April 2025

SGMS band students travel to Stifel Theatre for 0rchestra’s Batman performance

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STE. GENEVIEVE – On Sunday, April 6, Ste. Genevieve Middle School band and Fundamentals of Music students traveled to Stifel Theatre in St. Louis to attend a unique performance by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra: a live scoring of Batman, featuring composer Danny Elfman’s original music performed alongside the film.   This marks the fifth […]

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SIU photojournalism students’ talents featured in book highlighting Alto Pass, Cobden

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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — The work by Southern Illinois University Carbondale photojournalism students who used an April 2024 weekend workshop to chronicle the people and events in Cobden and Alto Pass is now available. SIU photojournalism students Dominique Martinez-Powell (left) and Abby Harris (right) and Julia Rendleman, an assistant professor in the School

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Six CHS seniors are among the top students in Southern Illinois

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CHESTER – Six Chester High School seniors were honored at the 2025 Southern Illinois Society of High School Achievement (SISHSA) Banquet Thursday.   The event, which is in its 53rd year of existence, honors the top students across Southern Illinois. The banquet takes place at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and features entertainment, a sit-down

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Social Security Administration implements new anti-fraud measures to enhance telephone claim processing

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Social Security Administration (SSA) recently announced the implementation of enhanced fraud prevention tools for claims filed over the telephone, further modernizing the agency’s services and strengthening program integrity. Beginning April 14, 2025, SSA will allow individuals to complete all claim types via telephone, supported by new anti-fraud capabilities designed to protect

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Ste. Genevieve Board of Aldermen hear flooding complaints

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STE. GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve Board of Aldermen discussed the city’s response to the heavy rains that inundated the community the previous Friday evening.   Alderman Robert Donovan questioned delays in getting the barricades set up for the heavy rain. He said news stations were predicting “historic” rainfall so there was plenty of notice

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Ste. Genevieve Community Services Forum will host drive-thrudrug take back event April 26 at two convenient locations

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STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. – The Community Services Forum is excited to announce its upcoming Drive-Thru Drug Take Back Event, which will take place on Saturday, April 26, from 9 am till 12 pm. The event will be held at two convenient locations: Ste. Genevieve Firehouse and Bloomsdale Family Health Clinic.   Improper disposal of medication

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Mary Blanford

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A private funeral will be held for 96-year-old Mary Ellen Blanford of Sainte Genevieve, Mo. who passed away Friday, April 11, 2025 at Ste. Genevieve Care Center in Sainte Genevieve, Mo.She was born November 30, 1928 in Jacob, Illinois. She is survived by a daughter: Vicki S. Baumann (Special Friend Paul Bopp) of Sainte Genevieve,

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