Perryville News

St. Vincent will honor former coach, athletic director, teacher and principal Mikel Stewart

PERRYVILLE – On Friday, Sept. 2, during halftime of the St. Vincent Indians’ first home football game, there will be a tribute to Coach Mikel Stewart, who served as head football coach, athletic director, teacher, and then principal during his 10 years at SVHS. Mike’s wife, Sandy, and their children and grandchildren will be present. […]

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Perryville man among this year’s Missouri Veterans Hall of Fame inductees

PERRYVILLE — A Perryville man is among the inductees in the 2022 Missouri Veterans Hall of Fame. Curt Vogel is listed among those who will be inducted into the Missouri Veterans Hall of Fame later this year.   The Class of 2022 was announced Sunday, August 14th, 2022 at the Missouri State Fair – Military

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Perryville Police report

PERRYVILLE — The Perryville Police Department has released its latest reports.   24-year-old Amanda M. Krull and 30-year-old Landon M. Torres, both of Perryville were charged with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Police say the arrests came after a traffic stop in the 500 block of Morning Star Circle at 3:55 p.m.

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St. Vincent Educational Foundation outfits a teacher’s classroom

PERRYVILLE – Every year, as the school year begins, the St. Vincent Educational Foundation reaches out to all of their teachers. They ask them what they need – things beyond regular budgets – things that maybe the teacher was going to purchase themself because they are so passionate about teaching. This year, the St. Vincent

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American Legion Legacy Run rolls through Perryville

PERRYVILLE — The American Legion Legacy Run rolled through Chester and Perryville yesterday and stopped at Missouri’s National Veterans Memorial. A fun group gathered at the Chester Library to welcome the American Legion Legacy Run Riders. (Chester Public Library Facebook post) Motorcycles roll through Perryville. (Still from Sarah Kahmke Young video) https://www.facebook.com/sarah.kahmkeyoung/videos/1099434810679264 The 1,200 mile

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National Preparedness Month: Red Cross urges everyone to get ready now for emergencies

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — People everywhere are feeling the impacts of climate change with more frequent and intense weather events threatening our communities. September is National Preparedness Month and the American Red Cross of Central and Northern Missouri urges everyone to get ready for these emergencies now. Just last year, more than 40% of Americans

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Perryville Police reports

PERRYVILLE — The Perryville Police Department has released its latest reports. 27-year-old Daniel Walter Lee Radford of Ste. Genevieve was cited for driving while suspended at 7:43 a.m. on the southbound I-55 off-ramp. The arrest followed a traffic stop near the 129 mile marker. 43-year-old Joshua David Woodfin of Washington was charged with possession of

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CEC believes bird or ‘sky lantern’ may have caused three-hour outage Monday

PERRYVILLE – Citizens Electric Corporation (CEC) experienced an outage lasting nearly three hours Monday morning affecting over 1,700 members in Perryville. One of the members affected was Donze Communications’ radio station KSGM transmitter near Brewer. Employees of Citizens Electric witnessed loud noises and bright flashes in the St. Joe substation around 7A.M., just before the outage occurred.  Operations crews and

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Perryville police reports

PERRYVILLE–The Perryville Police Department has released its latest reports. Christina M. Derecskey of Perryville was charged with driving while revoked or suspended, second or third offense; DWI with a passenger less than 17 years of age the vehicle and possession of drug paraphernalia. Police say they responded to a report of a traffic crash on

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