PERRYVILLE — The Perryville Police Department has released its latest reports. 41-year-old Christopher A. Welch of Whitewater was arrested March 5th on a fugitive warrant out of Alexander County, Illinois. 32-year-old Devante X. Craig of St. Louis was arrested Februrary 23rd on a fugitive warrant out of Jefferson County. Thefts of a […]
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JEFFERSON CITY — A 77-year-old man from Rockwood, Illinois received minor injuries in a traffic crash on Highway 51 in Perry County Monday afternoon. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the man was taken to Memorial Hospital in Chester by a Mercy Perry ambulance. The patrol says the crash happened when the Rockwood
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by Tim Crosby CARBONDALE, Ill. – With advances in AI often outstripping the capacity of existing hardware, a researcher at Southern Illinois University Carbondale is looking at ways to leverage the existing computing environment to keep up with demands for training AI models. Xiaopeng Jiang, assistant professor of computer science, center, along with doctoral students,
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CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s 2025 Outside the Box new music festival will continue to build on its legacy for an 18th year by highlighting internationally known musicians and the talents of eight featured performers from the SIU School of Music. Sarah Belle Reid, left, and Ryan Gaston are among the featured performers at the 2025
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A private graveside service will be held at a future date for 73-year-old Ronald Hartenberger of Ballwin, Missouri, formerly of Chester, Illinois, who passed away at 10:35 am, Sunday, March 16, 2025 at River Crossing Rehab and Healthcare Center in St. Louis, Missouri. He was born January 29, 1952 to Clarence and Minnie (nee Kessel)
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With heavy hearts, we share the news of the peaceful passing of Paul Byron Hawkins, a genuine free spirit who left this world after a brave fight with cancer. Byron was born April 4, 1953, in Jonesboro, Arkansas, to Jim Hawkins and JoAnn Hawkins. He passed away March 12, 2025, at the age of
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Mark Wayne Martin, 49, of Perryville, Missouri passed away Monday, March 17, 2025. He was born April 5, 1975, the son of Oliver Jr. and Nell Maxine (Barger) Martin. Mark was a truck driver for Stark Truss Company. He loved being a truck driver and driving over the road. Mark enjoyed singing karaoke
JEFFERSON CITY — A 49-year-old Perryville man was killed in a traffic crash on I-55 in Jefferson County Monday morning. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the victim’s body was taken to the St. Louis County Morgue. The patrol says the crash happened when the northbound 2021 Frieghtliner Cascadia the man was driving
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PERRYVILLE – The Citizens Electric Corporation which has been working to restore power since the tornado struck late Friday night has issued what it calls its final outage update. “Our team has been working nonstop since Friday — and especially through the weekend — to restore power and keep our system safe and reliable.
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CHESTER – A REGULAR MEETING of the Chester School District Board of Education will be held on March 19, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. at the Chester Community High School Media Center located at 1901 Swanwick Street, Chester, IL. Due to Wednesday evening’s plays, the meeting will be held in the Media Center off of
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