November 2024

Suspicious package prompts evacuation of Perryville High School, Perry County Middle School Friday

PERRYVILLE – The Perry County School District No. 32 reported Friday that the Perryville High School and Perry County Middle School were evacuated at 2:48 p.m., just before the scheduled dismissal time,   The evacuation was ordered after a suspicious package was found in a restroom.   The students were released to school buses, parental

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Veterans Day ceremony planned for Missouri’s National Veterans Memorial

PERRYVILLE, MO – The Missouri National Veterans Memorial (MNVM) will host a special Veterans Day event on Monday, November 11, 2024, at 11:00 a.m.   This year’s ceremony will feature keynote speaker Clay Hahs, President of the MNVM Board of Directors, who will share insights and reflections on the importance of honoring and remembering the

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Verna O. Levery

Verna O. Levery, 93, of Red Bud, Illinois, passed away at 10:38 am, Wednesday, October 30, 2024 at Mercy Hospital South, St. Louis, Missouri.    She was born to the late Arthur and Selma (nee Kloepper) Obst on May15, 1931 in Horse Prairie, Illinois.    Verna married Boniface Levery on June 26, 1954 in Evansville, Illinois;

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Paul E. Jany

Paul E. Jany, 62, of Chester, Illinois, passed away on Thursday, October 31, 2024 at Saint Louis University Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri.   He was born to the late Donald and Nedra (nee Cassetta) Jany on December 11, 1961 in Red Bud, Illinois.   Paul had worked as a miner for Anna Quarries for 19

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American Legion Auxiliary, Unit 133, Perryville Children and Youth Committee donate patriotic books and ‘I Pledge Allegiance’ bookmarks to local schools

PERRYVILLE – The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 133, Children and Youth Co-chairs, Nancy Wilfong and Anna Reece, along with ALA President, Carol Taylor have been visiting local elementary schools in Perry County to donate Patriotic Books and “I Pledge Allegiance” bookmarks to the school libraries to have as resources for the students. Some funds were

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Lucy Sears wins Voice of Democracy oral essay contest

STE. GENEVIEVE – A senior at Ste. Genevieve High School has won first place in the VFW Post 2210 and its Auxiliary Voice of Democracy Oral Essay contest. Lucy Sears with Lois Flieg, VFW Auxiliary Youth Activities and Scholarship Chairperson. Lucy Sears essay responded to the contest theme: “Is America Today Our Forefathers’ Vision?” Sears

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MSHP report

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released its latest report of arrests. Arrested was: 52-year-old Thomas E. Shearin of Ste. Genevieve at 8:35 a.m. Thursday in Ste. Genevieve County on a warrant out of Richmond Heights for improper lane use. He was being held in the Jefferson County pending the post of

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SIU farms coral to help imperiled ecosystems survive, explore aquaculture

by Tim Crosby CARBONDALE, Ill. – Much of the Earth’s freshwater eventually joins with massive, salty oceans where it can deeply impact life in those marine systems. Amid farm fields hundreds of miles away, researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are growing coral, a beautiful and sensitive lifeform sitting in the nexus of these systems

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