JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control (DDCC) announces the arrest of Skyler Brown, 21, of Ste. Genevieve, MO, for child sex crimes following an investigation by the DDCC Special Victims Unit (SVU). In August 2025, while conducting an online child pornography investigation, SVU investigators obtained a CyberTip […]
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CHESTER — An out of control car crashed into a storage unit behind the Chester Wal-Mart store Monday afternoon. (Photos by Jim Beers) According to reports, the crash happened about 12:57 p.m. when the driver of the vehicle “blacked out”. The driver was able to get out of the car and
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A funeral will be held Thursday, September 4, 2025 for 96-year-old Theodore F, ‘Richard’ Harnagel of Chester, Illinois, who passed away at 9:35 a.m., Sunday, August 31, 2025 at Independence Care Center, Perryville, Mo. He was born December 14, 1928 in Wittenberg, Mo. to Otto and Ollie (nee Garris) Harnagel, who both preceded him
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A funeral mass will be held Friday, September 5, 2025 for 89-year-old Sister Genarose Buechler, ASC of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ, who died peacefully at 8:08 pm, Friday, August 29, 2025, at Memorial Hospital, Belleville, Illinois. Sr. Genarose was born August 18, 1936 in East St. Louis, Illinois, one of seven
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A funeral will be held Thursday, September 4, 2025 for 83-year-old Janice Genevieve Gebhardt of Festus who passed away Aug. 26, 2025, at Crystal Oaks Nursing Home in Crystal City. She was born July 22, 1942, in Ste. Genevieve, the daughter of Dorothy (Smith) Doza, who preceded her in death. She married Martin
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A funeral will be held Friday, September 4, 2025 for 92-year-old Hubert Anthony Halter of Perryville, Mo. who passed away Saturday, August 30, 2025 at Monticello House in Jackson, Mo. He was born March 1, 1933 in Uniontown, Mo. to Ben and Clara (Meyer) Halter who both preceded him in death. He and
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In Loving Memory A private funeral will be held in Des Moines, Iowa for 87-year-old Harry J. Mooney of Sainte Genevieve, Mo., who passed away September 2, 2025. He was born August 26, 1938, son of Harry J. Mooney and Dorothy (McGuire) Mooney, who both preceded him in death. He married Nancy K. (Johnson) Mooney,
And We All Fall Down…or Not It is almost September and there is a crispness in the air that hints of fall. Cooler temperatures, beautiful autumn colors, football and National Fall Prevention Month. That last one might surprise you but Fall Prevention Month is a designated month, for raising awareness about the risks and consequences
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CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) has announced a new program that will grant funds to clean up cemeteries that have been abandoned, neglected, or are otherwise in need of additional care. Units of local government and not-for-profit organizations (including, but not limited to, not-for-profit cemetery authorities) are eligible to
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CHESTER – The Chester Cemetery and Finance Committee will meet in special session today at 5:30 p.m. in the Chester Municipal Building, 1330 Swanwick Street, Chester, Illinois. The notice and tentative agenda for the meeting: NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING CITY OF CHESTER CEMETERY AND FINANCE COMMITTEE Notice is hereby given
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