SIKESTON—Missouri Route 51 in Perry County will be reduced to one lane with a 10-foot width restriction as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform pavement repairs on the Chester Bridge over the Mississippi River. You can see the Mississippi River through the hole in the driving surface of the Chester Bridge. This section of roadway […]
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BOSTON, Mass. – Average gasoline prices in Missouri have fallen 4.9 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.67/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 3,940 stations in Missouri. Prices in Missouri are 18.8 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 27.6 cents per gallon lower than a year ago.
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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Mercy’s Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing and Health Sciences is welcoming its first class of Win From Within students. These students are all co-workers at Mercy Southeast who receive tuition assistance from Mercy. Win From Within students work at Mercy Hospital Southeast as patient care associates, nurse technicians or
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CHESTER – Memorial Hospital is proud to announce that it has been named a National Rural Rating System (NRRS) 5-Star Hospital for the third year in a row. This prestigious recognition is based on Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) patient satisfaction scores for overnight stays, with rankings compiled using data from
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows deer hunters in Missouri harvested 68,312 deer during opening weekend of the November portion of firearms deer season Nov. 16 and 17. Of the 68,312 deer harvested, 42,283 were antlered bucks, 5,105 were button bucks, and 20,924 were does. Top harvest counties
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STE, GENEVIEVE – Volunteers are collecting Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts during National Collection Week, which began Monday and continues through Monday, Nov. 25. More than 4,700 drop-off locations will open across the country in November, and shoebox packers can find their local drop-off locations nearest them. In Ste. Genevieve County the shoebox
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STE. GENEVIEVE – Late Monday afternoon, the Ste. Genevieve County School District R-II released an amended agenda for tonight’s meeting of the board of education. SG SCHOOL BOARD AMENDED AGENDA
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CHESTER — A plaque honoring Chester Community Unit School District 139 benefactor Professor James Franklin Sharp has been installed on the front of the Chester, Illinois High School Colbert Gymnasium Building. The plaque is between the center double doors and right double doors, that enter into the Professor Sharp Cafeteria & Entrance Lobby.
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CHESTER – AFSCME donates $250 to the Chester Area Christian Food Pantry (CACFP). Making the presentation is Larry Brown, President of AFSCME Council 31 Sub-Chapter 56 Retiree Chapter in Chester, Illinois. Accepting the donation from Brown on behalf of the CACFP is Dr. Jim Beers, who is also a former State of Illinois
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Missouri has consistently ranked within the top 15 states nationally for collisions involving deer. The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance (DCI) warns drivers to be mindful of deer and other wild animals that commonly cross the roadways as temperatures drop and nights become longer. In 2023,
