CHESTER – A regular meeting of the Chester CUSD 139 Board of Education will be held April 21, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. in the High School Family & Consumer Science Classroom located at 1901 Swanwick Street, Chester, Ill. The meeting is open to the public for the most part. The tentative agenda for the meeting: […]
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PERRYVILLE – Perry County office holders welcomed students from St Vincent and Perryville High School to the Perry County Courthouse for County Government Day. The annual event is organized by the American Legion Post 133 Women’s Auxiliary. Thirty students – two for each office holder, spent the morning touring the many offices that make
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JEFFERSON, Mo. — Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft announced that on April 8, 2022, Wolfner Talking Book and Braille Library, a component of the Missouri State Library, surpassed 1,000 Wolfner-produced audiobooks approved by the Library of Congress for distribution through the Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD) network. According to the National Library Service for
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By Holly Rehder, state senator When I first came to the Senate, I vowed to learn the ways of Missouri’s upper legislative chamber and figure out how things worked. Now, nearly two years later, I think I have a pretty good grasp of the situation. Every once and a while, though, things happen that just
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JEFFERSON CITY — Two Chester residents suffered minor injuries in a traffic crash on Highway 51 in Perry County, Mo. Monday afternoon. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports a 15-year-old boy and 46-year-old Carrie Burgdorf were taken to Memorial Hospital in Chester by ambulance. The patrol says the crash happened when a northbound
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STE. GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve Tourism Advisory Council and Tourism Tax Commission will hold a joint meeting Thursday, April 14, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. in the city hall board room. The meetings are open to the public and will be shown live on SteGenTV Channel 991 on the Spectrum Cable Television system in Ste.
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Sikeston― Route E in Perry County will close later this month as the City of Perryville installs a sewer main pipe under the roadway. The section of roadway to be closed is located from Ridge Drive to Independence Drive in Perryville, Missouri. Weather permitting, work will start Monday, April 25 and be completed Wednesday, May 4. The work zone will be
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Representative David Friess (R-Red Bud) released the following statement after the Illinois Democrats passed a $45 billion budget late Friday night: “Last year when I was sworn into office, newly elected Speaker of the House Chris Welch promised us all a new day in Illinois. The old ways of Michael Madigan
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has joined the federal Natural Resources Conservation Service to deliver a Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) in three Missouri watersheds: Blackwater, Cahokia-Joachim and South Fork Salt. This RCPP will provide cost-share assistance to farmers in portions of Ste. Genevieve, Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cooper, Jefferson, Johnson, Lafayette,
CHESTER, Illinois – The Randolph County, Illinois Sheriff’s Office has released its latest reports of arrests: Nicholas S. Voges 41, Red Bud, arrested April 5, 2022 by Red Bud Police on a Randolph County warrant for failure to appear on a driving while license suspended charge. Released after posting $350 cash bond. Joshua
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