CARBONDALE, Ill. – Cade Bursell, a professor of cinema and photography at Southern Illinois University Carbondale is screening her new documentary, Shawnee Showdown Keep the Forest Standing, October 13, 6 p.m., at SIUC’s Guyon Auditorium. The film documents the struggle by environmentalists that won a prohibition on logging, and oil and gas drilling in 1996, […]
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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. – Four River Region residents have been awarded University Excelllence Scholarships by Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The four: Benjamin L. Scott and Cheyenne Nicole Lynch, both of Coulterville, Adam J. Kiefer of Red Bud and Kailey N. Hall of Chester are among 317 academically high-achieving students receiving University Excellence Scholarships
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CHESTER — The Randolph County Health Department reported 14 new cases of COVID-19 and no additional deaths as of Monday. The number of active cases is 62 with three persons in the hospital. There have been 5,496 cases since the pandemic began in March 2020. There have been 5,338 recoveries and 96 deaths. The Illinois
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JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick Monday recognized October as National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). “Individuals with disabilities make important contributions to Missouri’s workforce and I am proud to recognize these contributions during National Disability Employment Awareness Month,” Treasurer Fitzpatrick said. “MO ABLE allows Missourians with disabilities to save money without losing access
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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 19 new confirmed and probable cases in the seven days ending October 1, 2021 and no new deaths for a total of 2,317 confirmed
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CHESTER – Memorial Hospital CEO Brett Bollmann has announced Mary Lynn Eaton is the Employee of the Quarter for the Third Quarter 2021 on September 29. Eaton has worked at Memorial Hospital since May of 2019 as an Admitting Clerk. Eaton has worked at Memorial Hospital since May of 2019 as an Admitting Clerk. When
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JEFFERSON CITY — The unemployment rate is down in Perry and Ste. Genevieve Counties. The Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development has released the August 2021 unemployment rates. Perry County’s jobless rate has fallen 1.3 percent in the past year, from 3.9 percent in August 2020 to 2.6 percent in August
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EVANSVILLE — Christ Our Savior crowned Hailey Harbaugh, daughter of Jon and Amber Harbaugh, Queen and Ian Jolley, son of Penny Jolley, King at Homecoming last Saturday night. The theme was a flight unto the starry night.
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BOSTON, Mass. — Missouri gas prices have risen 0.9 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.85/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 3,940 stations in Missouri. Gas prices in Missouri are 1.5 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand $1.01/g higher than a year ago. According to GasBuddy price
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced Monday that the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has denied the Department of Justice’s request to stay Missouri’s lawsuit over the cancellation of the “Remain in Mexico” policy pending administrative review. “Earlier this year, my Office sued the Biden Administration and won at the district court,
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