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Memorial Hospital laboratory expands services with new partnership and advanced technology

CHESTER – Memorial Hospital’s Laboratory Department continues to invest in innovation and efficiency to better serve patients and providers. Recent upgrades include a new partnership with Labcorp for reference laboratory services and the installation of a stateoftheart chemistry analyzer—both designed to deliver faster, more accurate test results.     Lab staff with new chemistry analyzer

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Ste. Genevieve County Commission meeting minutes released

STE. GENEVIEVE – The minutes of the Thursday, April 16, 2026 meeting of the Ste Genevieve County Commission have been released   Ste. Genevieve County Commission Minutes   THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2026   5TH Day of the April Term. The Commission Met Pursuant to Adjournment. Present were Presiding Commissioner Randy Ruzicka, Associate Commissioners Cory Ford

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Three artists share SIU Carbondale’s 2026 Rickert-Ziebold award

by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Autumn Meyer’s art — which won her honors as one of three Southern Illinois University Carbondale School of Art and Design students to share the 2026 Rickert-Ziebold Trust Award — serves as an open invitation to view how everyone sees the world differently and helps people understand the experience of living

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Ste. Genevieve County Commission meeting minutes released

STE. GENEVIEVE – The minutes of the Ste. Genevieve County Commission Meeting that was held Monday, April 13th, have been released.   Ste. Genevieve County Commission Minutes   MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2026   4TH Day of the April Term. The Commission Met Pursuant to Adjournment. Present were Presiding Commissioner Randy Ruzicka, Associate Commissioners Cory Ford

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SIU fashion studies students take center stage with fashion, merchandising concepts

by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Brightly lit third-floor studio lights in Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Quigley Hall on late nights in early April mean one thing — the clock is ticking for students to complete their bold, artistic visions for the Fashion Studies program’s Student Showcase and Fashion Show on Thursday, April 23.     Noah

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Saluki Pride: Julia Rendleman earns Teaching Excellence Award

By Pete Rosenbery For award-winning photojournalist Julia Rendleman, success isn’t measured by awards, although she has plenty of those in her young career.     Julia Rendleman (center) receives the 2026 Teaching Excellence Award for tenured and tenure-track faculty from Hong Cheng, dean of the College of Arts and Media (left) and Chancellor Austin Lane.

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