September 2025

Ste. Genevieve Board of Aldermen meeting agenda released

STE. GENEVIEVE – The tentative agenda for Thursday’s meeting of the Ste. Genevieve Board of Aldermen has been released.   The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. in the city hall board room.   The tentative agenda:       The complete agenda packet:   SG BOA AGENDA PACKET Sept10_25_1 SG BOA AGENDA PACKET Sept10_25_2 […]

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Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff reports arrests and incidents

STE. GENEVIEVE — The Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff’s Office has released its report of arrests and incidents for the week ending September 5, 2025.    Arrested Person: 6  (The individuals listed below have been formally charged all other individuals cannot be listed at this time) Alarm Activation: 5 Assault: Assist Other Agency: 2 Animal Control:

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Ste. Genevieve man hurt in St. Francois County traffic crash

JEFFERSON CITY — A 60-year-old Ste. Genevieve man was one of two persons who were hurt in a traffic crash on Route OO in St. Francois County Monday afternoon.   The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the Ste. Genevieve man and a 17-year-old Farmington youth were both taken by ambulance to Parkland Health Center in

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Suicide Prevention and 988 Guide for Missouri Schools updated

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has announced the 2025 edition of the Suicide Prevention & 988 Guide for Missouri Schools.   This resource from the Missouri Suicide Prevention Network is designed to support schools’ youth suicide prevention, intervention, crisis response, and postvention efforts.   The 2025 edition of the

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Upcoming Route Y/61 intersection improvements in Bloomsdale

SIKESTON-The Missouri Department of Transportation plans to upgrade the existing Route 61/Y intersection in Bloomsdale, Missouri to improve turning movements. This will be accomplished by widening and increasing some of the radiuses at the existing intersection. The project also includes drainage improvements and adding a pedestrian crossing along Route 61.     Tentatively, the project

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Saxony Lutheran tennis report

JACKSON – The Saxony Luitheran High School tennis squad hosted a 4-Team Individual Singles/Doubles Tournament at SEMO Monday with Caruthersville, Jackson, Windsor and Saxony Lutheran.   Hannah Pruitt, Katya Rust and Sadie Elmore all finished in first place in singles.   Emi Keller, Aubrey Ostendorf and Allie Niccum finished second In singles. Ostendorff/Niccum finished first

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Marie E. Hess

A funeral will be held Friday, September 12, 2025 for 90-year-old Marie E. Hess of Red Bud, Illinois, who passed away at 10 a.m., Sunday, September 7, 2025, at the Garden Place in Red Bud, Illinois.   She was born July 19, 1935 in Waterloo, Ill. to Jacob and Frances (nee Eschmann) Schaefer, who both

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Catherine L. Hanaway sworn in as Missouri’s 45th attorney general

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Catherine L. Hanaway was sworn in Monday at 10 a.m. as Missouri’s 45th Attorney General in a private ceremony at the Missouri Supreme Court Building. She took the oath of office on her son John’s Bible, administered by the Honorable Ginger K. Gooch, her former law partner and a judge on the

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CHS was represented by six Class of 2025 seniors at the 2025 SISHSA Banquet

Conley, Krieg, Lutman, Sulser, Welge, and Williamson were honored at the awards banquet By Jim Beers CHESTER – Each year the Southern Illinois Society for High School Achievement, better known as SISHSA, hosts a banquet and award ceremony to recognize the top students in the Southern Illinois area. This year (2025) marks the 53rd year

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