December 2024

Chester City Council meets tonight

CHESTER – The Chester City Council will meet today at 6 p.m.   The meeting will be held in the Municipal Building at 1330 Swanwick Street.   The meeting is open to the public.   The tentative agenda:   CHESTER, ILLINOIS CITY COUNCIL AGENDA December 2, 2024             I.            CALL TO ORDER                                                       […]

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Evan Coin earns awards at Southeast Missouri Job Olympics

STE. GENEVIEVE – Ste. Genevieve High School student Evan Coin recently participated in the Southeast Missouri Job Olympics and earned multiple medals in various competitions.   Job Olympics is a competition developed to promote transition and employability skills for a broad spectrum of high school students in special education from different schools throughout the region.

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MSHP Report

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released its latest report of arrests.   21-year-old Tyler E. Dixon of Farmington was arrested at 12:21 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 1 in Ste. Genevieve County on a charge of driving while intoxicated. He was released.   42-year-old Brian K. Cary of Perryville was arrested Friday morning

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Perryville Police report

PERRYVILLE – The Perryville Police Department is reporting a 19-year-old Perryville man has been charged with delivery of a controlled substance-minor to purchase or transports, and two counts of armed criminal action.   The suspect is identified as Jaiden P. Patterson.   The report by the responding officer states he conducted an investigation at an

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Registered sex offender pleads guilty to possessing child pornography

CAPE GIRARDEAU – The United States Attorney’s Office announced that Thomas O. Stroud, Jr., age 43, of Wappapello, Missouri, has pled guilty to the offense of Possession of Child Pornography.   Stroud appeared for his guilty plea hearing Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024 before United States District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr. at the federal courthouse

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R-II school board chooses Ainsley McLard as John T. Belcher Scholarship nominee

STE. GENEVIEVE – A senior at Ste. Genevieve High School has been named the R-II district’s nominee for the John T. Belcher Scholarship. Ainsley McClard can now apply for a $1,000 scholarship, which is awarded to a student in each of the MSBA’s 17 regions. Following the selection of regional winners, a statewide winner is

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Saint Francis Healthcare System has a successful 2024 Saint Elizabeth Food Drive

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to announce the donation of 164 boxes filled with food and personal hygiene items to our Saint Francis colleagues and families in the area.     This was a great increase from last year’s collection of 150 boxes.   Saint Francis also delivered to community

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