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SIU engineering students build catapult using pumpkins as projectiles

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by Tim Crosby CARBONDALE, Ill. – Southern Illinois University Carbondale engineering students will test and demonstrate a medieval weapon of siege warfare, but as may be appropriate for the season, the trebuchet will be flinging pumpkins instead of rocks or flaming projectiles. Ken Anderson, director of the Advanced Energy Institute at SIU and the students’ […]

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‘Some Pig!’ Silver Daggers to present ‘Charlotte’s Web’

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PERRYVILLE – Perryville High School’s Silver Dagger players will present the children’s classic “Charlotte’s Web,” with a special Sunday show.     “Performances are set for Thursday and Friday, Nov. 7-8, and Sunday, Nov. 10,” said director Jennifer Birk-Cook. “There is no Saturday evening show because several of our cast members made the All-District Choir,

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Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff’s Office reports arrests, incidents

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STE. GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff’s Office has released its latest report of arrests and incidents. Arrested Person: 7  (The individuals listed below have been formally charged all other individuals cannot be listed at this time) Alarm Activation: 2 Assault: 1 Assist Other Agency: 1 Bomb Threat: Animal Control: 3 Brush Fire: Burglary: Careless

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Timothy A. Durbin

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Timothy A. Durbin, 55, of Prairie du Rocher, Illinois, passed away at 7:55 pm on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, at Saint Francis Medical Center, Cape Girardeau, Missouri.    He grew up the youngest of five, with all his siblings watching over him. The Durbin household was always filled with laughter, love, and a lot of

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Donald G. Schwent

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Donald G Schwent Sr., 83, of Ellisville, Mo. formerly of St. Mary, Mo. passed away Wednesday, October 23, 2024 at Missouri Baptist Hospital in St. Louis, Mo.   He was born June 9, 1941 in St. Mary, Mo.   He married to Martha (Buatte) Schwent on November 26, 1966.   He is survived by his

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Cape Girardeau felon admits stealing gun, possessing machine guns

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CAPE GIRARDEAU – A 21-year-old convicted felon has admitted stealing a pistol from a Cape Girardeau County gun store and being caught days later with two machine guns.   Dayvion Jyraud Parker pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau to five felonies: stealing a firearm from a licensed dealer, two counts of being

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