STE. GENEVIEVE — The Ste Genevieve Police Department has released its July 2022 reports. The report shows 379 calls during July. Among them were three calls for an intoxicated person,nine burglary alarms,71 traffic stops,three fire alarms,one assault or sexual assault,one assault,one attempted suicide, three burglaries,two burglaries, not in progress,one child abusefour careless and imprudent driving,one […]
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STE. GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve R-II Board of Education will meet Tuesday, August 30 for its 2022 Tax Rate Hearing, followed by its regular meeting. The tax rate hearing will begin at 7 p.m. in the R. W. Thomas Library Projection Roon,715 Washington Street, Ste. Genevieve. The tax rate hearing tentative agenda: The regular
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Join Washington State Park team members for a day filled with archaeology! From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, there will be flint knapping, atlatl throwing and other demonstrations and activities at Shelter #2 in the Big River Day-Use Area. At 2 p.m., visitors can take a guided tour
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STE GENEVIEVE – Ste. Genevieve High School will celebrate homecoming the week of Sept. 12-17. SGHS announced the week’s activities, including the parade, the football game, the dance, and spirit days.Homecoming Theme:The theme for this year’s homecoming is “Movies.” For each class, the sub-themes follow:● Freshmen: Ghostbusters● Sophomores: Toy Story● Juniors: Monsters, Inc.● Seniors: Top
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STE. GENEVIEVE — It looks like the city of Ste. Genevieve will create a task force of volunteers to help it determine its next step in marketing Ste. Genevieve to the world. This comes after the city has lost another tourism director. City Administrator Happy Welch broached the possibility of hiring an advertising
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CHESTER— The American Countess cruise ship stopped at the Chester riverfront Wednesday August 24. There were 91 passengers on board, and all had an opportunity to visit the community via Cruise Line tour buses throughout the morning and afternoon. (Jim Beers photo) The ship had experienced engine difficulty with two of its three engines
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CHESTER – The Chester Personnel and Insurance Committee will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, August 30, 2022 in the Chester Municipal Building, 1330 Swanwick Street, Chester. A portion of the meeting will be closed. The remainder will be open to the public. The tentative agenda: NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it is now accepting nominations for the 2023 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards from companies or institutions that have developed a new green chemistry process or product that helps protect human health and the environment. EPA is again including an award category to recognize technology that
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By Jim Beers, Contributing Writer CHESTER – Year 2000 Chester High School graduate, Jeremy Blechle, has returned to his alma mater to take over leadership of his former place of secondary education. Blechle is no stranger to the task, however, as he has been in leadership positions in numerous capacities at the school since 2007
MODOC, Ill. – Late Thursday morning it was reported that the Jerry F. Costello Lock And Dam had reopened to Kaskaskia River traffic. A crewman on a barge on the Kaskaskia River snapped this photo after his tow cleared the Jerry F. Costello Lock. Earlier in the day the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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