Girls Basketball CHESTER – Chester plays Steeleville Wednesday at 7 p.m. as the Sparta Tournament continues. Two more tournament games include Chester: Friday at 7 p.m.: Chester plays host Sparta and on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. Chester plays Trico STE. GENEVIEVE – Ste. Genevieve girls play in a Jamboree at Perryville with Valle […]
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A funeral will be held Thursday, November 21, 2024 for 68-year-old Sandra K. Vessels of Red Bud, Illinois, who passed away at 10:48 am, Friday, November 15, 2024 at Mercy Hospital South, St. Louis, Missouri. She was born December 15, 1955 in St. Louis, Mo. a daughter to Jake B. and Pearl I. (nee
A funeral will be held Friday, November 22 for 88-year-old Rose M. Palmer of Sainte Genevieve, Mo. who passed away Sunday, November 17, 2024 at Mercy Hospital South in St. Louis, MO. She was born October 22, 1936 in Ste Genevieve, MO, a daughter of Walter Morice and Alvina (Braun) Thomure. She married
Elbert A. Hadler, 89, of Perryville, Missouri passed away Thursday, November 14, 2024 at Independence Care Center of Perry County. He was born February 22, 1935 in Menfro, MO to Henry Paul and Erna A. (Schuessler) Hadler. Elbert and Janet Abernathy were married on June 25, 1960 at Calvary Baptist Church. She survives him in
Comments by Rep. David Friess, R Red Bud SPRINGFIELD – The Governor’s Office of Management and Budget (GOMB) this week issued a projection of Illinois’ budget forecast for Fiscal Year 2026. The budget projection, contained within its annual “Illinois Economic and Fiscal Policy Report,” includes forecasts of State revenues and expenditures for the approaching fiscal
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STE. GENEVIEVE – Ste. Genevieve County received its October sales tax receipts on Nov. 7th, but the amount, $454,937.04 spread across five accounts, is down a total of $6,110.46 compared to September receipts. So far this calendar year the tax receipts have brought in $4,084,565.51, but that is down $541,179.22 from the first 10
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CHESTER – AFSCME donates $250 to the Chester Area Christian Food Pantry (CACFP). Making the presentation is Larry Brown, President of AFSCME Council 31 Sub-Chapter 56 Retiree Chapter in Chester, Illinois. Accepting the donation from Brown on behalf of the CACFP is Dr. Jim Beers, who is also a former State of Illinois
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EAST ST. LOUIS – Illinois State Police (ISP) officials investigated a traffic crash in East St. Louis involving an ISP squad car hit by an intoxicated driver who failed to move over. On November 14, 2024, at approximately 9:34 p.m., an ISP trooper activated the squad’s emergency lights and parked it on the left shoulder of Interstate 55
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PERRYVILLE — Several Citizens Electric Corporation members in the area of Route C and Sawmill Road in Ste. Genevieve County reported blinks prior to a power outage Thursday night. Citizens Electric officials said the outage was caused by a mechanical failure on a regulator serving the distribution circuit that supplies power to the Lake
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CHESTER — Chester Grade School presented “HIVE” Awards Friday November 8 to 24 students. Teachers nominated the recipients after witnessing them demonstrating one or more of the good character traits of “Respect”, “Responsibility”, Safety”, or “Empathy”. (Row 1, left to right): William Johnson, Francisco Herrera Sica, Juana Ramirez Lopez, Shelby Stueve, Paisley Davis,
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