Perryville News

Get tornado recovery help Saturday at the Perry Park Center

From a SEMA news release PERRYVILLE — Perryville will host a Multi-Agency Resource Centers Saturday to provide recovery resources and assist disaster survivors. This is the NWS track of the EF-2 tornado which struck Perryvillle.   The State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has coordinated with volunteer partners and other state and local agencies to organize

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Asbestos discovered in tornado ravaged PHS building

PERRYVILLE — Perry County School District 32 has received the results of asbestos testing conducted after the March 14 tornado heavily damaged Perryville High School.   According to a news release from the school disrict, some areas of the facility have tested positive for asbestos, which was expected with a building constructed in the 1950s.

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Some students will return to PCSD 32 campus Monday

PERRYVILLE – Some students will be able to return to class on Monday, after missing one week of school after a tornado ripped across the campus of Perry County School District 32. All students who attend Perryville Primary Center (Grades PK-2), Little Pirates, and the Early Childhood Special Education program; and the 3-hour block students

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Rockwood man hurt in Highway 51 crash in Perry County, Mo.

JEFFERSON CITY — A 77-year-old man from Rockwood, Illinois received minor injuries in a traffic crash on Highway 51 in Perry County Monday afternoon.   The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the man was taken to Memorial Hospital in Chester by a Mercy Perry ambulance.   The patrol says the crash happened when the Rockwood

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Perryville Police reports

PERRYVILLE — The Perryville Police Department has released its latest reports.   41-year-old Christopher A. Welch of Whitewater was arrested March 5th on a fugitive warrant out of Alexander County, Illinois.   32-year-old Devante X. Craig of St. Louis was arrested Februrary 23rd on a fugitive warrant out of Jefferson County.   Thefts of a

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