JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released its latest report of arrests. 19-year-old Richard G. Ruch of Perryville was arrested at 12:38 Saturday morning on a charge of driving while intoxicated. Ruch was charged at Mercy Hospital Perry. 36-year-old Alejo Cortes of Warrenton was arrested at 12:03 Saturday afternoon on […]
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CHICAGO and SPRINGFIELD, IL – The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) and the Center for Childhood Resilience at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago has announced the statewide rollout of Resilience-Supportive Schools Illinois (RSSI) — a free, data-informed initiative that provides schools with tools to strengthen student and educator mental health and resilience. RSSI builds on the Resilience
JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe has signed a designation bill in Branson, recognizing the city as the “Live Entertainment Capital of Missouri.” Senate Bill (SB) 348 includes 46 additional designations recognizing a wide array of people, places, and causes across the state. Provisions in the bill include honorary awareness days, weeks, and months;
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UNIVERSITY, Miss.– A Red Bud, Illinois man has been named to the University of Mississippi’s Spring 2025 Honor Roll lists. Owen Liefer, who is majoring in Computer Engineering, was named to the Dean’s Honor Roll, which is reserved for students who earn a semester GPA of 3.50-3.74. To be eligible for honor roll designation, a student
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PERRYVILLE – Perry County School District is officially prepared for any weather that Mother Nature may throw its way. The district has earned the National Weather Service’s StormReadySupporter designation, which was officially presented to Safety Director Garrett Schott during the June 11 meeting of the Board of Education. StormReady establishes an industry standard for severe
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PERRYVILLE – The tentative agenda for Tuesday’s meeting of the Perryville Board of Aldermen has been released. PV Agenda NOTES Jul 1 2025 The most recent board of aldermen meeting minutes available: PV BOA MINUTES Tuesday’s meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the city hall board room.
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STE, GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve Board of Aldermen gave a proposed 154-unit single family home development final approval at its meeting Thursday evening. The segment of the meeting concerning the subdivision may be seen here: Bill No. 4675 – 21:41 and Bill No. 4676 – 22:31 The votes on the enabling measures
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FAYETTE, Mo. — Central Methodist University celebrated its Spring 2025 commencement on May 10 in Puckett Fieldhouse on the Fayette campus. CMU alumnus Laurence Tucker ’69 gave the commencement address as a packed house of family, friends, faculty, staff, and other guests celebrated the graduates. Students were recognized for earning degrees at the master’s, bachelor’s,
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PERRYVILLE – Perryville city sales tax receipts rose a bit in the latest report from the Missouri Department of Revenue. According to the May 2025 report the city’s sales tax brought in $215,905.17 in May, which is up $3,092.61 from May 2024. So far this calendar year the city sales tax brought in
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – In response to an amended Presidential public assistance declaration, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the availability of low interest federal disaster loans to private nonprofit organizations (PNP) in Ste. Genevieve County affected by severe winter storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding occurring March 30-April 8. These low-interest federal disaster loans are available
