SPRINGFIELD – The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed Illinois’ first human case of West Nile virus (WNV) of 2025 in an individual from Southern Illinois who was hospitalized due to complications of the infection. About one in 150 people who contract the disease caused by a bite from an infected mosquito develop […]
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JEFFERSON CITY — A 47-year-old Ste. Genevieve woman received moderate injuries in a traffic crash on Route EE in Ste. Genevieve County Wednesday morning. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the woman was taken to Mercy Hospital South by ARCH Evac. According to the patrol’s report the woman was the driver of a
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STE. GENEVIEVE — For the first time in Ste. Genevieve High School history, a member of the Speech and Debate team competed at the national level. Senior Bennett Walls capped off an impressive season by representing SGHS at the National Catholic Forensics League Championships in Chicago last month. He also made history earlier
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WASHINGTON – Missouri’s U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) has slammed Democrats for defending violent, criminal illegal aliens and blasted District Judge Brian Murphy for blatantly refusing to obey a Supreme Court order to deport criminal illegal aliens that have harmed U.S. citizens. Watch Senator Schmitt’s Remarks HERE “What happened yesterday, a radical liberal, progressive, leftist
PERRYVILLE — The Perryville Police Department has released its latest report. 69-year-old Connie L. Keith was charged with common assault and obstructing process June 22 at 11:55 a.m. Police say an officer was dispatched to East St. Joseph Street near Spring Street, where he observed the offense.
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JEFFERSON CITY — A 20-year-old Perryville man was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash on I-55 in Ste. Genevieve County Tuersday morning. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the man was treveling north on a 2007 Honda VTX 1300 when the motorcycle went out of control, began skidding and then overturned, ejecting the man.
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JEFFERSON CITY – In the 2025 legislative session, the Missouri General Assembly amended budget language to restructure the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s (DESE’s) Office of Childhood (OOC) Home Visiting section. Pending Governor Kehoe’s signature of House Bill 2 (2025) and House Bill 5 (2025), effective July 1, 2025, the following changes will occur:
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JEFFERSON CITY, MO – The Arcadia Valley Chamber of Commerce will again partner with Missouri State Parks and Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site to celebrate Independence Day with a fireworks display Friday, July 4. The event will go from 7 to 10:30 p.m. on the historic site grounds. The event is free and open
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STE, GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve Board of Aldermen is expected to give the proposed 154-unit single family home development a final vote at its meeting Thursday evening. The development would be constructed by McBride Homes on a 49-acre site on farmland next to Progress Parkway Two ordinances are on the agenda, with passage of
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JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released its latest report of arrests. 27-year-old Joseph W. Brown of Festus was arrested at 3:30 p.m. Monday in Ste. Genevieve on a Jefferson County charge of violation of financial responsibility. Brown was being held in the Ste. Genevieve County Jail pending the posting of
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