PERRYVILLE — The Perryville Police Department has released its latest report of arrests and incidents. Among those listed as arrested are: 47-year-old David Young of Woodville, Illinois on September 26 for driving while revoked, possession of a controlled substance, unlawful use of a weapon and possession of drug paraphernalia. The arrest happened about […]
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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — With an evidence-based, individualized and comprehensive approach, Southern Illinois University Simmons Law School is enjoying significant increases in first-time passage rates for recent graduates sitting for bar exams. Thomas Reichert, an assistant professor of law with SIU Simmons Law School, leads a contracts class for first-year law students. (Photos by
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by Tim Obermiller CARBONDALE, Ill. — If you try to keep pace with Marsden Fisher, bring good boots and an even better planner. In the past year alone, the Southern Illinois University Carbondale senior has co-captained an Army ROTC Ranger Challenge team, revived a sustainability organization that now stewards a campus butterfly garden, and maintained
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JEFFERSON CITY – With winter weather just around the corner, the Missouri Department of Transportation will hold its annual winter operations drill on Thursday, Oct. 16. Motorists may notice an increased number of MoDOT vehicles on state routes during the drill, which will begin at 8 a.m. in rural areas and 9 a.m. in urban
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PCSD32 PERRYVILLE – The Perry County School District 32 Board of Education swore in Terry Wichern as its newest member during its regular October meeting Wednesday evening at the Perryville Area Career and Technology Center. Terry Wichern is sworn in by board secretary Julie Wibbenmeyer The board selected Wichern to fill a
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A celebration of life will be held Saturday, October 25, 2025 for 78-year-old Glenda Bauman of Sainte Genevieve, Mo., who passed away Monday, October 13, 2025. She was born June 1, 1947, to Walter Yates and Permelia (Miller) Yates-Seibel, who both preceded her in death. She is survived by a daughter: Dana (Mark)
A funeral will be held Saturday, October 18, 2025 for 71-year-old Donald Merritt Glasscock, Sr. of Red Bud, Illinois, who passed away unexpectedly Sunday, October 12, 2025, in Jackson, Mo. He was born February 9, 1954 in Florence, Alabama to Gordon “Doc” and Agnes (nee Barr) Glasscock Don married Jan McDonald July 2, 1983, in
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A funeral will be held Friday, 17, 2025 for 77-year-old Alvin R. Roscow of Prairie du Rocher, Illinois, who passed away at 7:00 am, Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at his residence, surrounded by his family. He was born to the late James and Thelma (nee Hunter) Roscow on February 20, 1948, in Red Bud, Illinois.
SPRINGFIELD, IL — The Illinois Fraternal Order of Police Corrections Lodge 263 has lobbied for years and continues to stand firmly with legislators calling attention to the escalating crisis at Hill Correctional Center in Galesburg and across the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC). FOP Corrections Lodge President Scot Ward issued the following statement:
MISSOURI — Volunteers are preparing to collect Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts during National Collection Week, Nov. 17 – 24. Nearly 5,000 drop-off locations will open across the country in November, and shoebox packers can find their local drop-off locations in Missouri. Since 1993, Operation Christmas Child has been collecting and delivering gift-filled shoeboxes to children including
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