March 2024

Hop to MDC Cape Nature Center for Froggy Friday on April 5

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Hop to the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center for a celebration of all things amphibian during Froggy Friday from 5 – 7:30 p.m. on April 5!     It’s your chance to see live frogs and other amphibians on display at the nature center, make a froggy […]

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Memorial receives grant for bleed control training for schools

CHESTER – Memorial Hospital in Chester, Ill. is the recipient of an Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network (ICAHN) 2023-2024 EMS Education Mini Awards grant. Through the grant, Memorial is providing bleed control training and kits to all schools in the Chester and Steeleville school districts. From left are Tim Blair, Assistant Principal at CGS; Kim

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Missouri State Parks holds Trails Advisory Board meeting April 6

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri State Parks will hold its biannual Trails Advisory Board meeting at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 6, at Jefferson Landing State Historic Site located at 100 Jefferson St. in Jefferson City.   This meeting is open to the public.   The agenda will include a discussion of the 2024 Recreational Trails Program grant

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NASA scientist to discuss eclipse history, discoveries at SIU

by Tim Crosby CARBONDALE, Ill. – A series of public talks at Southern Illinois University Carbondale about the upcoming total solar eclipse concludes Friday, April 5, with a NASA planetary research scientist. Lou Mayo, a planetary scientist and professor of astronomy at Marymount University, will speak at 3 p.m. at the Guyon Auditorium at Morris

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SIU prof: Baltimore bridge collapse will impact supply chain, economy

by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — The deadly collapse of the 1.6-mile, four-lane Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore after it was hit by a container ship early Tuesday morning “will likely have long-term consequences for the local, regional, and at least in the short-term, national economy,” said Gregory D. DeYong, a Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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Special concert planned in honor of former band director, Eric Seibel

PERRYVILLE – A special concert is planned to honor former PHS band director, Eric Seibel, who passed away in June. And a very special piece of music will be performed publicly for the first time during the concert – a commissioned composition written in honor of Mr. Seibel.     Eric Seibel   The PHS

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