February 2025

CHS music students earn their way to Florida by helping with Methodist Men ham and bean dinner

CHESTER – Several Chester High School Music Students volunteered to assist the Methodist Men of the First United Methodist Church in Chester with its annual Ham and Bean Dinner.   The students waited tables, poured beverages, cleaned tables, washed dishes, greeted guests, and maintained table settings throughout the evening.   The students are under the

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Pick up burns on Center Drive, but there was no explosion

STE. GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve Fire Department was called out about 6:41 p.m. Sunday evening by a report of vehicle fire in the 400 block of Fourth Street. Bursting tires apparently prompted several 911 calls concerning possible explosions. The first officer arrived on scene at 6:45 to find a full-size pickup with heavy fire

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Please join us for the 19th annual polar plunge, benefiting the athletes of Special Olympics Missouri

CAPE GIRARDEAU – The 19th Annual Polar Plunge will take place on February 8th. Brave men and women from around the area will don costumes and swimwear and take “polar” dips into the lake at Cape Couty Park North. Their Reason for Freezin’ is the athletes of Special Olympics Missouri (SOMO)!   All proceeds from

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SIU Carbondale awards full-ride Chancellor’s Scholarships to 34 high achieving students

by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. – Thirty-four high achieving high school seniors are receiving Southern Illinois University Carbondale 2025 Chancellor’s Scholarships, which cover tuition, mandatory fees, on-campus housing and food for four years. Chancellor Austin A. Lane and other university officials paid surprise visits over two days to present the scholarships and congratulate 31 students from

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SIU’s ‘Love at the Glove’ 2025 set for Feb. 14

by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — The annual “Love at the Glove” Valentine’s Day art show tradition returns on Feb. 14 with an exhibition featuring works from Southern Illinois University Carbondale students, faculty and the community. The student-run art show is from 6 to 9:30 p.m. at the Surplus Gallery inside the Glove Factory Studio

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St. Mary man dies when pickup leaves Highway 61, hits four parked vehicles and a house

JEFFERSON CITY — A 19-year-old St. Mary man was killed in a traffic crash on Highway 61 in Perry County Monday night.   Missouri State Highway Patrol Trooper J.S. Collier stated in his report of the crash that the victim was the driver and sole occupant of a southbound 2013 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD which went

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