October 2025

Remembering Missouri’s fallen fire heroes

By Tracy Gray, Conferences and Special Programs, MU Fire and Rescue Training Institute COLUMBIA – Each year, University of Missouri Extension’s Fire and Rescue Training Institute helps those firefighters who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service to their communities. FRTI’s collaboration with the Fighters Memorial Foundation of Missouri culminates in two ceremonies: the Candlelight […]

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State legislators tour damaged PHS building

PERRYVILLE – The Perryville Chamber of Commerce welcomed special guests Missouri State Senator Jamie Burger, State Representative John Voss, and State Representative Bryant Wolfin alongside other local officials for a luncheon on the Perry County District 32 campus Monday.     Pictured are: (from left) Mayor Larry Riney, Representative Bryant Wolfin, Superintendent Dr. Fara Jones, County

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Roland Smith

A funeral will be held Saturday, October 25, 2025 for 76-year-old Roland Smith of The Villages in Florida who passed away October 5, 2025 at Cornerstone Hospice, January 30, 1949 comforted by family after a period of Aphasia and Dementia.   Born and raised in Sainte Genevieve, Roland attended Sainte Genevieve High School, graduating in

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Civil War Navy to be topic of Museum Learning Center program

STE. GENEVIEVE – The Civil War Navy will be the subject of the next Sainte Genevieve Museum Learning Center speaker series this Wednesday at 7 at the Orris Theater.     A painting depicting the USS Monitor engaging CSS Merrimac, 9 March 1862 (U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph)   Bob Lockhart will share

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Felix Valle House State Historic Site will participate in Rural Heritage Day Saturday

STE. GENEVIEVE – The Felix Vallé House State Historic Site  in Ste. Genevieve has announced it is once again participating in Ste. Genevieve’s annual Rural Heritage Day festival.     This annual event celebrates the rural traditions of Ste. Genevie and Ste. Genevieve County from the mid-1700s to the mid-1900s. Through live demonstrations and hands-on

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