STE. GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve Board of Aldermen met in regular session Thursday evening. The Consent agenda was approved. It included three street closures: Third Street from the alleyway by the Anvil to the south side of the corner of Merchant and Third Street from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, August 23rd for the […]
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ST. LOUIS – Two Missouri men on Friday admitted operating a long-running Ponzi scheme that cost more than 90 victims at least $3 million. James “Jim” Johnson, 77, and Darrell Niswonger, 68, each pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau to one count each of wire fraud, securities fraud and investment adviser
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A funeral will be held Friday, August 22, 2025 for 91-year-old Mary Elizabeth (Spraul) Jokerst of Ozora, Mo. who passed away August 14, 2025. She was born May 27, 1934, a daughter of Benjamin F. Spraul and Sophia R Spraul, who both preceded her in death. She married Cletus Jokerst, he preceded her
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A private inurnment will be held for 87-year-old Leroy E. Wachtel of Red Bud, Illinois, who passed away at 5:10 pm, Thursday, August 14, 2025, at Randolph County Care Center, Sparta, Illinois. He was born October 11, 1937 in Hecker, Illinois to Peter E. and Rosemond “Rose” (nee Ganley) Wachtel who both preceded him in
A funeral will be held Thursday, August 21, 2025 for 96-year-old Jean L. Lewis of Red Bud, Illinois, who passed away at 4:30 p.m., Friday, August 15, 2025, at St. Elizabeth Hospital, O’Fallon, Illinois. She was born November 26, 1928 in Red Bud, Illinois to John and Gertrude (nee Hagan) Roscow who both preceded
Annual Breakfast and Teacher Hall of Fame Induction welcomes teachers, staff, and Hall of Fame Inductees including Larry Baldwin, John Birchler, and Linda Egge By Jim Beers CHESTER – The Chester School District No. 139 school year got off to a great start Tuesday August 12 with the Annual Breakfast for all teachers, staff,
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Pictured are the members of the 2025 Chester High School Freshman Class of 2029 who attended the 2025 Freshman Academy at CHS. The event was held Monday August 11 and was designed to help the newcomers to CHS acclimate and transition better to high school. Jim Beers Photo At the end of the
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Commentary: Bringing Agriculture into Focus at the State Fair By Janet Adkison, Director of Public Affairs for Missouri Farm Bureau JEFFERSON CITY – While I appreciate sunny summer days more than the cold winter days, I love the fact that we live in a region with four seasons. By late winter, I’m ready to
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CLARKSDALE, Miss. – The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) is making approximately $2.5 million in funding available for the 2025 LDD Community Support Pilot Program, a noncompetitive grant opportunity providing capacity-building and community support resources to Local Development Districts (LDDs) within the lower Mississippi River Delta and Alabama Black Belt regions. Designed to enhance regional
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U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Missouri ST. LOUIS – Four people, including a former U.S. Postal Service employee, have been sentenced for their role in a conspiracy that stole checks from the mail to commit bank fraud, U.S. Attorney Thomas C. Albus announced Tuesday. The four defendants received sentences of between 12 and
