WASHINGTON, D.C. – In 2021 emergency rooms nationwide treated an estimated 193,450 burn injuries involving many types of consumer products, from kitchen and cooking products to fireworks and space heaters. In recognition of Burn Awareness Week, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) urges consumers to be vigilant about fire safety and to check for […]
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STE. GENEVIEVE — Ella Wolk has been selected as the Elks Student of the Month for February at Valle Catholic HIgh School. Ella is the daughter of Nick and Tiffany Wolk. General – Cumulative Weighted GPA: 4.08 – Cumulative Unweighted GPA: 3.95 – ACT Superscore: 29 Awards – Top 10 Class of 23
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JONESBORO – Two students from Ste. Genevieve County are on the Dean’s List for the fall 2022 semester at Arkansas State University. The lists recognize undergraduate students who achieved the highest grade-point averages while completing a minimum of 12 credit hours of study. The Dean’s List (designated as DL) includes students with a
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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Filmmaker and former Southern Illinois University Carbondale faculty member Sarah Kanouse will bring a combination of storytelling, lecture and live documentary film to campus later this month. With an electrical corona discharge and a photograph from a ceremony marking the arrival of power from the Hoover Dam to Los
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by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — About 200 high school and community college students from up to 100 miles came to Southern Illinois University Carbondale to vie for college scholarships, trophies and other prizes during the 25th annual Accounting Challenge, sponsored by the School of Accountancy in the College of Business and Analytics. Participants
JEFFERSON CITY — A 73-year-old Marble Hill woman died Monday afternoon in a traffic crash in Bollinger County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports Ida M. Koenig was pronounced at the scene by the Bollinger County Coroner. The patrol says Koenig was the driver of a southbound 2009 Ford Escape which ran off
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JEFFERSON CITY – The Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles will meet each other next weekend during Super Bowl LVII in Arizona, and a friendly wager placed between the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry is raising the stakes beyond just bragging rights. If the
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Transportation invites Missouri students in grades K-8 to help fight litter in Missouri – and to have creative and educational fun – by participating in the 2023 “Yes You CAN Make Missouri Litter-Free” trash-can-decorating contest. The contest is part of MoDOT’s annual “No MOre Trash!” statewide litter campaign,
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PERRYVILLE — The Perryville Police Department is investigating two thefts on North Walnut Street which were reported about 2:32 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1st.
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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — A four-day celebration of composer Ludwig van Beethoven at Southern Illinois University Carbondale will include two Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra performances of his monumental Ninth Symphony. The Feb. 18-19 performances in Shryock Auditorium will feature more than 200 artists, including four internationally recognized operatic soloists and six Southern Illinois choirs.
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