December 2024

River Region Sports Wrap for Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Girls Basketball   STE. GENEVIEVE – Ste. Genevieve has the sixth seed and plays third seed Fredericktown in the Park Hills Christmas Tournament which begins Thursday.   STE. GENEVIEVE – The Valle Catholic-St. Paul Lutheran Girl’s Basketball is off until Friday,   when they begin play in the Kingston-West County Holiday Tournament.   CHESTER – Chester

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77th Annual Toys for Tots campaign serves 609 kids

Children from 19 Randolph County towns and 237 families will have a better Christmas due to the efforts of R.C. Marine Corp Reserve By Jim Beers CHESTER – The Randolph County Marine Corp Reserves completed their annual Toys for Tots Campaign on Friday, Saturday and Sunday December 13-15, 2024. This was the 77th year that

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Alexandria Lueders files for PCSD 32 school board

PERRYVILLE – There has been another filing for the Perry County School District No. 32 Board of Education.   Alexandria Lueders filed Thursday.   Lueders joins incumbent Dominic Blythe, who filed earlier.   The second incumbent whose term expires in April is Richard Dix.   Filing ends December 31st. The General Municipal Election will be

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All are welcome to explore SIU’s Student Recreation Center for free on Jan. 12 Community Day

by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — This is your chance to explore for free the myriad equipment, facilities and services the Student Recreation Center at Southern Illinois University Carbondale has to offer. Everyone is welcome at Community Day 2025, set for 1-5 p.m. Jan. 12. Although everyone is welcome to attend at no cost, children age 17 and

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Attend MDC waterfowl workshops to give input on upcoming seasons

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) invites waterfowl hunters to a series of public workshops around the state to gather hunter input about duck season dates and zone boundary locations for the 2026-2030 seasons. Participants will have the opportunity to review long-term waterfowl data about weather, migration, habitat use, harvest, and hunter

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Biden-Harris Administration awards $225 Million to preserve and revitalize nation’s manufactured housing

KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the award of $225 million in competitive grant funding for 17 awardees with proposed projects across 26 states through the Preservation and Reinvestment Initiative for Community Enhancement (PRICE) program. PRICE is an innovative grant program – providing funding to preserve and

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Ste. Genevieve R-II releases Board Briefs from Dec. 17, 2024, Regular Meeting

STE. GENEVIEVE — This information includes highlights from the Ste. Genevieve County R-II Board of Education’s Dec. 17, 2024, Regular Meeting. A district official stated. “This is an unofficial record. The official Board Minutes are posted on the district website and are located on BoardDocs, linked here. The video of the meeting can be found

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Chester Grade School Elementary Christmas Program is huge success!

Grades 1-4 entertain and fill hearts with Christmas spirit By Jim Beers CHESTER – Students in grades 1-4 at Chester Grade School entertained a very large crowd Thursday December 12 at the 2024 CGS Elementary Christmas Program. The event was hosted at Chester High School’s Colbert Memorial Gymnasium on Rocky Bridges Court. Sue Colonel, CGS

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Court strikes down Missouri’s total abortion ban, criminal provisions, several medically unnecessary restrictions

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A circuit court judge struck down Missouri’s total abortion ban and most medically unnecessary restrictions including bans based on gestational time, the use of telemedicine for medication abortion, and burdensome State-mandated waiting periods and biased counseling requirements. These anti-abortion restrictions were enjoined because a majority of Missouri voters passed Amendment 3 in

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