JEFFERSON CITY – Three Florida residents were hurt, one of them seriously, in a traffic crash on I-55 in Ste. Genevieve County Sunday morning. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports a 23-year-old woman had serious injuries and was taken to St Louis University Hospital by an Air Evac helicopter. Two other occupants of the […]
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Chester honors six seniors in heart-warming pre-game ceremony including Riley Lochhead (11), Lillian Diskey (21), Natalie Guetersloh (22), Jessica Stumpe (24), Aubrey Coleman (31), and Lexie Mott (33) By Jim Beers CHESTER – Thursday February 5, 2026 was “Senior Night” at Chester High School for the 2025-26 Lady Jacket Basketball Team. The opponent for the
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Riley Lochhead, Lillian Diskey, Natalie Guetersloh, Jessica Stumpe, Aubrey Coleman, and Lexi Mott are honored at pre-game ceremony Thursday February 5 By Jim Beers CHESTER – Thursday February 5 was “Senior Night” for the 2025-26 Chester High School Lady Jackets Basketball Team. The event took place at the Chester High School Lady Jackets vs Red
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JEFFERSON CITY – If your farm has been in your family since Dec. 31, 1926, you can apply now to have it recognized as a Missouri Century Farm. The University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, MU Extension Ag and Environment team and Missouri Farm Bureau sponsor the program. Applications to be recognized as a 2026 Missouri Century
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway has announced that her Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) obtained a Medicaid Fraud conviction against Tarron Boone, a Medicaid recipient, who along with Yvonne Davis-Boone, his wife and personal care attendant (PCA), knowingly and intentionally misrepresented and concealed their marital relationship in order to become enrolled in and
CHESTER – The Chester Parks and Recreation Committee will meet Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the municipal building, 1330 Swanwick Street, Chester. The meeting is open to the public. The tentative agenda: Parks and Recreation Committee Meeting Agenda 1330 Swanwick Street, Chester, Illinois 62233 Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 6 P.M. Call to
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CHESTER – On February 3, 2026, Evelyn Schuwerk was presented with a plaque by Brett Bollmann, CEO and Tom Search, Board Chairman at Memorial Hospital, recognizing her exceptional, 14 years, of dedicated service as a Board Member. Evelyn was first appointed in March 2011 and chose to conclude her term in November 2025.
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JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe has announced Missouri counties, towns, and cities can now apply to be recognized as Blue Shield communities in 2026 for their dedication to effective law enforcement and community safety. In 2025, 201 communities earned the Blue Shield designation and were later awarded state grants of $50,000 each for
STE. GENEVIEVE – Immigration and Customs Enforcement has released a report on the death of an ICE detainee Leo Cruz Silva, a Mexican national, who perished in the Ste. Genevieve County Jail last October. According to reports, the information was required to be released within 90 days, but was actually released Friday, February 6th, 125
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced today it will adopt the 2026 child and adolescent immunization schedule recently issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). The announcement, which was informed by the Illinois Immunization Advisory Committee (IL-IAC)’s recommendations, reinforces other recent actions taken by the Pritzker administration to protect the health and well-being
