August 2022

Courage2Report: Sooner Is Safer!

JEFFERSON CITY – Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, reminds school personnel, parents, and students the Courage2ReportMO program provides a safe and confidential way to report any concerns regarding their safety or the safety of others. These concerns may include: assault, bullying/repeated harassment, cyber bullying, fighting, guns, homicide, human trafficking, […]

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Discover nature with MDC at Missouri State Fair August 11-21

SEDALIA, Mo. – Discover nature with the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia Aug. 11-21. Visit MDC’s Conservation building from 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. and the kid’s Xplor Zone from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. to see MDC’s mobile snake exhibit, a new macroinvertebrate exhibit, and more. Ask MDC

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Jefferson College Dean’s List announced for Spring 2022

HILLSBORO — Jefferson College has announced the Dean’s List for the Spring 2022 semester. To qualify for the Dean’s List honor, full-time students must achieve a grade point average of 3.25 or higher (on a 4.0 scale) in at least 12 graded credit hours taken that semester. Part-time students who accumulate 12 or more graded

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Journaling through Time class set at Current River State Park Aug. 15

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Are you interested in learning about nature journaling and how some aspects have stayed the same while others have changed over time? If so, this class is for you. Join park team members from 10 a.m. to noon Monday, Aug. 15 at Current River State Park.   This class will introduce you

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Local students graduate from Missouri State University

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Several River Region students have graduated from Missouri State University.   The commencement ceremonies took place May 20, 2022, at Great Southern Bank Arena.   The following River Region students earned degrees:   Kara Steffens of Altenburg graduated with a Master of Business Administration. Karley Lurk of Bloomsdale graduated with a Master

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Missouri gasoline prices fall an average 18.7 cents a gallon

BOSTON, Mass. – Average gasoline prices in Missouri have fallen 18.7 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.86/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 3,940 stations in Missouri. Prices in Missouri are 70.5 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand $1.01/g higher than a year ago. The national average price

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Missouri’s maternal mortality report published

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) has published A Multi Year Look at Maternal Mortality in Missouri: 2017-2019 Annual Report on behalf of the state’s Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review (PAMR) board. The report is an aggregate of three years’ worth of work of the PAMR and is based upon the most recent data

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MSHP report

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released its latest report. Among those listed as arrested is: 33-year-old Jason W. Myers of House Springs at 11:38 p.m. July 31st on warrants out of Arnold for speeding and Crystal City for failure to appear. He was being held in the Ste. Genevieve County Jail

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Perryville Police reports

PERRYVILLE – The Perryville Police Department has released its latest reports.   23-year-old Delvonne Neshaun Franklin Jr. of Peoria, Illinois and 21-year-old Taylor Leyonce Ward of Peoria, Illinois were cited for possession of marijuana following a traffic stop about 11:49 p.m. July 14 on southbound I-55.   47-year-old Jerry Lee Lucas Jr. was charged with

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