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Authorities say the 2001 Chevrolet was traveling east on Old Route 3 and pulled into the path of the 2021 Ford Bronco.

(Ste. Genevieve) The Summer Music Series at the Orris Theatre in Ste. Genevieve is kicking off in just a few weeks. Dena Kreitler with the Ste. Genevieve Chamber of Commerce runs through the line-up. Kreitler says she uses the audience to decide what artists to book. Kreitler urges you to...

Roland Eugene Bins Crystal City passed away Friday (5/13), he was 79 years old. The funeral service will be Tuesday (5/17) morning at 10 at the Vinyard Funeral Home in Festus. Burial in the Hillsboro Cemetery. Visitation for Ronald Bins will be Monday (5/16) evening from 5 until 8 at...

The Bequette-Ribault House.Andrew Balet, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons. One of the attractions to Sainte (Ste.) Genevieve is the restored Bequette-Ribault house pictured above, also on the National Registry of Historic Places. The house was built in 1808 by Jean-Baptiste Bequette, Sr. When his son died, the property was purchased by a woman named Clarisse, who was "a free woman of color." Thereafter, until 1982, ownership was passed down to her descendants and they all had the last name of Ribault.

All other passengers had non-life-threatening injuries.

The Perryville High School baseball season came to a sinking close on Saturday with an 8-1 loss to Potosi in the opening round of the MSHSAA Class 4 District 2 Tournament. Over the Pirates (4-16) final two games, they were outscored 18-1, which wasn’t necessarily an accurate display of the potential of this group.

In regional soccer championships on Saturday, Freeburg got 2 goals from Avery Hesseidenz in their 5-1 win over Murphysboro. Columbia beat the hosts at Gibault 2-0. Columbia will play Mater Dei at the Roxana Sectional Wednesday.

If retiring Illinois principal Kevin Cartee thought his final days in the Red Bud school system would be uneventful, he was mistaken. It turns out they were anything but! Cartee, who has spent the last 15 of his 33 years in education working in Red Bud, Illinois got the ultimate parting gift from his students-- a farewell from The King himself.

Recently, Bloomsdale Elementary Running Club teamed up with the Ste. Genevieve County Community Center, the Ste. Genevieve Chamber of Commerce and NJHS to host the first annual Betty’s Color Splash 1 Mile Fun Run at Bloomsdale Elementary!. This run was organized and held in memory of SGHS alumna and...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - Officers in the Metro East are looking for a man who frequents several cities in the area. The Fayetteville Police Department is looking for John Huber as he’s wanted for questioning on multiple warrants. The department said Huber - who also goes by John Henry - frequents Mascoutah, Freeburg, Fayetteville and other surrounding areas.

Springtime in St. Louis means the threat of severe weather. More than 50 years ago, one Illinois town got hit by back-to-back twisters.

(Ste. Genevieve) Monday evening on KREI, it’s a double-header at Yanks’ Field in Ste. Genevieve for the Class 4 District 2 Semifinals. In our first game of the day, The top seed in the district 25-7 Valle Catholic Warriors face the 4-seed 10-17-1 Potosi Trojans. Immediately following that game, the two and three seeds clash as the 18-3 Central Rebels face 14-9 Ste. Genevieve.

PERRYVILLE – The tentative agenda has been released for tomorrow night’s meeting of the Perryvile Board of Aldermen. The open session will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the city hall council chambers at 215 North West Street, Perryville. The tentative agenda:

Roland Eugene Bins, 79, of Crystal City died May 13, 2022, at his home. Mr. Bins was a retired parts man for Boemler Chevrolet in Arnold. He was a member of the Piedmont Eagles Club and the First Baptist Church of Festus-Crystal City and enjoyed boats, fishing and hunting. Born March 8, 1943, in St. Louis, he was the son of the late Opal Luella (King) and Fred William Bins.

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