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Chamber announces change in leadership

The Perryville Area Chamber of Commerce is looking for new leadership. In a message sent out by the Perryville Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors on Friday evening, Chamber Executive …

Schott named PCSD32 Resource Officer

A police officer with 25 years of local experience has joined Perry County School District 32 in the role of safety director and SRO, but it’s not his first time working on campus. Garret …

Board gives updates on issues

The Perry County School District #32 Board of Education discussed several key topics at its latest meeting on March. 13. As with most meetings, the board focused some of its time on curriculum …

Perryville to partner with firm for future growth

The City of Perryville is open for business. During the latest Perryville Board of Aldermen meeting, Perry County Economic Development Authority Executive Director Crystal Jones presented the …

Board discusses pay

The Perryville Board of Aldermen cleared up one issue at its latest meeting on March 5. The board approved the 2024-2025 pay plan. There is a 3.6 percent pay increase for city employees across …

Absentee voting for municipal election now open

Perry County residents can already have their voices heard on several key issues. The Absentee voting for the General Municipal Election is already in full swing. The process began on Feb. 20, for …

Medallion Hunt begins next week

The Republic-Monitor has begun preparing and planning for the annual Medallion Hunt, which will take place beginning Thursday, March 7 (thanks to the leap year) and run for four consecutive weeks. …

Board approves next city budget

The Perryville Board of Aldermen held a public hearing on the proposed fiscal year 2024-25 City of Perryville budget at the city council meeting on Feb. 21. “Our budget is a little unusual in …

Local residents attend Missouri Farm Bureau Conference

It was a full house February 9-11 at Margaritaville Resort at the Lake of the Ozarks where Missouri Farm Bureau’s (MOFB) Young Farmers and Ranchers (YF&R) Leadership Conference hosted more …

MNVM announces brochure contest winner

Missouri's National Veterans Memorial (MNVM) is proud to announce the winner of its inaugural Student Brochure Competition, a remarkable initiative aimed at engaging young minds in honoring the …
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Saxony soccer kicks off season with strong start

The Saxony Lutheran girls soccer team kicked off the season in grand fashion as the Crusaders won its first two games of the season very convincingly. Saxony defeated Farmington 7-0 on March 15 and …

SV boys win first district title since 2005

There’s a pattern to the success of the St. Vincent boys basketball program. The Indians had won two district titles in their history, one in 1987 and the other in 2005. If a person would …

OJ Turner named Saxony football coach

Saxony Lutheran has its man. OJ Turner was introduced as the first football coach in the history of Saxony Lutheran during a news conference on Feb. 21. “This is super exciting,” Turner …
OBITUARIES
Cheryl L. Kiefer
Cheryl Lynn Kiefer, 66, of Perryville, passed away Saturday, March 23, 2024 at her residence. She was born October 31, 1957 in Cape Girardeau, MO to Allen and Leona (Shelton) Johnson. Cheryl and …
Keith M. Schremp
Keith M. Schremp, 65, of Perryville, Missouri passed away Sunday, March 24, 2024 at his residence. He was born July 29, 1958 in Perryville, MO to Leland L. and Ruby M. (Ernst) Schremp. Keith was …
Taber J. Bell
“TJ” Taber James Bell, 36, of Perryville, passed away Sunday, March 17, 2024 in Perry County. He was born June 1, 1987 in Fort Worth, TX to Walter and Dana (Holley) Bell. TJ served in the …
Lillian Bohnert
Lillian Bohnert, 99, of Perryville, passed away Thursday, March 21, 2024 at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, MO. She was born December 7, 1924 in Gordonville, MO to August O. Maag and Ella …
Robert E. Buck
Robert “Bob” E. Buck, a beloved husband, father, son, brother, grandfather, and logger, passed away on February 18, 2024, in Perryville, at the age of 80. Bob was born on September 14, …
STATE NEWS
Few states cover fertility treatment for same-sex couples, but that could be changing
Elizabeth Bauer was working out at the gym one morning last August when she got a phone call from her fertility nurse. It was a call that Bauer and her wife, Rebecca, had long been waiting for. …
Vets fret as private equity snaps up clinics, pet care companies
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — About a year ago, veterinarian Melissa Ezell started noticing subtle changes at the midsized animal clinic in Huntsville, Alabama, where she works. She said she and other vets …
Poll finds Missourians want better access to birth control. Bipartisan bill could grant it
Missourians overwhelmingly support access to contraceptives, but some fear their lawmakers could pass laws limiting that availability, a new poll shows. The survey, released Thursday by The Right …
What if the Missouri GOP gubernatorial primary were a hand of Texas Hold ‘Em?
During the 2022 election cycle, I decided to combine two of my favorite hobbies – poker and politics. I wrote a series of columns depicting Missouri’s U.S. Senate race as a hand of Texas Hold …
‘Wait and see’: Missouri Realtors brace for changes after settlement over commissions
A recent legal settlement agreed to by the National Association of Realtors leaves Missouri realtors unsure of what the future holds. The association, which represents about 1.5 million realtors …
OPINION

Letter to the Editor: Go Vote

Dear Editor As we open our eyes this Easter season to what creation has brought us: amazing vistas of blooming trees, flowers, the greening of grasses and leafing of the trees which provide us the …

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