CHESTER – The Mississippi Valley Art Guild is hosting a patriotic party on June 20, noon to 3 pm, in honor of our nation’s 250th birthday. There will be a chance to paint a canvas with a patriotic design. Guests will also have a chance to make things such as an Uncle Sam wall hanging, […]
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PERRYVLLE – Perry County School District No. 32 haa released this summary of the June 10, 2026 Board of Education Meeting. Special board meetings were called on May 26, and June 3, 2026 with no information to report. The June 10 open session was called to order at 7:00 p.m. and the pledge
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JEFFERSON CITY — A 45-year-old Perryville man was taken to St. Francis Medical Center by ambulance after receiving minor injuries in a traffic crash Sunday morning. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the man was the driver of a 2001 F-150 which ran off Highway 177 in Cape Girardeau County and overturned. The
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CHESTER – The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office has released its latest reports. Justin C. Rettig 34, Sparta, arrested June 8, 2026 by Steeleville Police on a Perry County IL warrant for failure to appear on an operating uninsured motor vehicle. Is incarcerated. Bryan K. Houk 42, Chester, arrested June 8, 2026 by Randolph County
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COLUMBIA, Mo. — Registration is open for the University of Missouri Extension Master Gardener fall 2026 online course. The 15-week class runs Aug. 23 to Dec. 24. The online core training course is designed to provide in-depth horticultural knowledge, says MU Extension Master Gardener state coordinator Debi Kelly. The course includes presentations and weekly
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by Brooke Keltner CARBONDALE, Ill. — There’s a legend in the Missouri Ozarks that a train from the Wild West carrying the now rare McCloud River redband trout derailed. To save the fish, the railroad workers released them into the nearby rivers. These fish were supposedly the ancestors of today’s rainbow trout. Now nearly 150
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CARBONDALE, Ill. — John Shaw, director of Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, will discuss the presidencies of Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy on Tuesday, June 30, as part of a special program at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene, Kansas. Shaw will speak about the two
JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri athletes will compete at the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games in Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 20–26. This is the largest national Special Olympics competition in the country and happens every four years. Team Missouri will represent the state in 12 sports: Athletics/track and field, basketball, bocce, bowling, flag football, golf, pickleball, powerlifting,
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JEFFERSON CITY – As Missourians prepare for a summer filled with even more festivities and celebrations than usual – including the “America 250” commemoration and FIFA World Cup events in the Kansas City area – the Division of Fire Safety is urging residents to keep safety at the forefront of their planning. “Because July
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Early results from University of Missouri seed variety testing trials are showing higher-than-average wheat yields in southeastern Missouri, according to Andre Froes de Borja Reis, assistant professor of soybean farming systems and head of MU’s Variety Testing Program for wheat, corn, grain sorghum and soybean. Will Knuckles, senior research specialist with the program, says two
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