CHESTER – The Chester Gas, Water and Sewer Committee will meet in special session at 4 p.m. Monday, March 14 and 4 p.m. in the Chester Municipal Building. The official notice of the meeting and tentative agenda: NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING GAS, WATER & SEWER COMMITTEE CITY OF CHESTER, ILLINOIS […]
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PERRYVILLE – A report of the Perry County School District No. 32 Board of Education meeting held March 12th has been released. The open session was called to order at 7:00 p.m. and the pledge of allegiance was recited. The board approved the consent agenda items which consisted of: February 12, 2025 regular
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STE. GENEVIEVE — Both Bloomsdale Elementary and Ste. Genevieve Elementary celebrated Read-On Missouri Week from March 3 – 7. This week is part of the Read Across America program, which is sponsored by the National Education Association and celebrates reading and encourages students to develop lifelong reading habits! Throughout the week, students had the opportunity
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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Paulette Curkin Pride Resource Center and the Women’s Resource Center are hosting the SIU Women’s Film Festival, Monday and Tuesday, March 17-18. The free film screenings and discussions in Morris Library’s John C. Guyon Auditorium are open to the public. A discussion panel will follow each of the films.
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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s School of Music will host a recital featuring the works from Mongolia’s best composers at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 19, in the university’s Old Baptist Foundation Recital Hall. Mikka Chinbaatar, a graduate student in collaborative piano, and musician Bayarbaatar Bavuudorj (below) are among the artists featured in
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Perry County School District 32 PERRYVILLE – Twenty-one Perryville High School vocalists have qualified for the Missouri State Solo and Ensemble Festival to be held in May at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Fifteen vocal events earned Gold (Exemplary) ratings at the district contest, and seven vocal events earned Silver (Outstanding) ratings. Soloists earning
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Susan Catherine (Kitty) Schaefer, born in Covington, TN on July 30, 1942, to Daniel Frederick and Mary Tom Lindsey Jennings, passed away at her home in Ste. Genevieve, MO, on Sunday, March 9, 2025. Kitty was a graduate of Byars Hall High School and attended Memphis State University. She started a career at the
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Oliver W. “Mitch” Michaud, 92, of Perryville, Missouri passed away Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at Mercy Hospital Perry. He was born November 5, 1932 in Perryville, MO to Peter Valle and Pearl (Fadler) Michaud. Mitch and Lavern Wolter were married on December 31, 1977 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Chester, Il. She survives him
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Perry County Teams place in top 10 FULTON, Mo. – The University of Missouri Extension State 4-H Horse Judging Contest on March 1 drew 88 4-H members from across the state to William Woods University in Fulton. Perry County 4-H Junior (ages 8-13) and Senior (ages 14-18) teams both placed in the top 10 with
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By Jim Beers CHESTER – Chester High School strongly encourages and recognizes and students who come to school. It is quite an accomplishment to maintain perfect attendance, so Principal Jeremy Blechle and Assistant Principal Robin Barton have made major attempts to honor and recognize those students who achieve perfect attendance each month. Pictured
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