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Upcoming Route Y/61 intersection improvements in Bloomsdale

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SIKESTON-The Missouri Department of Transportation plans to upgrade the existing Route 61/Y intersection in Bloomsdale, Missouri to improve turning movements. This will be accomplished by widening and increasing some of the radiuses at the existing intersection. The project also includes drainage improvements and adding a pedestrian crossing along Route 61.     Tentatively, the project […]

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SIU’s Sharp Museum exhibition, Sept. 12 lecture highlights women photojournalists

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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Evelyn Hockstein will be the guest speaker as the notable work of women photojournalists is highlighted in Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Sharp Museum this fall.   A juried, traveling exhibition featuring some of the top women photojournalists in Washington, D.C., is on display at Sharp Museum this semester,

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Missouri’s National Veterans Memorial to observe POW/MIA Recognition Day

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PERRYVILLE, Mo. – Missouri’s National Veterans Memorial invites the public to participate in a special Candlelight Vigil Friday, September 19, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. to honor and remember America’s Prisoners of War and those who are Missing in Action.     The MNVM announced in a news release: “This moving evening of reflection will pay

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SIU receives grant to boost support for first-generation students

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by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois University Carbondale is one of just 26 universities across the country to receive a First-Generation College Celebration initiative grant. “I am thrilled to receive the First-Generation College Celebration Grant, which recognizes the unique journeys and achievements of our first-generation students,” said Lanel Love, assistant dean of students.

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Kenny, Rhonda Buchhheit named EPC Parade Grand Marshals

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ALTENBURG – The East Perry Community Fair has named former Buchheit Inc. Owners and Operators and Community Philanthropists, Kenny and Rhonda Buchheit as Grand Marshals for the 2025 East Perry Community Fair Parade.     For decades, The Buchheit Store has been a corporate sponsor of the East Perry Community Fair and a pillar in

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Free Invasive Plant ID and Control Workshop slated in Doniphan

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DONIPHAN, Mo. – The Missouri Invasive Plant Council (MoIP) is offering a free training on invasive plant management to support local landowners and agencies on Friday, September 19 in Doniphan, Missouri.   “Invasive plant species severely impact forestry, livestock, and recreational economies in Missouri,” said Carol Davit, MoIP Chair. “The early detection and control of

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CHS was represented by six Class of 2025 seniors at the 2025 SISHSA Banquet

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Conley, Krieg, Lutman, Sulser, Welge, and Williamson were honored at the awards banquet By Jim Beers CHESTER – Each year the Southern Illinois Society for High School Achievement, better known as SISHSA, hosts a banquet and award ceremony to recognize the top students in the Southern Illinois area. This year (2025) marks the 53rd year

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Catherine L. Hanaway sworn in as Missouri’s 45th attorney general

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Catherine L. Hanaway was sworn in Monday at 10 a.m. as Missouri’s 45th Attorney General in a private ceremony at the Missouri Supreme Court Building. She took the oath of office on her son John’s Bible, administered by the Honorable Ginger K. Gooch, her former law partner and a judge on the

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