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Route C in St. Francois and Ste. Genevieve Counties reduced for pavement preservation treatment

SIKESTON – Route C in St. Francois and Ste. Genevieve Counties will be reduced to one lane with a 12-foot width restriction as contractor crews perform pavement preservation treatments.   This section of roadway is located from Route D in St. Francois County to Route 32 in Ste. Genevieve County.  Weather permitting, work will take place […]

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Ste. Genevieve’s 4th Friday Art Walk will be April 25

STE. GENEVIEVE – Ste. Genevieve’s April 4th Friday Art Walk will be held from 6pm to 9pm on April 25, with galleries offering original fine art and other surprises. This month’s Art Walk features eight galleries in the town’s historic downtown. In the Little Bohemia neighborhood (North Main Street from Jefferson to Washington) there’ll be

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Foster families needed for life-saving program that helps feral cats find their ‘furever’ homes

HOUSTON, Texas — One feral cat can quickly become an entire colony, but a groundbreaking program in the Houston area is transforming the model for feral cat rescue and rehoming — and foster families are desperately needed south of Houston and throughout the Galveston County area. Traps to Laps (TTL) is a lifesaving, collaborative concept

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Chester Cemetery and Finance Committee meets this afternoon

CHESTER, Ill. – The Chester Cemetery and Finance Committee meets in special session this afternoon at 5 p.m. in the Chester Municipal Building, 1330 Swanwick Street.   The tentative agenda:   NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING   CITY OF CHESTER CEMETERY AND FINANCE COMMITTEE   Notice is hereby given that the Cemetery and Finance Committee of

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SIU’s Paul Simon Institute hosts Kettering Foundation CEO to discuss future of democracy

CARBONDALE, Ill. — Sharon Davies, president and CEO of the Charles F. Kettering Foundation, will join Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute for a special virtual conversation at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 24. Davies will discuss the nonprofit research organization’s work toward advancing democracy and civic engagement with John Shaw, institute director. The

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Celebrating the Katy Trail’s creation with events across Missouri

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Katy Trail State Park, the country’s longest continuous recreational rail-trail, is now home to a new welcome center at the Treloar Trailhead in Marthasville. The center, named in honor of the trail’s visionary creators, Edward “Ted” Jones Jr. and his wife Pat, will be celebrated with a ribbon cutting at 9

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SIU fashion students hard at work to showcase creativity

By Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE — There’s little time to waste for Jia Brown, Aaron Elliott, Nicole Robinson and other students in Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Fashion Studies program.     Jia Brown, a senior in SIU Carbondale’s fashion studies program, works on a piece of her upcoming Pacific collection ahead of the annual Student Showcase

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