STE. GENEVIEVE — Finnegan Jokerst has been named the Ste. Genevieve High School Elks Student of the Month for December. He is the son of Jennifer and Jarod Jokerst. Finnegan’s scholastic honors include: being ranked fourth in his graduating senior class, earning A Honor Roll each semester, being in the Top 10 percent every year […]
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JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Veterans Commission will host Wreaths Across America, a holiday wreath-laying ceremony, to honor and remember our nation’s veterans at 11 a.m. on Saturday, December 18, 2021, at each of the five Missouri Veteran cemeteries. In all, volunteers will place a total of 14,000 wreaths on headstones and in front of
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EVANSVILLE — Christ Our Savior Lutheran High school students recently volunteered at the Randolph County Toys for Tots packing station. The students were very humbled when they realized how many families need help. Thank you to all of those who organize this program for our community.Students who helped were Cesar Marquez, Gwen Turner, Alaina Smith,
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STE. GENEVIEVE — The Sainte Genevieve Museum Learning Center held its grand opening Saturday, December 11 and a major part of the celebration was dedicating the museum as the Official Missouri Dinosaur Visitor Site.photo by Carol Schwent Robert Wolk, president of the museum executive board, welcomed the crowd of about 150. “The original museum began
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PERRYVILLE – St. Vincent 8th Grader Sam Koishor recently sent a letter to Colgate to see if they would be willing to help him and his classmates out with his science fair project by donating some products to use in the project. Not only did Colgate send Sam a letter wishing him and his classmates
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CHESTER — Buena Vista National Bank served as a local collection point for the Toys for Tots program. Many employees contribute to this along with a large number of bank customers. A group of employees is pictured with Lee Holloway, Chester Chairman of the campaign.
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By Jim Beers, Contributing Writer CHESTER –The 2021 Randolph County Marine Corps League’s Toys for Tots Program has been deemed a huge success as 258 families with 630 kids were served with Christmas gifts this year. These are six of the key coordinators for the Randolph County Toys for Tots 2021 Campaign. (Left to right):
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CHESTER — Chester resident, Pam Fogerson, donated blood at the Chester VFW at the November Blood Drive. Fogerson is a regular donor and enjoys helping to save lives by donating blood at the Chester drives. According to Red Cross Account Manager, Donor Recruitment, Tiffani Cole, the VFW drive collected 21 useable units from 17 donors.
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JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Gov. Mike Parson and First Lady Teresa Parson were joined by Eighth District Congressman Jason Smith and Senator Jason Bean Saturday in Pemiscot County to assess storm and tornado damage in the region and talk with impacted Missourians. The Office of the Governor, Missouri State Emergency Management Agency, Missouri Department of
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EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. — In Illinois, six persons were reported killed in the collapse of an Amazon distribution center in Edwardsville. The Edwardsville Fire Chief said during a news conference Saturday, the tornado struck about 8:35 p.m. He said 45 persons made it out of building relatively unharmed and one was seriously injured and was airlifted
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