PERRYVILLE – The Perryville Police Department has released its latest report. Arrested was: 34-year-old Hermelindo Perez Velasco of Perryville for driving while intoxicated – alcohol at 1 a.m. May 9 on North Main Street near Highway 51.
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JEFFERSON CITY – June 15 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD), an event that seeks to unite communities worldwide to raise awareness of elder abuse. In Missouri, the Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) receives and investigates reports of abuse, neglect, bullying and exploitation of some of the state’s most vulnerable individuals –
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MONMOUTH, IL — Kayla Braun of Evansville has been named to the Dean’s List at Monmouth College for the Spring 2026 semester. The students on this list achieved a GPA of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale while taking at least 3.0 academic credits during the semester. Founded in 1853 and affiliated
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COLUMBIA, Mo.—Those towering flower stalks covered with white, bell-shaped blossoms that appear in early June belong to yucca, a plant with a somewhat unfortunate name. Photo by H. Zell. Shared under a Creative Commons license (CC BY-SA 3.0). Yuccas are resilient and striking additions to water-wise landscapes, said University of Missouri Extension
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday a federal jury convicted a North Carolina couple, a Missouri man, and an Ohio man in relation to a scheme involving theft of union-member dues through the award of no-show jobs, lavish travels and dinners charged to the union, unearned vacation payouts, and an unauthorized $7 million loan made to
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STE. GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve Museum Learning Center will welcome Jim McCarty to its speaker series this Wednesday at 6:30 at the Orris Theater in Ste. Genevieve. The topic will be how the Rural Electrification Act Changed Rural America. The Rural Electrification Act of 1936 was a landmark New Deal law that provided
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STE. GENEVIEVE – Experience a centuries-old celebration unlike anywhere else in the Midwest in one of Missouri’s oldest towns. The Ste. Genevieve French Heritage Festival brings the rich traditions of the French Creole Corridor to life through live music, storytelling, historic reenactments, frontier folk dancing, authentic cuisine, artisan demonstrations, and family-friendly activities set among the
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STE. GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve County Ambulance District directors will meet at 5.15 p.m. Monday, June 15 at Ste. Genevieve County Ambulance House 1, 3 Basler Drive Ste. Genevieve, Mo. The meeting is open to the public. The tentative agenda: STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY AMBULANCE DISTRICT Regular Meeting Tentative Agenda Date: Monday,
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AGENDA Work Session STE. GENEVIEVE BOARD OF ALDERMEN Thursday – June 11, 2026 City Hall, 165 S 4th Street Immediately Following 6:00p.m. Regular Board Meeting CALL TO ORDER APPROVAL OF AGENDA BUSINESS ITEMS Aldermanic Budget Questionnaire Memorial Cemetery – agreement with Foundation for Restoration OTHER BUSINESS ADJOURNMENT
CAPE GIRARDEAU – A man from southeast Missouri on Monday admitted participating in the armed robbery of two businesses and their patrons in 2024. Tarrence Raybon, 41, of Kennett, In Dunklin County, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau to two counts of robbery and one count of being a felon in
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