August 2022

EPA fines auto repair shops in Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska for ‘defeat device’ violations

LENEXA, Kan. – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has penalized three companies to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act (CAA). According to EPA, the companies installed and/or sold illegal “defeat devices” in vehicle engines designed to render emissions controls inoperative.   Central Iowa Truck Repair LLC of Boone, Iowa, will pay

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Local air quality remains good

PERRYVILLE – The Southeast Missouri Regional Planning Commission Executive Director  Jeremy Tanz has released the latest air quality readings through August 28th. Tanz said ozone levels in the local area have stabilized since mid-July, but that cannot be said for Missouri as a whole.   He said, statewide there were six additional exceedances in ozone readings between the St.

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Missouri Farm Bureau PAC endorses Eric Schmitt for U.S. Senate

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. –  Missouri Farm Bureau’s Political Action Committee has voted to endorse Eric Schmitt for election to the United States Senate. Schmitt was supported by Missouri Farm Bureau when initially appointed to his position as Missouri’s Attorney General, and he was endorsed by the organization during his first full campaign for that position

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MODDC awards Paraquad in St. Louis with $150,000 sexuality education grant for people with developmental disabilities

St. LOUIS – Paraquad in St. Louis has been awarded a three-year, $150,000 grant for training advocates and self-advocates to provide comprehensive sexuality education to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, a group often excluded from any discussion of human sexuality. The grant, awarded by the Missouri Developmental Disabilities Council (MODDC), was announced after the

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MSHP reports arrests

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released its latest report of arrests. Among those listed as arrested: 65-year-old Deborah McKlin of Ste. Genevieve at 4:30 p.m. August 29 in Ste. Genevieve County on a patrol charge of driving while intoxicated. She was taken to the Ste. Genevieve County Jail on a 12-hour

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Principal cast members announced for ‘Hadestown’ playing at the Fabulous Fox Theatre in St. Louis October 11-23

ST. LOUIS– The Fabulous Fox Theatre and the producers of the winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards® including Best New Musical and the 2020 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Theater Album, HADESTOWN are thrilled to announce casting for the North American Tour coming to St. Louis at the Fabulous Fox Theatre October 11-23, 2022.  

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