SPRINGFIELD, Ill – As holiday celebrations get underway, the OSFM, Camp I Am Me by the Illinois Fire Safety Alliance, Northern Illinois Fire Sprinkler Advisory Board and the Springfield Fire Department urge residents to keep fire safety at the top of their holiday checklist. According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) more than […]
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STE. GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve Board of Aldermen will meet in regular and work sessions tonight in the city hall board room, 165 S. Fourth Street, Ste. Genevieve. Both meetings are open to the public. The tentative agendas: The report from City Administrator David Bova: The complete
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JEFFERSON CITY – November sales tax receipts from Ste. Genevieve County’s five sales taxes are up $49,353 compared to the same month last year. However, so far this calendar year, the five sales taxes have brought in $4,404,069 which is down $49,768 from the first 11 months of 2024. The county collects a
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STE. GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve Police Department has released its monthly operations report for November 2025. The report states that officers responded to 495 calls for service (see details below). There 37 arrests, 61 summons issued and 163 warnings. There was one drug incident and no DWIs. K9 Ozzy had
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STE. GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve County School District R-II Board of Education will meet Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. in the Ste. Genevieve Early Childhood Multipurpose Room, 1200 Maple Drive, Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. Ahead of the regularly scheduled open session meeting each month, the Board will conduct a closed meeting with
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A funeral will be held Monday, December 15, 2025 for 16-year-old Jackson Jacob Scanlan of Chester, Illinois, who passed away at 7:19 am, Tuesday, December 9, 2025, at his father’s house in Percy, Illinois. He was born January 16, 2009 in Belleville, Illinois to Jacob and Shelley (nee Cushman) Scanlan who survive. He
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PERRYVILLE — Filing for the April 7, 2026, election began Tuesday with a total of five candidates – four incumbents and one new candidate. Dustin M. Miller was the only new candidate to file. He is seeking the post of City Marshal. Incumbent Direk Hunt has said he will not seek re-election to that post.
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BLOOMSDALE – Both of the incumbent aldermen in Bloomsdale are seeking re-election. John Schweigert in Ward I and Chris Basler in Ward II filed Tuesday, the first day of filing. Filing ends December 30th. The election is April 7th.
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Three days of Christmas activities help set the tone for a bright Chester Christmas By Jim Beers CHESTER – The annual Christmas on the River Celebration in Chester was held Friday, Saturday and Sunday December 5, 6, and 7 throughout the city. The celebration began decades ago in Chester to kick-off the Christmas season and
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JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED), in coordination with the Missouri Technology Corporation (MTC), today announced the release of the second tranche of Missouri’s State Small Business Credit Initiative 2.0 (SSBCI 2.0) funding, a federal U.S. Treasury program to advance technology-based economic development. The second round of funding includes more than
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