On July 30-31 the Perryville Chamber of Commerce with team up with the River Hills Antique Tractor Club for Heritage Day on the 30th, followed by the Antique Tractor Parade on Saturday.
The Heritage Day dinner on the Seminary grounds starts at 5 p.m. with dinner at 6:30. The price is $10. The Antique Tractor [...]

Well, it’s time again for another bunch of Back Fence posts. The beginning of summer weather has slowed down the input of news releases from most agencies…they’re out in the field. Many of our readers are looking for places to go outside, and going there, instead of sitting in a stuffy room with a computer. [...]

As of the Sept. 3 edition of the Perryville Republic Monitor, authorities are looking for a man who allegedly rode an ATV across private property, then assaulted a homeowner at Lake Kah-Tan-Da. While searching for identification of the stranger-assailant, the victim found his photo on a motion sensitive game-cam overlooking one of the lakes. The [...]

When the May 8 straight line winds took down enormous cedars, among trees at the Schnurbusch Karst Window (also known as the grotto shrine at St. Joseph’s Church in Apple Creek, Perry County), parishoners were dismayed at the destruction left on the grounds.