JONESBORO, Ark. — Two River Region residents have been honored by Arkansas State University for academic excellence. Maci Reynolds of Bloomsdale was named to the Chancellor’s List The Chancellor’s List includes students who earned a perfect GPA of 4.0. Jadyn Leclere of St. Mary was named to the Dean’s List. The Dean’s […]
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JEFFERSON CITY — Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, Friday, expressed his congratulations to the bipartisan commission tasked with redrawing Missouri’s 163 House districts. The House Independent Bipartisan Citizens Commission finalized the new map by a unanimous vote. The last time commission members agreed upon house district maps was 1991. In 2001 and 2011 appointed judges drew the
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STE. GENEVIEVE — ASL Pewter has been accepted as a Registered Apprenticeship by the US Department of Labor in conjunction with Missouri Apprentice Connect. Apprenticeship is a workplace training program and so much more. Apprenticeships are PAID JOBS offering work-based learning, mentor ship and classroom learning. These combine so that, upon program completion,
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO), Chair of the House Suburban Caucus, released the following statement after she reintroduced the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA), legislation that would ban discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex. “Sex-selection abortions overwhelmingly target girls, and PRENDA would make it a federal crime to perform a
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JEFFERSON CITY — Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces the Patrol is offering boating safety courses to inform and motivate boaters to prepare for the boating season. These approved courses meet the national boating educational standard. “Missouri’s many rivers and lakes offer a variety of boating opportunities,” said Col.
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STE. GENEVIEVE – Camryn Basler has been named the January Elks Student of the Month at Valle Catholic High School. She is the daughter of Chris and Tina Basler. After graduation, she plans to attend a four-year college and study occupational therapy or speech-language pathology with the goal of pursuing one of
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By Elaine Gannon, state senator JEFFERSON CITY — Americans launched the workweek honoring the vision, leadership and courage of civil rights activist, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. With his faith-based approach to attain justice for Black Americans, Dr. King accomplished more in his short 39 years than almost any other contemporary leader. I am
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JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reports the number of new COVID-19 cases continues to climb in the Show Me State. There were 80,730 new confirmed and probable cases during the seven days ending January 18th, that is an increase of 5.8 percent from the seven days ending January
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JEFFERSON CITY – On Friday, Governor Mike Parson announced a specialized medical team of U.S. military personnel, which includes doctors and nurses, is being deployed to the St. Louis region to support hospital staff strained by COVID-19. The team is expected to be in place at BJC Christian Hospital next week. “We’re pleased that in response
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Friday reported 183,722 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois. That number is down 11 percent from the 207,203 cases reported January 14. Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 2,773,362 cases, including 29,845 deaths, in 102 counties in Illinois. The age
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