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Boss informs Ste. Genevieve employee of $1 Million win

STE GENEVIEVE – A Missouri Lottery player won $1 million when the “Gold Rush” Scratchers ticket she purchased at Country Mart, 180 Plaza Drive in Ste. Genevieve, contained one of the game’s top prizes – though she didn’t immediately realize just how much she’d won.   “I was at work and had scratched the ticket,” […]

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Ste. Genevieve Board of Aldermen discusses Christmas parade insurance issue

STE. GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve Board of Aldermen met in regular and work sessions Thursday, October 23.   The aldermen discussed a problem with the insurance for the upcoming Ste. Genevieve Holiday Christmas Festival parade.     The issue came up near the close of the meeting when Alderman Teddy Ross brought it up

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Sprinkler system and immediate FD response saves box plant from major damage

Responders were on scene for approximately 5 ½ hours By Jim Beers MCBRIDE, Mo. == At 3:37 a.m. Thursday morning October 23 the Chester Fire Department was called out to a fire at the Gilster Mary-Lee Box Plant in McBride, Missouri at 8366 North Highway 51. The request was for mutual aid to assist at

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SIU School of Music’s ‘Halloween Pops’ to entertain all ages

by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — The sounds in the late October night won’t be frightening as the Southern Illinois University Carbondale School of Music presents its annual Halloween Pops concert at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29, in Shryock Auditorium.     The free, public concert is also the perfect opportunity for the audience — children and

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Senator Schmitt announces additional witnesses for hearing on politically-motivated violence

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, announced the witnesses for next week’s hearing on politically motivated violence. The witnesses are Michael Knowles, a victim of left-wing violence, Former Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf, and Kyle Shideler, an expert on the funding networks of left-wing groups.

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SEMO Food Bank expands annual ‘Empty Bowls’ with new lunch gathering

SIKESTON, Mo. – Southeast Missouri Food Bank will host its annual Empty Bowls events on Friday, Nov. 7, featuring a new lunch gathering in Jackson and the return of the popular evening event hosted by Riverside Pottery Studio in Cape Girardeau.   For several years, Riverside Pottery has hosted the evening Empty Bowls event, inviting

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Rep. Ray Reed calls on Governor Kehoe to take immediate action as federal shutdown threatens food assistance for hundreds of thousands of Missourians

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – State Representative Ray Reed (D–St. Louis) today called on Governor Mike Kehoe to use every tool at his disposal to protect Missouri families who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), as the ongoing federal government shutdown threatens to halt benefits for over 326,000 households next month. “In moments like these,

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