EVANSVILLE – COS FFA attended the Ag Communications CDE in Marissa. There, they heard Dean Dittmar’s press conference about St. Louis Agribusiness Club and agriculture in the St. Louis Metropolitan area. Pictured left to right from the COS Varsity team is: Christine Liefer, Alyssa Heimann, Charlie Rahlfs, and Isaac Luebekmann. Not pictured is […]
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PERRYVILLE – If you’re looking for the reason for the season, a trip to Southeast Missouri may well be the answer. There are 37 historic and beautiful country churches for you to visit.
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PERRYVILLE – On Friday officials at the Missouri National Veterans Memorial officially unveiled its 1954 M38A1 “Willy’s” Jeep. The students from Perryville Area Career and Technology Center spent more that two academic years working to restore the Jeep. The MNVM thanks those students and their instructor, Carl Burr. Photos provided by the
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STE. GENEVIEVE – Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff’s Office K9 Ares will receive a bullet and stab protective vest thanks to a charitable donation from non-profit organization Vested Interest in K9s, Inc. K9 Ares’ vest is sponsored by the National Police Association and will be embroidered with the sentiment “Gifted by NationalPolice.org”. Delivery is expected within
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PERRYVILLE – Brian Koenig, a self-employed farmer and owner of Perryville Pumpkin Farm, was elected to serve a two-year term on the Missouri Farm Bureau (MOFB) Board of Directors during the organization’s 109th annual meeting on December 5 at the Lake of the Ozarks. He will represent District 6, covering the southeast portion of the
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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Legendary television producer Norman Lear helped bring groundbreaking change to how Americans viewed the nation and themselves, says Walter Metz, a cinema professor in Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s School of Media Arts. “Long before faddish contemporary notions of ‘world-building’ and ‘cinematic universes,’ Lear conjured a vast sociological
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STE. GENEVIEVE – It’s that time of year again. Basler Funeral Home has it’s Tree of Memories up in the lobby. Families who lost a loved one this past year (December 1, 2022 through November 30, 2023) will have an ornament of their loved one on the tree and will be included in
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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Working with the federal public defender’s office for the Southern District of Illinois is the perfect fit for third-year Southern Illinois University Carbondale School of Law student Rachel C. Burke. The law school’s Metro East Criminal Justice Experiential Learning Program is giving Burke the opportunity to focus on issues
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Girl Scouts of the USA and Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri (GSEM) recently honored fifth grade Girl Scout, Ruth Martin, with the organization’s Medal of Honor after she jumped into action this spring to assist a fellow student who was choking during lunch period. She was presented with the Medal of Honor
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by Tim Crosby CARBONDALE, Ill. – Even as artificial intelligence rises as a new technology, a Southern Illinois University Carbondale researcher is looking at how, when it comes to crime, some things never change. Ahmed Imteaj, assistant professor in the School of Computing, in January will start work on a project titled “Education and Workforce
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