CHESTER == The Chester Cemetery and Finance Committee meets tonight in special session. The meeting will be held at 5 p.m. in the Chester Municipal Building. It is open to the public. The tentative agenda: NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING CITY OF CHESTER CEMETERY AND FINANCE COMMITTEE Notice is […]
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PERRYVILLE – The Perryville Board of Aldermen will meet in regular session Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the city hall board room, 215 North West Street in Perryville. The meeting is open to the public. The tentative agenda: PV Agenda NOTES Nov 19 2024 The most recent board meeting minutes available:
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CHESTER — Chester Grade School presented “HIVE” Awards Friday November 8 to 24 students. Teachers nominated the recipients after witnessing them demonstrating one or more of the good character traits of “Respect”, “Responsibility”, Safety”, or “Empathy”. (Row 1, left to right): William Johnson, Francisco Herrera Sica, Juana Ramirez Lopez, Shelby Stueve, Paisley Davis,
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PERRYVILLE – Perry County School District No. 32 has released its latest board meeting report. PERRY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #32 BOARD NEWS Summary of the November 13, 2024 BOE mtg. VOLUME 18. ISSUE 5.1 OPEN SESSION: A patron addressed the board of education regarding the Primary Center Playground equipment. The board
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PERRYVILLE — Several Citizens Electric Corporation members in the area of Route C and Sawmill Road in Ste. Genevieve County reported blinks prior to a power outage Thursday night. Citizens Electric officials said the outage was caused by a mechanical failure on a regulator serving the distribution circuit that supplies power to the Lake
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By Jason Smith, member of Congress WASHINGTON, D.C. – Over the last four years, the world has become an increasingly dangerous place thanks to the lack of leadership and failed policies of the Biden administration. A war is raging in Europe for the first time since WWII. The evil Iranian regime and its terror proxies
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EAST ST. LOUIS – Illinois State Police (ISP) officials investigated a traffic crash in East St. Louis involving an ISP squad car hit by an intoxicated driver who failed to move over. On November 14, 2024, at approximately 9:34 p.m., an ISP trooper activated the squad’s emergency lights and parked it on the left shoulder of Interstate 55
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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,
