Perryville News

PHS Prom Court announced

PERRYVILLE – The Perryville High School Prom King and Queen candidates have been announced. King candidates are Carter Blechle, Blake Hager, and Grady Warrant. Queen candidates are Julia Hotop, Maria Mattingly Hernandez, and Kara Williams. This year, PHS students voted on King candidates and Queen candidates individually, not as couples. The 2025 Prom King and […]

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Perryville Police reports

PERRYVILLE – The Perryville Police Department has released the following reports:   38-year-old Nathan Andrew Depung who is homeless in Perryville at 1:40 a.m. for being in the city park after hours.   45-year-old Roy Jennings of Perryville was charged with stealing, larceny, theft at 4:42 p.m. March 24.   46-year-old Alfred J. Gomez of

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Silver Dagger Players to present ‘Seussical’ April 10-12  

PERRYVILLE – The Perryville High School Silver Dagger Players will present “Seussical” at the Perry Park Center Theater, at 7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, April 10-12. “Seussical” is a musical comedy based on the works of Dr. Seuss, featuring beloved characters like Horton the Elephant, the Cat in the Hat, and Gertrude McFuzz, with music by Stephen Flaherty

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Perry County School District 32 will meet Wednesday evening

PERRYVILLE – The Perry County School District 32 Board of Education will meet Wednesday evening,   The tentative agenda for the meeting:   AGENDA PERRY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 32 Board of Education Regular Meeting – Open Session Wednesday, April 9, 2025 Career Center Multipurpose Room 7:00 p.m   Open Session called to order Pledge

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Perryville police reports

PERRYVILLE – The Perryville Police Department has released its latest reports.   44-year-old Brent A. Lee of Chester, Illinois was arrested in the 2000 block of Lake Drive at 5:40 a.m. Friday, March 14, 2025 on a fugitive warrant out of the Randolph County, Illinois Sheriff’s Office   40-year-old Howard Edward Thilenius IV, who is

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Lucas Fritsche is an honorable mention for a 2024 Youth Leadership Award

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. –A Perryville youth has been named an honorable mention for the Youth Leadership Award, which celebrates outstanding Missouri youths (aged 16-26) with a disability who have exhibited exemplary leadership by making a positive impact on their community. According to a news release from the Missouri Governor’s Council on Disability, Lucas Fritsche’s dedication

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Blaze that destroyed the Saxon Lutheran Memorial visitor’s center is blamed on a lightning strike

ALTENBURG – A lightning strike is getting the blame for a blaze that destroyed the visitor’s center at the Saxon Lutheran Memorial Sunday night.     A post on the memorial’s Facebook page includes photographs of the blaze and an update posted Monday morning that stated the Fire Marshal confirmed the cause was a lightning

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