January 2022

Unemployment is down across the Mo River Region counties

JEFFERSON CITY — Unemployment is down locally according to the latest report from the Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development.   Unemployment in Perry County fell from 3.4 in December 2020 to 2.0 in December 2021. The rate had been 1.8 in November 2021.   The jobless rate in Ste. Genevieve County was […]

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Lily Mae Renner

A graveside service will be held Thursday, January 27, 2022 for 96-year-old Lily Mae Renner of Chester, Ill., who passed away at 12:23 a.m., Tuesday, January 25, 2021 at Three Springs Lodge Nursing Home, Chester.   She was born January 11, 1926 in Boss, Mo., the daughter of Frank and Myrtle (nee Radford) Canady who

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2022 Lunar New Year celebration to be hosted at Missouri State Capitol

JEFFERSON CITY — Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe and Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations Director Anna Hui will host a celebration of the Lunar New Year at the Missouri State Capitol today, Jan. 25.   The celebration will include a traditional lion dance by students from the St. Louis Chinese Language School and a

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Health care leaders urge Missourians to use appropriate sites for care

JEFFERSON CITY — Health care leaders are asking Missourians to reserve emergency departments for emergency needs only in the weeks ahead, as EDs are overcrowded at most hospitals and care for illnesses of all kinds can be delayed when emergency assets are constrained. The Missouri Hospital Association and Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services

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