November 2024

Taum Sauk Mountain State Park and Jay Nixon Backcountry conceptual development plan meeting postponed to Dec. 7

JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Due to flooding in the area, the Taum Sauk Mountain State Park and Jay Nixon Backcountry conceptual development plan meeting originally scheduled for Nov. 9 has been postponed to Saturday, Dec. 7 at 9 a.m. The guided hikes being held in conjunction with the meeting, including the overnight trip to Jay Nixon Backcountry, […]

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Chester wins, 40-35, over Westville to advance to ‘Sweet-16’

Jackets will travel to Maroa-Forsyth this Saturday November 9 to face the Trojans at 2:30 p.m. By Jim Beers CHESTER – The Chester High School YellowJacket Football Team outlasted a very good Westville Tiger Football Team last Saturday November 2 to advance to the “Sweet-16” of the 2024 IHSA Class 2A State Football Playoffs. When

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Gage Allen Bollmann of Chester earns degree from University of Maryland Global Campus

ADELPHI, MD — Gage Allen Bollmann of Chester, has earned an Associate of Arts from University of Maryland Global Campus in summer 2024. Bollmann was one of more than 3,200 students worldwide who earned degrees from UMGC in the summer 2024 term. University of Maryland Global Campus was founded more than 75 years ago specifically

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MDC partners with agencies, local cavers for endangered grotto sculpin project

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) recently teamed up with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis Zoo, SEMO Grotto, and local cavers for grotto sculpin population counts and habitat assessments at Tom Moore Cave, Berome Moore Cave, and Crevice Cave in Perryville. The grotto sculpin, which

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Memorial Hospital presents Newmark Award, service awards and honors retirees at Fall Party

CHESTER – Memorial Hospital hosted its Fall Party at the VFW Hall in Chester Friday, November 1st. Memorial Hospital Chief of Staff  Dr. James Krieg presented the 2024 Israel D. Newmark Memorial Award to Ryan Petrowske, project foreman in the Maintenance Department since 2016,   The Israel D. Newmark Memorial Award, established in 1988 by

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MSHP reports arrests

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released its latest report of arrests.   Among those listed as arrested.   48-year-old Charles L. Emerson III of Morris, Illinois at 6:13 pm November 4 in Ste. Genevieve County on a patrol charge of driving while intoxicated. He was taken to the Ste. Genevieve County

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River Region members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints join celebrating ground breaking for a new building

CAPE GIRARDEAU –  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced the groundbreaking of a new building in Cape Girardeau which will serve members of the church in Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois including those in the River Region counties of Perry and Ste. Genevieve in Missouri and Randolph in Illinois.   In

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SGHS NHS members volunteer at Ronald McDonald House

STE. GENEVIEVE – On Tuesday, Oct. 22, the SGHS National Honor Society (NHS) took part in a meaningful service opportunity at the Ronald McDonald House,   According to a news release from the Ste. Genevieve R-II School District, the NHS members spent the day giving back by cleaning several houses, making a positive difference for

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