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Tree Lighting set for Sunday

The National Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in Perryville, Missouri, invites you and your family to be a part of our annual tree lighting event on the Shrine grounds. The Vincentian …

Apple Creek Cookie Walk set for Dec. 3

Go to the Apple Creek bridge at Old Appleton for a family-oriented Christmas Cookie Walk from 4-7 p.m. on Dec. 3, with tables of goodies stretching more than 100 feet across the 1879 bridge. Cookies, …

National Shrine to be featured on EWTN

The National Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal will be featured on the Catholic network, EWTN, on Monday, November 27 at 10:30 a.m., CT. The 30-minute episode, part of a series called …

Roth takes fifth place at bridge building competition

After weeks of work to build the most efficient model bridges, Southeast Missouri high school students put their bridges to the test Nov. 15 at the completion of MoDOT’s 20th Annual Bridge …

Wengert honored as Humanitarian of the Year

It was a night full of laughs, tears, but above all a celebration of life. Jackie Wengert was honored as the Perry County Community Foundation’s Humanitarian of the Year at the …

Playground awarded grant to help fund phase 2

Lucas Fritsche, the mind behind the Lucas and Friends Backyard Adventures Playground, jokes that he has spent “half his life” working on the project. The playground took the next step to …

Board discusses parent involvement

The Perry County School District Board discussed several issues including participation from parents in several different ways. The first of which came in the form of Parent-Teacher Conferences, …

PCMS Pegleg Players to perform ‘One Stoplight Town’

Students from The PCMS Pegleg Players (Perry County Middle School Drama Club) will present ‘One Stoplight Town’ by Tracy Wells. The show features 26 students, in grades 6-8, and premieres …

State Treasurer visits Perryville, talks about MOBUCKS program

Missouri State Treasurer Vivek Malek visited with local leaders Friday at the Perryville City Hall. He discussed the local impact of the MOBUCK$ low-interest loan program, and shared his plan to work …

Perry County takes care of its own

The Society of St. Vincent DePaul has launched a capital campaign to fund an expansion of the former Colonnade building at 312 N. Jackson Street into a center that will consolidate all of its …
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SPORTS

St. Vincent boys get victory despite limited practice time

Apprently, the St. Vincent boys basketball team doesn’t need too much practice. With a majority of the roster having finished up their football season just days earlier, and with one formal …

Indians win first district title since 2009

St. Vincent football coach Tim Schumer didn’t really want to be doused with a cooler full of water after the game on Friday, partly because it was a 45 degree night. “The good thing is …

MSHSAA unveils basketball district assignments

Basketball season may have just started with teams having played possibly zero or one game at this point, but coaches and fans took a glimpse ahead to the end of the season. The Missouri State High …
OBITUARIES
Christina M. Williams
Christina Marie Williams, 61, of Perryville, passed away Saturday, November 18, 2023 at her residence in Perryville. She was born February 25, 1962 in Bradenton, FL to James R. and Ottolene M. …
Martin E. Heberlie
Martin E. Heberlie, 91, of Perryville, peacefully passed away Friday, November 24, 2023 surrounded by his loving family at his residence. He was born November 12, 1932 in Ste. Genevieve, MO to …
Jeannie L. Ernst
Jeannie Lynn Ernst, 64, of Perryville, passed away Friday, November 24, 2023 at her residence. She was born March 13, 1959 in Perryville, to Albert E. Gross and Dorothy Jean (Geile) Hotop. She and …
Kenneth G. Kaempfe
Kenneth Gene Kaempfe, 91, of Perryville, passed away Saturday, November 25, 2023 at Missouri Veterans Home In Cape Girardeau. He was born July 30, 1932 in Farrar, MO to Edmund T. and Minna M. …
Christopher Zoellner
Christopher Zoellner, 52 years old, of Brentwood, MO, died November 23, 2023. He was born in St Louis, graduated Parkway North High School, and went on to further his studies at Meramec Community …
STATE NEWS
GOP senators walk out of vote on subpoenas in U.S. Supreme Court ethics inquiry
WASHINGTON — South Carolina’s Lindsey Graham and Republican colleagues stormed out of a Democratic-led U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee vote on Thursday to authorize subpoenas for two high-profile …
Small meat processors say USDA measures don’t address consolidated industry’s root problems
Over the past two decades, Greg Gunthorp carved out a niche operating a small meat processing plant in northern Indiana. He sold several kinds of meat to chic Chicago and Indianapolis restaurants and …
Ahead of climate conference, U.S. House panel tussles over curbs on emissions
Republicans on a U.S. House panel argued Wednesday against aggressive moves to meet carbon reduction goals, saying U.S. fossil fuel companies are working to make their products cleaner. Democrats on …
Missouri politics proves that sometimes just entering a race makes you a winner
Sometimes, the true outcome of a political campaign isn’t reflected in the final vote count.   Jason Kander’s 2016 Senate race is a prime example. Despite Donald Trump winning Missouri by …
Democrats split on placing conditions on military aid to Israel
WASHINGTON — Democrats in Congress are divided on whether to set guardrails on additional military aid to Israel as that country responds to the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks with airstrikes and a …
OPINION

Letter to the Editor: Dear

Dear Editor It’s deer season once again and I share all the excitement that goes along with it. For the young and old alike, it’s their most exciting time of year. For the past several …

PHOTO GALLERIES

When I Grow Up ...

In this annual section produced by the Perry County Republic-Monitor, first graders from Altenburg, Immanuel Lutheran, Perry County School District, St. Vincent and United in Christ Lutheran schools share what they want to be when they grow up in their own words, complete with original artwork.
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Video: Coffee cake workshop

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To view a video of the Perryville Board of Aldermen discussion on sidewalks from May 3, 2022, click on the following link:  …
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