CHESTER – The ESPN Southern Illinois TEAM of the Week for WEEK 1 is the Chester YellowJackets. The Chester High School YellowJackets were named the ESPN Southern Illinois 103.5 FM “Team of the Week” for Week 1 of the 2024 IHSA Football Season. The Jackets, under the direction of CHS Head Coach, Billy […]
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Oliver Gene Bachmann, 90, of Perryville, Missouri passed away Thursday, October 3, 2024. He was born May 4, 1934 in Crosstown, MO to Henry and Hedwig (Oster) Bachmann. He graduated from PHS in 1952 and served in the US Army from January 1954 to December 1955. After training, he was deployed to Korea. He
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Judith (Judi) Ann Racer, 70, of Perryville, Missouri passed away peacefully Thursday, October 3, 2024 at St. Louis University Hospital surrounded by her family. She was born July 8, 1954 in Ironton, MO to Glenn Racer and Helen (Hartwick) Racer. Judi was a nurse and worked several years at the Perry County Health
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Missouri Electric Cooperative JEFFERSON CITY – Our Missouri lineworkers are still working hard to help restore power to electric cooperative members in the South. Missouri Electric Cooperative employees, Craig Moeller and John Arnold, shared that the crews are in good spirits and have been busy setting poles and putting up wire. “Our Missouri linemen
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SIKESTON― The northbound Bloomsdale Rest Area on Interstate 55 at mile marker 160 in Ste. Genevieve County will be closed for renovations. Weather permitting, work will begin Thursday, Oct. 10 at 6 a.m. with anticipated completion on Thursday, May 21, 2025. The rest area will remain closed 24 hours a day until the work is completed. The work
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STE. GENEVIEVE — The Ste. Genevieve has enacted a new ordinance now in effect to deal with traffic conditions at bridges and stream crossings. The commission has been fielding complaints from residents on Brushy Creek Road and Saline Creek Road about the bridges being blocked to through traffic by people using the streams for
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PERRYVILLE – The Perryville Police Department has released the following reports. 18-year-old Landon Gage Cameron of Perryville was arrested September 15th for leaving the scene of a traffic crash. Police were called to the area of the 100 block of West St. Joseph by a report of a leaving the scene traffic crash.
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MU Extension COLUMBIA, Mo. – Springtime favorites such as daffodils, tulips and hyacinths won’t greet you next year if they’re not planted in the fall. Narcissus (daffodil). Photo by Kham Tran. Shared under a Creative Commons license (CC BY-SA 3.0). “The bulbs of spring-blooming plants need to be in the ground now so they can
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WASHINGTON – On this one-year anniversary of the vicious October 7th attack on Israel by Iran-backed Hamas, U.S. Congressman Mark Alford (MO-04) released the following video documenting his trip to Israel in April 2024. In the video, Congressman Alford gives a firsthand look at the horrific damage from the brutal attack by Hamas terrorists, which killed 1,195
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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — The talents of Southern Illinois University Carbondale ceramics students will be on display on Saturday, Oct. 12, while helping the community. Bowls like these, created by SIU Carbondale ceramics students, will be available at this year’s Empty Bowls. (Photo provided) Empty Bowls, an event where art meets hunger, compassion and
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