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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
New York Republican George Santos expelled by U.S. House in bipartisan vote
WASHINGTON — New York Republican George Santos on Friday became the sixth lawmaker in history and the first member of the GOP to be expelled from the U.S. House of Representatives. The 311-114 …
Kansas and Missouri have 256,000 lead pipes. EPA wants them removed within 10 years
Utilities in Kansas and Missouri would have to pull hundreds of thousands of lead pipes out of the ground within 10 years under a proposed rule the Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday. …
Promoting telehealth in Missouri is a step to making health care more accessible, cost-effective
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a challenging period for Missouri and the entire nation, with few positive outcomes to highlight. However, one notable exception has been the advancement of telehealth …
HIV prevention, education improve in Missouri. But stigma still stands
Jody Dorcy has been living with HIV for 20 years. He said the hardest part about having HIV is the stigma surrounding it. Society thinks he’s “contagious,” “dirty” and “infectious.” …
U.S. House votes to bar use of public lands for housing migrants
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House Thursday passed a bill to bar the use of public lands for temporary housing for migrants applying for asylum. The bill, H.R. 5283, passed with a majority of Republicans …
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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