PERRYVILLE — The Perryville High School Alumni Association will host the annual PHS Homecoming Parade at 10 a.m. Saturday. Anniversary classes and other parade participants are asked to line up at Perryville City Park beginning at 9 a.m., and the parade will leave City Park at 10 a.m. Alumni classes should look for their class […]
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DUQUOIN — An 83-year-old Percy woman died Wednesday in a traffic crash on Illinois Route 4 in Randolph County. The Illinois State Police reports Lila A. Ashby was the driver of a southbound 2009 Pontiac G6 which crossed into the northbound lane and struck a 2013 Freightliner Convential head on. The truck driver, 26-year-old Luke
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STEELEVILLE – The Illinois Department of Transportation Thurrsday announced that IL Rt 150 from IL Rt 4 west of Steeleville to the Perry County line will be restricted to one lane beginning Monday, October 18, 2021, weather permitting. This work is necessary to complete pavement repairs and will take place daily between the hours of
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JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has released its latest COVID-19 report for Ste. Genevieve and Perry Counties. The Department reports Ste. Genevieve County has had 21 new confirmed and probable cases in the seven days ending October 11, 2021 and no new deaths for a total of 2,359 confirmed
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JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Gov. Parson has issued a warning to potential hackers. Stay away from Missouri. “We want to be clear, this hack on DESE was more than a simple ‘right click’” he said. “The facts are that an individual accessed source code and then went a step further to convert and decode that
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CHESTER — A 25-year-old Ellis Grove man was hurt in a traffic crash on Chester Road in Randolph County Saturday, October 9. The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office reports Jacob Long was taken to Memorial Hospital in Chester for treatment of his injuries. The sheriff’s office report states Long was the driver of a southbound 2015
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PERRYVILLE – The Perry County School District No. 32 will be looking for a new superintendent soon. The current superintendent, Andrew Comstock, announced at this week’s board of education meeting, his decision to retire effective June 30, 2023. The complete board meeting report: PCSD 32 Agenda Regular Meeting 10-13-21
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Thursday, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt joined a 19-state coalition urging Congress to reject burdensome legislation that would increase fees on energy producers and hit American consumers with even greater price hikes. The two bills in question are the Methane Emissions Reduction Act in the Senate, and a provision of the
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PERRYVILLE — Thirteen members of the Perryville High School Chamber Choir were selected to participate in Quad State Choral Festival in November. “Our students were chosen from approximately 500 auditions sent in from over four states and will travel to Murray State University to spend two full days rehearsing baroque choral music with other selected members,” said
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CHESTER – Several students at Chester Grade School were recently recognized for demonstrating the character trait of having good relationship skills. Honored were: Jace Belton, Paisley Martin, Brayden Wright, Harper Stewart, Averi Cowell, Derek Sumpter, Grayson McCoy, Ady Caron, Billy Allison, Austin Pine, Camryn Petrowske, Carter Belton, Briselda Ordenez, and Dalton Jenson. Each honoree received
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