February 2025

Mercy increases convenient care access in Perryville

PERRYVILLE – Mercy Perry is welcoming new providers to its convenient care location in Perryville with the addition of a new physician and new nurse practitioner.     Dr. Victoria Damba and Ashley Riddle joined a skilled team of doctors and nurse practitioners to provide quality same-day care for patients of all ages. Patients can […]

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MSHP reports arrest

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released its latest reports.   Among those listed as arrested:   38-year-old Nicholas L. Thery of Worden, Illinois at 11:10 a.m. Sunday on a Jefferson County charge of speeding. He was being held in the Ste. Genevieve County Jail. He was being held in the Ste.

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Register now for SIU’s Southern Illinois Drug Awareness Conference

by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — A two-day conference at Southern Illinois University Carbondale will bring together a diverse group of participants to focus on substance use, mental health and homelessness and how these issues correlate. Registration is now underway for the collaborative and educational Southern Illinois Drug Awareness Conference on March 13-14. Educators, law enforcement agents,

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SIU Zero Waste Station at International Food Festival spotlights campus sustainability initiatives

by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Office of Sustainability is promoting sustainability and green initiatives of all kinds across campus and its latest promotion, a Zero Waste Station at the university’s International Food Festival, was a huge success. The goal was to adhere to zero-waste principles by reducing landfill waste and maximizing recycling

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SIU’s Morris Library to host March 1 event highlighting Shawnee Forest paintings

CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Morris Library and the Special Collections Research Center will host a reception Saturday, March 1, to unveil paintings of the Shawnee National Forest by landscape and wildlife artist Abraham Hunter.     This painting of Bell Smith Springs by landscape and wildlife artist Abraham Hunter is one of several that will be

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SIU’s Paul Simon Institute director to discuss statesmanship at U.N. book event

CARBONDALE, Ill. — John Shaw, director of Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, will discuss statesmanship and diplomacy on Tuesday, Feb. 25, at the United Nations Bookshop in New York City. Shaw will discuss his recently published book, “The Education of a Statesman: How Global Leaders Can Repair a Fractured World,” with

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