Sun Times

Ste. Genevieve County Ambulance District Board meets Monday

STE. GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve County Ambulance District directors will meet at 5.15 p.m. Monday, June 15 at Ste. Genevieve County Ambulance House 1, 3 Basler Drive Ste. Genevieve, Mo.   The meeting is open to the public.   The tentative agenda:   STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY AMBULANCE DISTRICT Regular Meeting Tentative Agenda Date: Monday, […]

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Ste. Genevieve’s French Heritage Festival is this Saturday

STE. GENEVIEVE – Experience a centuries-old celebration unlike anywhere else in the Midwest in one of Missouri’s oldest towns. The Ste. Genevieve French Heritage Festival brings the rich traditions of the French Creole Corridor to life through live music, storytelling, historic reenactments, frontier folk dancing, authentic cuisine, artisan demonstrations, and family-friendly activities set among the

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‘The REA is Coming’, how the Rural Electrification Act changed rural America.

STE. GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve Museum Learning Center will welcome Jim McCarty to its speaker series this Wednesday at 6:30 at the Orris Theater in Ste. Genevieve. The topic will be how the Rural Electrification Act Changed Rural America.   The Rural Electrification Act of 1936 was a landmark New Deal law that provided

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Union leaders convicted of racketeering, fraud, and embezzlement of union dues

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday a federal jury convicted a North Carolina couple, a Missouri man, and an Ohio man in relation to a scheme involving theft of union-member dues through the award of no-show jobs, lavish travels and dinners charged to the union, unearned vacation payouts, and an unauthorized $7 million loan made to

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Yucca: Overlooked star of early summer

COLUMBIA, Mo.—Those towering flower stalks covered with white, bell-shaped blossoms that appear in early June belong to yucca, a plant with a somewhat unfortunate name.     Photo by H. Zell. Shared under a Creative Commons license (CC BY-SA 3.0).   Yuccas are resilient and striking additions to water-wise landscapes, said University of Missouri Extension

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Nelda W. Buerck

Nelda W. Buerck, 87, of Perryville, Missouri passed away Sunday, June 7, 2026 at Mercy Hospital Perry. She was born September 21, 1938 in Apple Creek, MO to Clemens Hugo and Luella Theresa (Bohnert) Buchheit. She and Glennon Joseph Buerck Sr. were married October 20, 1956 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Apple Creek. He

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August 13 is Mizzou Day at the State Fair

SEDALIA – Join us on Thursday, Aug. 13, as tigers take center stage for Mizzou Day, presented by University of Missouri, during Opening Day of the 2026 Missouri State Fair. From agriculture and research to traditions that unite Missourians across the state, Mizzou Day is a celebration of the University of Missouri’s impact on communities, families

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District 32 receives key FEMA designation for PHS

PERRYVILLE – Perry County School District 32 received a long-awaited determination from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Thursday regarding its Public Assistance Grant application for tornado recovery at Perryville High School.   FEMA sent a letter to District 32 and Missouri’s State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) notifying that the damaged PHS building has qualified

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