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SGES, SGMS, SGHS students participates in salute to veterans

STE. GENEVIEVE – Ste. Genevieve Elementary School hosted many local veterans at its annual Veterans Day program Wednesday while Ste. Genevieve Middle and High Schools held their patriotic salute on Thursday.     The SGES program was led and performed by students in grades K-5 to say thank you to those who have served our

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Groundbreaking Ceremony for Don Welge Memorial Bridge draws nice crowd

Welge Family joins Missouri and Illinois Departments of Transportation to commemorate the official start of construction By Jim Beers, contributing writer MISSISSIPPI RIVER BANK, Mo. – It was a cold, brisk, windy day Tuesday October 31 at 11 a.m. when Missouri and Illinois Departments of Transportation held an “official” groundbreaking ceremony at the construction site

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Chester High School has six Illinois State Scholars

Buskohl, Gilbert, Hopkins, McDonough, Thompson, and Wingerter are 2023-24 CHS inductees   BY JIM BEERS, Contributing Writer ​CHESTER — Chester High School Principal, Jeremy Blechle, and School Counselor, Casey Hawkins are pleased to announce that six students from the Chester High School graduating Class of 2024 have been designated as Illinois State Scholars.   Those

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Ste. Genevieve Planning and Zoning approves Buchheit sign request

STE. GENEVIEVE – The minutes of the Nov. 7 meeting of the Ste. Genevieve Planning and Zoning Commision meeting held November 7th have been released. Minutes PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION Ste. Genevieve, Missouri November 7, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. Gary Roth, Chairman Anthony Grass Carl Kinsky Justin Donovan Junie Ewing Kathleen Waltz Gerald Bauman Alderman

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Multiple grammy award winning recording artist, David Phelps comes to Fredericktown

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The unmistakable sound of multi-Dove and Grammy Award-winning recording artist, David Phelps, will be featured in Fredericktown, Mo., Thursday, November 30, at the Calvary Church.     This exciting Christmas concert event will be just one stop on the exciting It Must Be Christmas Tour. This special music evening begins at 7 p.m.    Once a childhood musical prodigy from

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Perry County, Perryville officials present to MHTC

PERRYVILLE — The community hosted the monthly meeting of the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission on Wednesday at the Perry Park Center where local leadership used the opportunity to speak with MHTC about projects we have accomplished in the past decade and provide an outline of what we are currently working towards in the future

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