February 2022

Heavy snow, winds, falling temperatures continue to make travel dangerous across Illinois

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Transportation announced Wednesday afternoon that travel conditions are expected to continue to deteriorate from the impacts of a major winter storm that will be felt for several days, while urging the public to postpone all unnecessary trips.   Since last night, more than 10 inches of snow has fallen

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IRS asked to stop using programs that use taxpayers’ biometric data

WASHINGTON – In a letter sent Thursday to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig, Missouri’s U.S. Senator Roy Blunt and Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley demanded the IRS immediately discontinue any programs that collect, store, and use any type of biometric data to identify American taxpayers. The lawmakers’ letter comes after the IRS announced

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MDC: Trout harvest begins in Perryville, Jackson, Farmington

PERRYVILLE, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) says trout may now be harvested from Legion Lake in Perryville, Rotary Lake in Jackson, and Giessing Lake in Farmington. MDC Fisheries Management Biologist Salvador Mondragon said fishing has been excellent this winter due to relatively warm temperatures. Anglers have been reporting success at all three lakes using a

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Missouri Lunar New Year Celebration Video will be shown in Ste. Genevieve

JEFFERSON CITY  — A video celebrating the Lunar New Year holiday in Missouri will be shown on SteGenTV Channel 991 on the Spectrum Cable TV system in Ste. Genevieve.   It will be shown Fridays at 9 a.m./p.m. and 3 p.m./a.m.   The video highlights Asian traditions and features cultural performances and interviews with community

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Missouri saw 8.7 percent decline in auto exports

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Amid recent concerns about inflation, rising prices for new and used vehicles have received significant attention. According to recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the price of vehicles increased by 11.8 percent for new cars and a whopping 37.3 percent for used cars from December 2020 to December 2021.

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Missourians volunteered more than 168,000 hours during Bicentennial Community Service Challenge

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Community Service Commission (MCSC), in partnership with the Missouri Bicentennial Commission, announced today that Missourians logged 168,636 hours of service as part of the Bicentennial Community Service Challenge. The challenge was launched last year to call on Missourians to volunteer 200 hours in celebration of the state’s 200th year of

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MSHP reports

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released its latest reports.   Among those listed as arrested:   42-year-old Isaac H. Kennedy of Los Angeles, Calif. at 7:57 p.m. Thursday, February 3rd in Perry County on  warrant out of Franklin County for failure to keep record and a non-moving traffic violation. He was

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