By Trish Erzfeld, Perry County Heritage Tourism PERRYVILLE – In anticipation of the 2024 Great North American Eclipse the City of Perryville located eighty miles south of St. Louis, Missouri has officially begun the daunting but extremely exciting task of planning for the April 8, 2024, celestial event. Unlike many small communities in Missouri, […]
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PERRYVILLE – St. Vincent High School musicians have been make beautiful music lately. On Sunday, Feb. 26, the seventh and eighth grade bands performed in the Bishop DuBourg Band Festival in St. Louis. They received a 1-Exemplary and a 2-Outstanding rating from the two judges. “I’m very proud of their musical growth and development,” band
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PERRYVILLE – Wisper Internet, an Illinois-based wireless internet service provider, in 2023, will offer cutting-edge wireless technology to serve approximately 2,700 households in the Perryville community with up to 400 Mbps speeds and greater line-of-site wireless penetration. Wisper currently serves 1900 homes with 100 Mbps in the county. This expansion is part of Wisper’s commitment to
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JEFFERSON CITY – A 75-year-old Perryville man received minor injuries in a traffic crash on Route B in Perry County Thursday evening. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Wayne J. Brickhaus was taken to Perry County Memorial Hospital by Perry County EMS. The patrol says Brickhaus was the driver of a
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PERRYVILLE — The Perryvillle Police Department has released its latest reports. A theft of more than $750 was reported March 4th at Walgreen’s, 6 S. Perryville Blvd. Property damage to a vehicle was reported Feb. 24th in the 400 block of Huber Road. Keys with a black ring were reported found on
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Update on my legislation this week… I introduced my Industrial Hemp bill (HB 202) on the House floor. It was voted on & received unanimous approval: 154 to 0. It has been sent to the Senate and first read already. My ATM “smash & grab”/HB 725 was voted out of the Rules Committee on
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PERRYVILLE – Our changing economy illustrates how agriculture impacts our lives now more than ever. Thanks to Missouri farmers, consumers have many choices for the locally sourced food and goods they enjoy. Around the world, consumers value what our farmers and ranchers produce. Missouri Farm Bureau, Perry County Farm Bureau and county Farm Bureau’s across
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PERRYVILLE – Chris Wibbenmeyer, CEO of Perry County Health System (PCHS), has signed an agreement recently to offer drug testing services to individuals participating in the Adult Treatment Criminal Court (Treatment Court) program. The signing of this agreement is the last hurdle to having treatment court services provided comprehensively in Perry County. For more
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PERRYVILLE – Register here to attend the Crafts & Convos class on the second Tuesday of each month at the PPC meting room. Meet new friends!! BYOC (bring your own craft) and craft together on the second Tuesday of each month at the PPC meeting room! 5 – 6:30 p.m.
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JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released its latest report of arrests. 49-year-old Tara J. Farrow of Cape Girardeau was arrested at 10 a.m. March 7 in Perry County on a patrol charge of DWI and drugs and possession of a controlled substance: four grams of methamphetamine and 30 pills of
