curriculum at the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) effective at the end of the 2023-2024 school year. Dr. Oldham
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By Tim Crosby CARBONDALE, Ill. – More than 450 agriculture students from around the state will visit Southern Illinois University Carbondale this Friday, Jan. 26, for the Illinois FFA Ground Zero Conference. Reporters, photographers and news crews are welcome to attend the event. The conference, for students in eighth through 10th grade, develops ag
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STE. GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve County Clerk’s Office has released the minutes of the January 18 and January 23 meetings of the Ste. Genevieve County Commission. SG COUNTY MINUTES 011824 SG COUNTY MINUTES 012324
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JEFFERSON CITY – A 77-year-old Ste. Genevieve woman received minor injuries in a traffic crash Tuesday afternoon on I-55 in Ste. Genevieve County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports Loretta E. Roth was taken to Mercy Hospital Jefferson by a Ste. Genevieve County Ambulance. The patrol says the crash happened when the southbound
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A funeral will be held Monday, Jan. 29, 2024 for 82-year-old Shirley Ann Colvis of Chester, Illinois, who passed away at 8:10 am, Wednesday, January 24, 2024. She was born August 1, 1941 in Chester, Ill., a daughter of Jacob and Esther (nee Thiert) Wingerter who both preceded her in death. Shirley married Leonard “Lenny”
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EVANSVILLE, Ill. — Christ Our Savior Lutheran High school held its annual alumni game. The alumni beat the current COS team, but everyone enjoyed the evening. Pictured in back Izayah Miller,Riley Smith,Matthew Koester,Tim Schrader, Corey Rahn, Cory Rehmer, Jonathan Mehring, Tom Mehring, Lee Dierks,Dan Zobel and assistant basketball coach Pastor Hojnacki. In front
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ST LOUIS, Mo. — The American Red Cross continues to experience an emergency blood shortage as severe winter weather has further impacted the ability to rebuild the blood supply. Blood and platelet donors are urged to give now to help ensure lifesaving medical procedures are not delayed. The national blood supply remains at critically
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ST. LOUIS – The month of January is observed as Poverty Awareness Month. During this month-long initiative, Americans raise awareness and call attention to the growth of poverty throughout the county. Recently, University City Girl Scouts decided to organize a clothing drive to help those in need in their community to earn their Girl Scout
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