April 2025

Silver Dagger Players to present ‘Seussical’ April 10-12  

PERRYVILLE – The Perryville High School Silver Dagger Players will present “Seussical” at the Perry Park Center Theater, at 7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, April 10-12. “Seussical” is a musical comedy based on the works of Dr. Seuss, featuring beloved characters like Horton the Elephant, the Cat in the Hat, and Gertrude McFuzz, with music by Stephen Flaherty […]

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SIU chooses dean for Library Affairs

by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — William H. Walters, executive director of the Mary Alice & Tom O’Malley Library at Manhattan University, will become the next dean of Library Affairs at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Sheryl Tucker, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs,announced Walters’ appointment, effective July 1, subject to approval by the SIU Board of

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SIU’s College of Arts and Media symposium focuses on integrating AI

by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s College of Arts and Media is hosting a symposium April 11 to showcase the work of faculty, students and professionals who are using artificial intelligence in their innovative process and creative endeavors. The free, public CAM x AI: Innovating Creativity Symposium is from 8:30 a.m. to 3:15

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The Office of Childhood kicks off listening sessions on child care licensing rules

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s (DESE’s) Office of Childhood (OOC) has kicked off its series of statewide in-person listening sessions. Feedback from the listening sessions will inform the rewriting of child care licensing rules the OOC was charged with completing, per Governor Mike Kehoe’s Executive Order 25-15. “We appreciate so many

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University of Missouri opens addition to MU Research Reactor facility

By Uriah Orland COLUMBIA – The University of Missouri hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony today for a 47,000-square-foot addition to the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR) facility. Dubbed “MURR West,” the $20 million, three-story addition to the existing MURR North Building represents not only an investment in the physical infrastructure but also in the future

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Helen Regina Childs

A funeral will be held Wednesday, April 9, 2025 for 70-year-old Helen Regina Childs of Chester, Illinois, who passed away at 2:17 pm, Tuesday, April 1, 2025, at her residence. She was born June 7, 1954 in Mobile Alabama, to the late Lee Eugene and Lorraine (nee Phillips) Baggett. They preceded her in death.  

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April is Innovation and Technology Month

SPRINGFIELD –Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has proclaimed the month of April as Innovation and Technology Month in Illinois, underscoring the significance of IT and the dedicated efforts to establish the state as a thriving innovation and technology hub, delivering statewide services to agencies, boards, commissions, and residents.   “Illinois has long been a leader in

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