JEFFERSON CITY – Thank you to everyone inspired by the Jenifer McShane-directed Netflix documentary The Quilters to reach out to the Missouri Department of Corrections and offer donations and words of support. We, too, are moved by the film and are, every day, awestruck by the generous and beautiful work done by Missourians in our Restorative Justice […]
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JEFFERSON CITY — A 39-year-old Perryville woman escaped injury in a traffic crash Tuesday morning in St. Louis County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the woman was the driver of a 2019 Ford Focus which was one of the two vehicles involved in the crash on northbound I-55. The driver of the
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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — The Southern Illinois University Carbondale School of Music will present a free, Versa’tile Chamber Music Ensemble on Wednesday, June 18, in Morris Library’s third-floor rotunda. Jiyeon Lee and Anthony Gray, collaborative pianists in the School of Music, and cellist William Cernota, who has taught SIU students, will perform at
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A funeral will be held Saturday, June 14, 2025 for 101-year-old John C. Bergtholdt of Sainte Genevieve, Mo. who passed away June 9, 2025. He was born August 9, 1923, son of David A. Bergtholdt and Olive E. Bergtholdt who both preceded him in death. He married Rita R. Bergtholdt. She preceded him
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A graveside service will be held Monday, June 16, 2025 for 80-year-old Jacqueline Kuhrtz Jones of Clinton, Mississippi, who passed away unexpectedly, at 12:36 pm, Monday, June 9, 2025. She was born May 25, 1945 in Red Bud, Illinois, to Dr. Kenneth L. and Pauline (nee Messamore) Kuhrtz who both preceded her in death. She
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Beginning next week, the Missouri judiciary will continue rolling out a new feature designed to give attorneys and the public faster access to new civil cases. This new “Auto Create Case” feature is scheduled to be implemented Wednesday, June 18 in eight additional judicial circuits. For years, Missouri’s e-filing system
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CHESTER – A special meeting of the Chester School District Board of Education will be held this evening, at 6 p.m. at the Chester Community High School Juergens Gym located at 1901 Swanwick Street, Chester, IL. This is the tentative agenda: AGENDA Call to Order and Roll Call – 6:00 pm
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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — An intricate glass headdress by a Southern Illinois University Carbondale Master of Fine Arts student that represents desire, glory and the emptiness that they can bring, recently earned top honors in a student exhibition at the international Glass Art Society (GAS) conference. “Crown of Glass: Yang Guifei” by
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By Jarrod Peters Randolph County Sheriff CHESTER, Ill. – On Tuesday, June 3rd, area First Responders and School Administrators came together recently for a collaborative training provided by Illinois Fire Service Institute, in preparation for an Active Shooter Incident in a school setting. The training was held at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex in
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JEFFERSON CITY, MO— On Tuesday, Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe signed Senate Bill (SB) 81 into law in a significant move to strengthen public safety across Missouri. “Public safety remains one of our top priorities, and with this bill, we are reinforcing that with real action,” said Governor Mike Kehoe. “From improving oversight and licensing to supporting
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