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Spot on: SIU’s Saluki Aces finish second in 2023 Air Race Classic

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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Trusting their instincts and making smart decisions to overcome difficult weather paid off last week for Southern Illinois University Carbondale Aviation’s Saluki Aces Meadow Boden and Graci McDaniel.   The pair finished second — both overall and in the collegiate division — of the 46th transcontinental Air Race Classic […]

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MRV Banks hires Brandi Bonner as new card services operations specialist

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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – MRV Banks is pleased to announce it has hired Brandi Bonner as a new Card Services Operations Specialist.     “Brandi’s skills will provide the support MRV Banks needs to continue providing our customers with high-quality products,” said MRV Banks’ Senior Vice President and Market President Robbie Guard. “We are pleased to be

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MDC encourages people to discover red, white, and blue in nature

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — With the Fourth-of-July coming up, the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) encourage people to look for red, white, and blue in nature through a holiday hike, bird watching, backyard fun, fishing, and other outdoor activities. Adult male summer tanagers are entirely red — an unforgettable sight as they forage for insects among bright green

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Christ Our Savior Lutheran High School FFA goes to state convention

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EVANSVILLE, Ill. – Members of the Christ Our Savior Lutheran High School FFA recently attended the 95th Annual Illinois FFA State Convention in Springfield, Ill. Those attending the FFA State Convention were: Isaac Luebkemann, Brianna Brake, Christine Liefer, Alyssa Heimann, and Charlie Rahlfs.   There they made new friends and even played a game of

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Tractor fire spreads to farm field north of Brewer; 20 acres burned

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PERRYVILLE — Fire units from the area were called out Monday afternoon to a field in the 300 block of Trails End off Highway 61 north of Brewer, by a report of a tractor on fire, setting the field ablaze with a threatened structure nearby. Witnesses said one man was hurt, with possible serious injuries,

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Byers, Welge graduate from University of Mississippi

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UNIVERSITY, Miss. — Two River Region residents were among more than 3,100 students who graduated from the University of Mississippi in May 2023.   The graduates include:   Lauren Welge, of Chester, IL, who majored in Allied Health Studies.   Molly Myers, of Perryville, MO, who majored in Integrated Marketing Communications.     Undergraduate and

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