BOSTON, Mass. – Average gasoline prices in Missouri have fallen 4.9 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.67/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 3,940 stations in Missouri. Prices in Missouri are 18.8 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 27.6 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. […]
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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Mercy’s Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing and Health Sciences is welcoming its first class of Win From Within students. These students are all co-workers at Mercy Southeast who receive tuition assistance from Mercy. Win From Within students work at Mercy Hospital Southeast as patient care associates, nurse technicians or
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CHESTER – Memorial Hospital is proud to announce that it has been named a National Rural Rating System (NRRS) 5-Star Hospital for the third year in a row. This prestigious recognition is based on Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) patient satisfaction scores for overnight stays, with rankings compiled using data from
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STE, GENEVIEVE – Volunteers are collecting Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts during National Collection Week, which began Monday and continues through Monday, Nov. 25. More than 4,700 drop-off locations will open across the country in November, and shoebox packers can find their local drop-off locations nearest them. In Ste. Genevieve County the shoebox
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Large crowd enjoys ceremony and delicious FREE lunch By Jim Beers CHESER, IL. – Monday November 11 was Veteran’s Day 2024 and the annual Veteran’s Day Ceremony was held at the VFW Post 3553 in Chester. It was a beautiful day and a large crowd came out to honor all United States Veterans. World War
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CHESTER — A plaque honoring Chester Community Unit School District 139 benefactor Professor James Franklin Sharp has been installed on the front of the Chester, Illinois High School Colbert Gymnasium Building. The plaque is between the center double doors and right double doors, that enter into the Professor Sharp Cafeteria & Entrance Lobby.
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CHESTER – AFSCME donates $250 to the Chester Area Christian Food Pantry (CACFP). Making the presentation is Larry Brown, President of AFSCME Council 31 Sub-Chapter 56 Retiree Chapter in Chester, Illinois. Accepting the donation from Brown on behalf of the CACFP is Dr. Jim Beers, who is also a former State of Illinois
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CHESTER — Chester Grade School presented “HIVE” Awards Friday November 8 to 24 students. Teachers nominated the recipients after witnessing them demonstrating one or more of the good character traits of “Respect”, “Responsibility”, Safety”, or “Empathy”. (Row 1, left to right): William Johnson, Francisco Herrera Sica, Juana Ramirez Lopez, Shelby Stueve, Paisley Davis,
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STE. GENEVIEVE – Recently, Ste. Genevieve High School welcomed six students from France, as well as their adult chaperons. The students are from an area near Lyon, and they are staying with SGHS host families and shadowing their American peers around school and in their classes. The group will stay for two weeks.
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STE. GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve County R-II School District honored veterans, active military and their guests at both the Ste. Genevieve and Bloomsdale campuses in recognition of Veterans Day. All local veterans were welcome at the schools’ assemblies, and students personally invited veterans as their guests, as well. At both elementary schools, each grade
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