Ladies, come out and show your Pink Power! The Spirit of Pink is scheduled for Thursday, October 22, 5:30 pm at the KC Hall, 600 Market Street, Ste. Genevieve, MO. The highly anticipated signature breast cancer awareness event is on for another year with a shared theme of “Pink Power: Together We Cure”. Women of […]
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In recognition of his decades of service to the fair and to the East Perry County community, Brian Dreyer has been named the 2026 Grand Marshal of the East Perry Community Fair. Born in Cape Girardeau and raised in Frohna, Brian is the son of Edgar and Della Dreyer and of Betty Deardorff. Growing up
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Residents and visitors at Lake Perry have an additional way to receive warning when severe weather or other emergencies threaten the area, thanks to the installation of a new outdoor emergency warning siren coordinated by Perry County Emergency Management. The project was authorized under the direction of the Perry County Commission and coordinated by Perry
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Captain Wyatt Ruehling, who has been called to active duty, is honored at school-wide assembly and at CHS vs Sparta football game BY JIM BEER Chester High School teacher and football coach, Wyatt Ruehling, was honored at a school-wide assembly Friday September 11. Ruehling is both a social studies teacher at CHS as well
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As our middle school students prepare to write their first essay of the school year, we were honored to welcome Wayne Basler, an Army veteran and St. Agnes parishioner, to speak with our students about his time in the service, the life lessons he learned, and what America means to him. Wayne emphasized the importance
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from the Perry County MO Sheriff’s Office The OLD Chester Bridge is scheduled for demolition on Monday, September 28, 2026, at 9:00 AM. If you plan to watch the demolition, we HIGHLY encourage you to view it from the Chester, Illinois, side of the Mississippi River. photo by Neal Adams IMPORTANT VIEWING INFORMATION: The levee
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The City of Ste. Genevieve invites residents to complete a brief nine-question survey regarding the possibility of building a splash pad in Pere Marquette Park. Community feedback will help the City better understand residents’ interest in the project and their preferences for a potential splash pad. The survey takes only a few minutes to complete.
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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, a healthcare strategy executive and technology leader, will talk about the utilization of artificial intelligence (AI) in health care when he delivers the 2026 John and Marsha Ryan Bioethicist in Residence lecture at the SIU Simmons Law School on Monday, Sept. 21. Balasubramanian, who works at
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The Ste. Genevieve Chamber of Commerce inorder to bring camaraderie and fun to the historic downtown, is calling for entries in its annual Scarecrow Spooktacular Contest. To register your scarecrow you must email Dena with the location request. Choose any lamppost in the downtown area. Only one scarecrow/business on each post. If your lamppost is
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Missouri’s National Veterans Memorial invites the public to join us for a special Candlelight Vigil onFriday, September 18, 2026, at 6:30 PM as we come together to honor and remember America’sPrisoners of War and those who are Missing in Action.This moving evening of reflection will pay tribute to the courage, sacrifice, and resilience of ournation’s
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