January 2026

Unemployment rate up in majority of Illinois metro areas for November, Chicago sees continued job growth

SPRINGFIELD – Over-the-year, total nonfarm jobs decreased in 8 metropolitan areas and increased in 4, leading to consecutive months with year-over-year growth in Chicago (17 consecutive months) and Lake (6 consecutive months). Over-the-year, the unemployment rate increased in 10 metro areas and decreased in 2 for the year ending November 2025, according to data released today […]

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Valle Catholic High School releases second quarter honor roll

STE. GENEVIEVE – Valle Catholic High School has released its second quarter honor roll.   High Honors – 9th Grade   Chase Basler Logan Donze Gage Fallert Jaida Fallert Levi Fallert Nolan Joggerst Audrey Jokerst Ava Kavaliauskas Connor Manshack Charlotte Naeger Tessa Roth Lyla Shortt   High Honors – 10th Grade   Mikayla Basler Cecilia

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Valle Catholic Middle School 2nd Quarter Honor Roll

STE. GENEVIEVE – Valle Catholic Middle School has released its second quarter honor roll.   6th Grade High Honors Beckett Wehner, Colby Kutz, Reese Jokerst, Emma Henderson, Annabelle Grass, Kenzie Gegg, Owen Naeger, Isla Baumann, Miles Woodward, Cal Kertz, James Woodward   Honors   Aleigha DeGenova, Charlie Basler, Grady Roth, Ella Pettus, Makenna Williams, Stella

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Ste. Genevieve High School girl wrestlers take first at St. Charles

STE. GENEVIEVE – Ste. Genevieve High School Girls Wrestling finished 1st out of 17 teams at the St. Charles Tournament Friday evening.     Congrats to the following for finishing top 4. Lexi Wolk 1st, Aila Wolk 1st, Maggie Price 1st, Keely Fallert 1st, Hailey Davis 3rd, Lillie Farlow 3rd, Ragan Picou 3rd, Abby Vogt

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Ste. Genevieve boys’ wrestling places third at St. Charles West Saturday

STE. GENEVIEVE — SGHS Boys wrestling finished third out of 19 teams at the St. Charles West Tournament Saturday.   Top four finishers were Brody Winters 1st (in photo), Cam Vogt 2nd, Drake Meyer 2nd, Kobe Fallert 3rd, Owen Roth 3rd, Madden Wolk 3rd. Jace Amschler 4th, and Max Kruppe 4th,     Congratulations to

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William H. Paradee

William H. Paradee, 85, of Perryville, Missouri passed away Friday, January 16, 2026 at his residence. He was born June 5, 1940 in Ramsey, IL to Harold and Lenna (Schempf) Paradee. William and Cathy Schied were married on June 24, 1985 in Bryan, Texas. She survives him in Perryville. He worked as a livestock farmer

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Dennis Fischer

Dennis Fischer, 84, of Red Bud, Illinois, passed away at 3:05 pm, Monday, January 12, 2026, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri.   He was born to the late Herbert and Loretta (nee George) Fischer on August 5, 1941, in Belleville, Illinois.   Dennis married Nola L. Spinnie on January 7, 1966, in St. Louis,

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