June 2024

Medicare Ambulance Coverage

Age Spots, by Jackie Dover We all hope to never be in a situation where we need ambulance transportation. Needing an ambulance means there is an emergency and we need help quickly.   Medicare does cover ambulance transportation if it meets certain criteria: When transportation in any other vehicle could endanger your health You need

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Mineral Area College welcomes Lamb as Vice President of Operations

PARK HILLS – Scott Lamb of Ironton has joined Mineral Area College (MAC) as the new Vice President of Operations. He comes to MAC from BJC-Parkland Health Center, where he served as the Facilities Management, Emergency Preparedness & Public Safety Director, and Life Safety Officer.     MAC President Dr. Joe Gilgour said Lamb brings

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Perry County receives records preservation grant

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Perry County Circuit Clerk’s office is one of 38 Missouri entities sharing over $381,000 in grants to assist local governments with records management and preservation projects for the coming fiscal year.   As specified in statute, 109.221.6 RSMo, the Local Records Grant Program issues reimbursements grants, up to $20,000, for

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Perryville Police reports

PERRYVILLE — The Perryville Police Department has released its latest reports.   47-year-old Gregory Dobbelare of Perryville was arrested at 12:50 p.m. Monday, June 17 in the 200 block of South Main Street on a warrant out of the Missouri Department of Probation and Parole.   The Perryville Police Department assisted the Perry County Sheriff’s

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Reminder: Register now for June 27 PCSD 32 Pre-K screening

PERRYVILLE — Perry County School District 32 is expanding its Little Pirates Pre-Kindergarten program for Fall 2024, doubling the capacity for its half-day free educational program from 40 to 80 students.   A Pre-K Screening will be held Thursday, June 27 at Perryville Primary Center. To sign up for the screening, call Ms. April Thompson

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Sparta, Ill. man hurt in Perry Co., Mo. traffic crash

JEFFERSON CITY — An 82-year-old Sparta, Ill. man received minor injuries in a traffic crash on Highway 51 in Perry County Sunday morning.   The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports Norman A. Schirmer was taken to Mercy Hospital Perryville by a Perry County ambulance.   The patrol reports Schirmer was buckled up.   The patrol

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Ste. Genevieve and Perry Counties will have a new MSHP trooper

JEFFERSON CITY – Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces that 21 troopers graduated from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy Friday. The ceremony took place at 9 a.m. in the gymnasium of the Patrol’s Academy. The 120th Recruit Class reported to the Academy on January 2, 2024.   The new

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Ste. Genevieve Art Guild dedicates first public sculpture

Watch the video from SteGenTV: https://youtu.be/5iHxUXLCqQU   STE. GENEVIEVE — The Sainte Genevieve Art Guild is very proud to sponsor the first public sculpture in our community dedicated to art.     Leon Basler, sculpture creator, and Carolyn Bach, President of the Sainte Genevieve Art Guild.   For our first experience with public art, we

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