June 2025

SIU’s Archaeology Field School seeks one of Southern Illinois’ earliest homesteads

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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — A Southern Illinois University Carbondale student team is searching for possibly one of the earliest Anglo-American homesteads in Southern Illinois.     Gretchen Farrell, left, and Noelle Ridolfi (top photo) excavate a section of soil as students in the SIU Carbondale Archaeology Field School search for artifacts. Natalie Eves […]

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SIU’s Sharp Museum to host films, exhibitions on Illinois’ LGBTQ+ history

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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Sharp Museum is hosting an evening of films celebrating Illinois’ LGBTQ+ history on Friday, June 13, while related exhibitions continue. The free, public event is from 5-9 p.m. in the museum auditorium and is part of the second annual LGBTQ+ Saluki Reunion Weekend. Juniper Oxford, coordinator of

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Ste. Gen Board of Aldermen meets in work session meets Thurs

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STE. GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve Board of Aldermen will meet in a work session Thursday following the regular meeting.   City Administrator Happy Welch released the tentastive agenda for the work session Saturday morning.   The tentative agenda for the meeting:   AGENDA Work Session STE. GENEVIEVE BOARD OF ALDERMEN Thursday – June 12,

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James C. Sirtak, Sr.

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JAMES C. SIRTAK, SR., 92, of Prairie du Rocher, Illinois, passed away at 1:30 pm, Sunday, June 8, 2025, at Coulterville Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, Coulterville, Illinois.    He was born to the late George and Josephine (nee Kacinski) Sirtak on December 17, 1932, in East St. Louis, Illinois.   James married Georgia Williams

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Clyde A. Hasemeyer

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A funeral will be held Saturday, June 14, 2025 got 86-year-old Clyde A. Hasemeyer of Ellis Grove, Illinois, who passed away at 6:31 pm, Friday, June 6, 2025 at Randolph County Care Center in Sparta, Illinois. He was born February 19, 1939 in Chester, Illinois to Ralph and Marion (nee Scheltgen) Hasemeyer who both preceded

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Venezuelan men charged with ATM thefts in Bloomsdale and Ste. Genevieve

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ST. LOUIS – Two men from Venezuela have been indicted and accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars from hacked ATMs in Missouri.   Berny Alberson Meza-Rojas, 22, and Anthony Brijan Sorondo, 31, were each indicted June 4, 2025, with one count of conspiracy to commit bank larceny. They appeared in U.S. District Court

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