February 2022

Perryville Police reports

PERRYVILLE — The Perryville Police Department has released its latest report of arrests and incidents.   24-year-old Daniel Schot Ash of Perryville was cited for driving while suspended or revoked following a traffic stop on West St. Joseph Street January 21st.   31-year-old Ashley D. Counts of Perryville was arrested on a warrant out of […]

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Uniontown woman named to Fall 2021 honors list at Concordia University

SEWARD, Neb. – A Uniontown, Mo. woman was one of 251 students named to Concordia University, Nebraska’s honors list for the Fall 2021 semester. To be named to the honors list Katherine Benkendorf was required to earn a 3.90 GPA or higher while completing at least 12 undergraduate credit hours qualify for the honors list.

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University of Missouri System reports $6.5 billion in statewide economic impact  

COLUMBIA, Mo. — University of Missouri System leaders have announced the results of an economic impact study that found UM System and its four universities have a $6.5 billion economic impact on the state of Missouri. The study was conducted by Tripp Umbach, a nationally recognized firm that has completed more than 500 economic impact

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WIC continues to improve the health of Missouri’s women, infants, and children

JEFFERSON CITY– Every month, over 80,000 Missourians participate in the Missouri WIC program. WIC is the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. The program provides quality nutrition education, breastfeeding promotion and support, nutritious foods, and referrals to health services. Missouri WIC offers healthy food choices that target specific essential nutrients often missing

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White House shines national spotlight on cancer to

Washington, D.C. — The President announced this morning he is ‘reigniting’ his commitment to ‘end cancer as we know it,’ building on the initial and robust cancer moonshot investment in discovery, prioritizing increased uptake of prevention and addressing health disparities. The American Cancer Society (ACS) and its advocacy affiliate, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action

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Wagner, Garcia re-introduce EARN It Act

WASHINGTON, D.C.  – On Tuesday, Representatives Ann Wagner (R-MO) and Sylvia Garcia (D-TX) reintroduced the bipartisan Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT) Act. This legislation is the House companion bill to the bipartisan Senate version, reintroduced by Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT).   “There is nothing more horrific than the sexual abuse and

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Transportation coalition urges caution on gas tax increase holiday proposal 

SPRINGFIELD – The Transportation for Illinois Coalition, an umbrella organization of business, labor and infrastructure groups that advocates for federal and state transportation funding, today issued the following statement in response to Gov. Pritzker’s proposed Fiscal Year 2023 budget plan: “We are concerned about the Governor’s proposal to skip the expected small increase in the state’s

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