The parking lot was full, and a large crowd was on hand for the grand opening of the Lucas and Friends Backyard Adventures playground on Saturday morning.The event featured food and drinks along with … more

The Perry County District No. 32 School Board of Education took the first steps to finding a new superintendent. Andy Comstock, the current superintendent of Perry County Schools, recently made his … more

The Lutheran Heritage Center in Altenburg officially opened up its new south gallery in a special ceremony Thursday, Oct. 28.“I’m just honored to welcome all of you here, to welcome not … more

The Perryville Silver Daggers Club will make its return to the stage later this month. The Perryville drama club will perform its rendition of “Meet Me in St. Louis.”The play will be … more

Missouri Gov.ernor Mike Parson ordered U.S. and Missouri flags be flown at half-staff at all government buildings statewide on Saturday, Oct 30, 2021, from sunrise to sunset in honor of Hospital … more

An EF-3 tornado barreled its way more than 40 miles across portions of St. Francois, Ste. Genevieve, Perry and Randolph (Illinois) counties Sunday evening, damaging several homes in the St. Mary area … more

The U.S. Census, completed every decade, provides communities with population counts. The data is used for a variety of purposes, and one of those is to properly align each city ward with … more

Supporters hosted a Local Individual Family Transit kick off event Friday in Perryville.Free rides were given from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.Ginny Smith, one of the LIFT team members explained the process of … more

While much of the attention of the thunderstorms and tornadoes — five confirmed by the National Weather Service — were devoted to the St. Mary area earlier this week as well as … more

The Perryville area Chamber of Commerce announced the results of its recent board of direction election Oct. 23.Those elected to three-year spots on the board were Jamie Robinson of T.G. Missouri … more