STE. GENEVIEVE – “What’s New?” will air live at 7 p.m. Wednesday, February 23rd on Channel 991 on the Spectrum Cable Television system in Ste. Genevieve. The program is shown live at 7 p.m. on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month and is repeated at 1 a.m. Thursdays, and 7 a.m., 1 p.m. […]
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PERRYVILLE – State, county and city officials will celebrate the beginning of work on Perryville Technical Education Campus (P-TECh) project. State, county and city government officials alongside private industry will help the city of Perryville break ground on the Perryville Technical Education Campus and Ranken Southeast project. The project will help create more skilled workers
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CHESTER — Brett Bollmann, CEO at Memorial Hospital named Carrie Jo Dierks Employee of the Quarter for the Fourth Quarter 2021 on February 10. Brett Bollmann, CEO and Carrie Jo Dierks, Infusion Nursing Assistant Dierks has worked at Memorial Hospital 23 years as a CNA with the last seven in the Infusion and Chemotherapy Department
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CHESTER – The Illinois National Guard has donated a banner to help promote the Chester High School production of “Tuck Everlasting.” Pictured with Sgt. Dane Patterson of the Illinois National Guard and the banner are (front row, from left): Oddessy Flores, Jessica Ixcoy, CHS Theatre Director Rana Hodge, Sgt. Patterson, Rylie McDonough, (second row), David
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PARK HILLS– Mineral Area College is launching a new 8-week Phlebotomy Technician program in March. The program will not be eligible for college credit, but students may still be eligible for tuition assistance through the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) or SkillUP. In MAC’s Allied Health Simulation Lab, Instructor Misty Weston demonstrates one
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PERRYVILLLE — Register now for the Perry County Ag Update to be held on March 1 beginning at 5 p.m. at the Robinson Event Center. Call 573-547-6343 or 573-513-3064 by February 23, 2022 to register.
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CHESTER — The following Chester Grade School students received awards Friday for demonstrating the character trait of the month, “Self-Management Skills”. (Front row, from left): Weylyn Quintana, Saige Peters, Ava Johanning, Lydia Miller, and Allie Kempfer, (back row), Kinlee Roscow, Ella Newton, Jude Medrano, Reed Fricke, Liam Welborn, Calvin Marshall, and Brendon Essman. Jim Beers Photo
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STE. GENEVIEVE – Last month, the Valle Catholic Speech Team participated in a Bellarmine speech meet at St. Margaret Mary Alacoque in St. Louis, Mo. In speech meets, students in grades 5-8 develop and improve their public speaking skills by memorizing and performing material in Humorous, Serious, and Duet categories. Ribbons are awarded to participants based upon the total
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KANSAS CITY — Prices in the Midwest Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.8 percent in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday. Increases in the indexes for food at home, new and used motor vehicles, household furnishings and operations, and apparel were the largest
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By Jim Beers, Contributing Writer CHESTER — Recently, a member of the Monroe County “Backstoppers” came to a meeting of the Randolph County Firefighters Association and expressed that “The Backstoppers, Inc.” was now ready to expand to Randolph County. Pictured, left to right, are: Backstoppers, Inc, Executive Director, Chief Ron Battelle; Monroe County Backstoppers
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