June 2025

Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff’s report

STE. GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff’s Office has released its latest report of arrests and incidents. Arrested Person: 8  (The individuals listed below have been formally charged all other individuals cannot be listed at this time) Alarm Activation: 5 Assault: Assist Other Agency: 3 Animal Control: 10 Bomb Threat: Brush Fire: Burglary: Careless and […]

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Ste. Genevieve School District R-II board meeting report

STE. GENEVIEVE – This information includes highlights from the Ste. Genevieve County R-II Board of Education’s June 24, 2025, Regular meeting. This is an unofficial record. The official Board Minutes are posted on the district website and are located on Simbli, linked here. The video of the meeting can be found on the district’s Youtube

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Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site to host Independence Day fireworks display

JEFFERSON CITY, MO – The Arcadia Valley Chamber of Commerce will again partner with Missouri State Parks and Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site to celebrate Independence Day with a fireworks display Friday, July 4. The event will go from 7 to 10:30 p.m. on the historic site grounds. The event is free and open

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Missouri home visiting programs restructured

JEFFERSON CITY – In the 2025 legislative session, the Missouri General Assembly amended budget language to restructure the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s (DESE’s) Office of Childhood (OOC) Home Visiting section. Pending Governor Kehoe’s signature of House Bill 2 (2025) and House Bill 5 (2025), effective July 1, 2025, the following changes will occur:

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Perryville man seriously injured in I-55 motorcycle crash

JEFFERSON CITY — A 20-year-old Perryville man was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash on I-55 in Ste. Genevieve County Tuersday morning.   The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the man was treveling north on a 2007 Honda VTX 1300 when the motorcycle went out of control, began skidding and then overturned, ejecting the man.

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Perryville Police report

PERRYVILLE — The Perryville Police Department has released its latest report.   69-year-old Connie L. Keith was charged with common assault and obstructing process June 22 at 11:55 a.m.   Police say an officer was dispatched to East St. Joseph Street near Spring Street, where he observed the offense.

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Senator Schmitt annihilates Democrats over defense of dangerous illegal immigrants at judiciary hearing

WASHINGTON – Missouri’s U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) has slammed Democrats for defending violent, criminal illegal aliens and blasted District Judge Brian Murphy for blatantly refusing to obey a Supreme Court order to deport criminal illegal aliens that have harmed U.S. citizens.   Watch Senator Schmitt’s Remarks HERE “What happened yesterday, a radical liberal, progressive, leftist

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SGHS senior competes in national speech and debate competition

STE. GENEVIEVE — For the first time in Ste. Genevieve High School history, a member of the Speech and Debate team competed at the national level.     Senior Bennett Walls capped off an impressive season by representing SGHS at the National Catholic Forensics League Championships in Chicago last month. He also made history earlier

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David J. Shaffer

A funeral will be held Saturday, July 6, 2025 for 73-year-old David J. Shaffer of Cape Girardeau, Mo., who peacefully passed away with his wife by his side, Monday, June 23, 2025 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. He was born September 25, 1951 in Cambridge, Neb. to Bill and June Shaffer who both

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