PERRYVILLE – On July 18 and 19, 2026 Heroes for Kids and Villainous Grounds will be hosting the seventh annual Comic Con in Perryville at the Perry Park Center (800 City Park Lane). Our show booth fees and silent auction proceeds will benefit the Missouri National Veterans Memorial (Perryville, Mo) and Camp Hope (St. […]
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CHESTER – Chester High School had its 2026 Honors Night on Wednesday evening, May 13. Three Sharp Scholarships, provided by Prof. James Franklin Sharp were presented to graduating seniors in the CHS Class of 2026. At the far left of the photo is Jeremy Blechle, Principal of CHS, who presented the Sharp
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CHESTER – Memorial Community Pharmacy is proud to partner with the Randolph County Health Department to expand access to a vital public health initiative offering free sharps containers and safe disposal services to Randolph County residents. Constantine Charalab, Health Educator and Public Information Officer for the Randolph County Health Department and Amy Kloos,
PCSD No. 32 PERRYVILLE – Demolition will begin soon on the Perryville High School building that was damaged during a tornado that hit the Perry County School District 32 campus in March 2025. District 32’s construction manager at risk, Brockmiller Construction, has advised a crew from Marschel Wrecking LLC will mobilize the week
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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Eighteen international students with Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Center for English as a Second Language engaged in an immersive language-and-culture experience combining volunteerism and community involvement with 12 area organizations. During their three-week experiential learning course through SIU Carbondale’s Center for English as a Second Language program, 18
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COLUMBIA, Mo.—Those towering flower stalks covered with white, bell-shaped blossoms that appear in early June belong to yucca, a plant with a somewhat unfortunate name. Photo by H. Zell. Shared under a Creative Commons license (CC BY-SA 3.0). Yuccas are resilient and striking additions to water-wise landscapes, said University of Missouri Extension
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STE. GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve Museum Learning Center will welcome Jim McCarty to its speaker series this Wednesday at 6:30 at the Orris Theater in Ste. Genevieve. The topic will be how the Rural Electrification Act Changed Rural America. The Rural Electrification Act of 1936 was a landmark New Deal law that provided
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STE. GENEVIEVE – Experience a centuries-old celebration unlike anywhere else in the Midwest in one of Missouri’s oldest towns. The Ste. Genevieve French Heritage Festival brings the rich traditions of the French Creole Corridor to life through live music, storytelling, historic reenactments, frontier folk dancing, authentic cuisine, artisan demonstrations, and family-friendly activities set among the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. – More than 200 Missouri 4-H members and volunteers gathered on the University of Missouri campus in May for the 80th annual Missouri 4-H State Congress, a leadership event designed for youths in grades nine through 12. The 2026 Missouri 4-H State Congress drew more than 200 Missouri 4-H members and
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JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) congratulates Memphis Nelson of Grovespring on recently catching a state-record river redhorse sucker in the early evening of May 16 on the Osage Fork of the Gasconade River in Laclede County. Memphis Nelson of Grovespring caught this state-record river redhorse sucker in the early evening of
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