CHICAGO – June is Pride Month and the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is enhancing training and services to ensure LGBTQI+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning and intersex) youth in care are protected and supported. All young people deserve to grow up in safe, loving and caring homes. In addition to the […]
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Manufacturers’ Association (IMA) Education Foundation has named Umika Arora, a student at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, as the inaugural winner of the Jim Nelson Scholarship for high school innovators. Arora won the scholarship for her invention of the iCane, a mobility aid and technical device that transforms a basic cane
MODOC, Ill. – The annual Kaskaskia River Rough Fish Round Up is returning to Randolph County for 2022! The annual Bowfishing tournament will be held on Saturday July 16, 2022, at the Jerry F. Costello (Kaskaskia) Lock and Dam in Modoc, IL. All bowfishing enthusiasts are encouraged to make plans now for the
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CARBONDALE, Ill. – Republicans have gained geographical ground in Illinois elections, but at the same time have lost votes in the state’s major population centers, according to the latest research from Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute. “Biden, Trump, Durbin, and Taxes” is the latest paper in the institute’s “Simon Review” series. The paper, authored by
MURPHYSBORO – The possibility of rolling blackouts and electric rate increases across the Midwest have consumed the news of late. The electric rates of Egyptian Electric Cooperative Association (EECA) consumer-members remain stable. While consumer-members of EECA are shielded from most of the market volatility that is forcing investor-owned utilities to increase electricity rates, we are
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JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri non-farm payroll employment decreased by 3,100 jobs from April 2022 to May 2022, and the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased by three-tenths of a percentage point. Private industry employment decreased by 1,500 jobs and government employment decreased by 1,600 jobs. The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.1 percent in May
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced Wednesday that his office joined a coalition of 24 states opposing The Security and Exchange Commission’s Proposed Rule requiring publicly-traded companies to disclose climate related risks of their businesses to investors. Businesses would be required to calculate and disclose emissions levels for their entire supply chains,
JEFERSON CITY — Two Perryville residents were hurt in a motorcycle-deer collision Monday, June 13, 2022 on the West Outer Road in Perry County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports 22-year-old Cheyenne Money and 22-year-old Tyler B. Money were taken to Perry County Memorial Hospital by a Perry County ambulance. The patrol says the crash
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PERRYVILLE — The Perryville Police Department has released its latest reports. Arrests: 53-year-old Michele Lee Brown of Perryville was charged with stealing at 2:32 p.m. Thursday, May 12, 2022 after police were called to Wal-Mart by a report of an employee stealing money while on the job. 56-year-old Brian Douglas Adams, who is homeless, was
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O’FALLON, MO – State Representative Tony Lovasco (District 64) announced Wednesday an official letter sent to U.S. Senator Roy Blunt requesting that he immediately and publicly withdraw support from proposed legislation encouraging the passage of Red Flag laws or other forms of gun control. The letter, sent with the support of 48 members of
