September 2022

Truman State University Earns No. 1 Spot for 26th Year

KIRKSVILLE, Mo. — For the 26th year in a row, Truman State University has been recognized as the No. 1 public school in the Midwest Region according to U.S. News & World Report.    Truman earned multiple honors in the 2022-23 Best College rankings, including recognition for teaching, innovation and value.    Among both public and private

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Tim Tebow brings down the house at Missouri Right to Life event with more than 700 in attendance

ST. CHARLES, Mo. – On Wednesday evening, September 7th, a crowd from across the state gathered at the St. Charles Convention center for the “Missouri Right to Life Keep Missouri Pro-Life” banquet to raise funds to protect Missouri’s 52 pro-life laws and to keep the state a pro-life sanctuary for innocent babies and their moms. 

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Peggy Lane Hotop

A funeral will be held Wednesday, September 14, 2022 for 75-year-old Peggy Lane Hotop of Perryville who passed away Thursday, September 8, 2022 at Mercy South Hospital. She was born August 5, 1947 in Perryville, Mo. to Melvin “Moe” and Nora “Sis” (Laurentius) Wood. Peggy and Dale Hotop were married on September 20, 1969 at

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Controversial NexGen Silica Mine Appears Favored by Power Brokers

Special to the Sun Times News Online  by Matt Ankney photo by Matt Ankney An alleged cabal of Missouri’s most powerful political and financial forces schemed for years trying to ram through an open pit fracking sand mine in Ste. Genevieve County, according to recent conversations with state level representatives, former park employees, lobbyists, and

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New COVID-19 cases drop by 24 percent in Illinois

CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting 19,933 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois since September 2. That’s a drop from 26,127 new COVID-19 cases the previous week. That’s 6,194 fewer or a drop of 23.7 percent. Despite that the CDC reports 28 Illinois counties are now rated at High

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