Perryville News

Rollet Bros. Trucking Co., Inc. presents Perryville Mayfest 2023

PERRYVILLE – The Perryville Area Chamber of Commerce announces Perryville Mayfest 2023 presented by Rollet Bros.Trucking Co., Inc. will be held May 12-13, 2023.   The carnival will begin on Wednesday, May 10th to start Mayfest weekend.   Mayfest 2023 theme is: 1923 – A Perryville Origin Story, to help celebrate the Perryville Area Chamber

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Mellon Foundation grant allows SIU students to address environmental, racial injustices

by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois University Carbondale students can learn about the intersections of environmental and social justice in a regional context through creative field research and engagement with community organizations as part of a 2-½ -year grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.   At SIU, the grant will support courses

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PCHS offers new program to expand mental health services

PERRYVILLE, MO – Perry County Health System (PCHS) and Perry County Health Department (PCHD) recently completed a Community Health Needs Assessment. One need identified as an area of high concern was the community’s mental health. PCHS and PCHD understand the importance of this concern. PCHS has in turn developed a program to expand mental health

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Not our first rodeo…I mean total solar eclipse!

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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St. Vincent students make beautiful music

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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