March 2025

CGS students selected to attend Young Authors’ Conference

CHESTER – The following Chester Grade School students have been selected to attend the 2025 Monroe-Randolph County Regional Office of Education Young Authors’ Conference Tuesday, March 25 at Red Bud.   Two students from each grade level 2-8 were selected for this honor.   Kasi Jany is the CGS Reading Interventionist.     Pictured, left […]

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Commemorate Vietnam War Veterans Day at the MNVM

PERRYVILLE, MO – Missouri’s National Veterans Memorial (MNVM) invites the public to commemorate Vietnam War Veterans Day at the memorial Saturday, March 29, 2025 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.   This special day offers a meaningful opportunity to honor and remember those who served during the Vietnam War. Visitors are encouraged to immerse themselves

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Perryville Police report

PERRYVILLE – The Perryville Police Department has released its latest report.   52-year-old Wain Franklin Hamlin of Sedgewickville was cited March 5th for consumption of alcohol in public, driving while revoked or suspended, failure to register a motor vehicle, using other license plates and no insurance.   The citations were issued following a traffic stop

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Randolph County Sheriff’s Office reports arrests

CHESTER – The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office has released its latest report of arrests. Arrested were: Terry A. Webb 38, Smithton, March 3, 2025 by Randolph County Sheriff’s Office on a Randolph County warrant for failure to appear on an unlawful fleeing, resisting and obstructing police charge.  Is incarcerated.   Bethany N. Myers 35, Steeleville, March

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SIU’s Paul Simon Institute to host talk on municipal leadership with former Ottawa mayor

CARBONDALE, Ill. — Former Ottawa, Illinois, Mayor Robert Eschbach will join Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute for a special virtual conversation at 10 a.m. Friday, March 14. Eschbach, who received the 2024 Paul Simon-Jim Edgar Statesmanship Award, will discuss decades of community activity and municipal leadership with John Shaw, institute director. Former Ottawa

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Two women suffer moderate injuries in Highway 61 crash

JEFFERSON CITY — Two Ste. Genevieve women suffered moderate injuries in a traffic crash Monday afternoon on Highway 61 in Ste. Genevieve County.   Missouri State Highway Patrol Master Sergeant B.J. Fowler reported both women were taken to Ste. Genevieve County Memorial Hospital, a 62-year-old by ambulance and a 34-year-old by private conveyance.   MSgt.

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