October 2024

MDC: Register for Hunter Education Skills courses this fall in southeast Missouri

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) invites those wishing to get their hunter education certification to attend one of several courses offered throughout the fall in southeast Missouri. Hunter education skills sessions are as follows: Genevieve VFW | 5:30 – 9:30 p.m. on Oct. 9 | Register online at http://short.mdc.mo.gov/4DQ   Cape Girardeau […]

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ESPN Southern Illinois TEAM of the Week for WEEK 1: Chester YellowJackets

CHESTER – The ESPN Southern Illinois TEAM of the Week for WEEK 1 is the Chester YellowJackets.     The Chester High School YellowJackets were named the ESPN Southern Illinois 103.5 FM “Team of the Week” for Week 1 of the 2024 IHSA Football Season. The Jackets, under the direction of CHS Head Coach, Billy

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Oliver Gene Bachmann

Oliver Gene Bachmann, 90, of Perryville, Missouri passed away Thursday, October 3, 2024. He was born May 4, 1934 in Crosstown, MO to Henry and Hedwig (Oster) Bachmann. He graduated from PHS in 1952 and served in the US Army from January 1954 to December 1955. After training, he was deployed to Korea.   He

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Missourians continue restoring power in hard hit areas

Missouri Electric Cooperative JEFFERSON CITY – Our Missouri lineworkers are still working hard to help restore power to electric cooperative members in the South. Missouri Electric Cooperative employees, Craig Moeller and John Arnold, shared that the crews are in good spirits and have been busy setting poles and putting up wire.   “Our Missouri linemen

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NB I-55 Bloomsdale Rest Area in Ste. Genevieve County will close for renovations

SIKESTON― The northbound Bloomsdale Rest Area on Interstate 55 at mile marker 160 in Ste. Genevieve County will be closed for renovations.  Weather permitting, work will begin Thursday, Oct. 10 at 6 a.m. with anticipated completion on Thursday, May 21, 2025. The rest area will remain closed 24 hours a day until the work is completed.    The work

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New Ste. Genevieve County ordinance targets parking on bridges, stream crossings

STE. GENEVIEVE — The Ste. Genevieve has enacted a new ordinance now in effect to deal with traffic conditions at bridges and stream crossings.   The commission has been fielding complaints from residents on Brushy Creek Road and Saline Creek Road about the bridges being blocked to through traffic by people using the streams for

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Perryville Police reports

PERRYVILLE – The Perryville Police Department has released the following reports.   18-year-old Landon Gage Cameron of Perryville was arrested September 15th for leaving the scene of a traffic crash. Police were called to the area of the 100 block of West St. Joseph by a report of a leaving the scene traffic crash.  

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