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Red Cross urges holiday cooking and decorating safety to prevent home fires

ST. LOUIS, MO  — Home fires increase significantly during the holiday months, often sparked by cooking accidents, unattended candles or unsafe decorations. The American Red Cross of Greater St. Louis urges everyone to take simple steps to stay safe while celebrating – from keeping a close eye on what’s cooking to checking holiday lights and […]

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Stay merry and safe: Fire safety comes first this holiday season

SPRINGFIELD, Ill – As holiday celebrations get underway, the OSFM, Camp I Am Me by the Illinois Fire Safety Alliance, Northern Illinois Fire Sprinkler Advisory Board and the Springfield Fire Department urge residents to keep fire safety at the top of their holiday checklist.   According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) more than

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Ste. Genevieve Police Department releases monthly operations report

STE. GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve Police Department has released its monthly operations report for November 2025.   The report states that officers responded to 495 calls for service (see details below).   There 37 arrests, 61 summons issued and 163 warnings.   There was one drug incident and no DWIs.   K9 Ozzy had

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Tentative agenda released for Dec. 16 Ste. Genevieve R-II School Board meeting

STE. GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve County School District R-II Board of Education will meet Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. in the Ste. Genevieve Early Childhood Multipurpose Room, 1200 Maple Drive, Ste. Genevieve, Missouri.   Ahead of the regularly scheduled open session meeting each month, the Board will conduct a closed meeting with

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Jackson Jacob Scanlon

A funeral will be held Monday, December 15, 2025 for 16-year-old Jackson Jacob Scanlan of Chester, Illinois, who passed away at 7:19 am, Tuesday, December 9, 2025, at his father’s house in Percy, Illinois.   He was born January 16, 2009 in Belleville, Illinois to Jacob and Shelley (nee Cushman) Scanlan who survive.   He

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