JEFFERSON CITY – Governor Mike Parson has signed a proclamation declaring October 2022 as Clean Water Month in Missouri. In the proclamation, Governor Parson noted that Oct. 18 marks the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, which aimed to prevent, reduce and eliminate pollution and restore and maintain the chemical, physical and biological integrity […]
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JEFFERSON CITY – Earlier this year the Missouri Department of Higher Education & Workforce Development (MDHEWD) announced it was exiting the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program after 43 years as the state designated guaranty agency. The United States Department of Education (USDE) has designated Education Credit Management Corporation (ECMC), a non-profit guarantor for FFEL
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced Wednesday that his Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) Unit has ensured the civil commitment of thirty-seven sexually violent predators since January 2019, when he was sworn in as Attorney General. The Sexually Violent Predator Unit seeks civil commitment of sexual predators who suffer from a mental abnormality
STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. – NEXGEN Silica has aligned with the Friends of Hawn Association (Friends of Hawn), leading the Friends of Hawn to withdraw its appeal against Nexgen Silica’s recently issued Missouri Mining Commission land reclamation permit from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR). While the Friends of Hawn’s challenge to NEXGEN’s land
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PERRVILLE — The Perry County Commission and administration office are currently reviewing the processes and procedures to be followed to fill the sheriff seat that will be vacated at the end of the month by Gary Schaaf. Schaaf’s resignation is effective at 11:59 pm, September 30. His current term of office is set to
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By Kate Martin PERRYVILLE – The 2022 Perryville High School Homecoming Court includes (from left) junior representatives Macy Rayburn, child of Chris and Jaymie Michael, and Rilaynd Graham, child of Eric and Brandie Morgan, and Andrew and Cheyenne Graham; freshmen representatives Reese Behrle, child of Shannon and Garrett Berhrle, and Waylon Huber, child of Tim
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STE. GENEVIEVE – The first Project Pioneer meeting with the Le Clere and Wehner families, who were named the honored families for 2023 at opening ceremonies of the recent Jour de Fete, will be held on Saturday, Oct. 8, at 10 a.m. in the upstairs meeting room at the Ste. Genevieve Museum Learning Center, 360 Market St.
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JEFFERSON CITY—The Missouri Public Service Commission has approved an agreement in water and sewer rate cases filed by S. K. & M. Water and Sewer Company, which will reduce annual water operating revenues by approximately $16,160 and annual sewer operating revenues by approximately $11,980. New water and sewer rates are expected to take effect
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CHESTER — Three persons apparently escaped injury in a traffic crash on Illinois Route 3 Sunday afternoon in Randolph County. The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office reports a northbound 2003 Ford F150 driven by 52-year-old Michael Fogerson of Chester was towing a boat and was traveling behind a 2010 Ford Focus driven by 62-year-old Bonnie
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (Mo.) and Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), the top Republican and Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration with oversight over federal elections, released the statements below after the Rules Committee voted 14-1 to advance S. 4573, the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act, bipartisan legislation to reform
