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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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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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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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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