October 2022

SEMO-NASV & Safe House host working with victims training for area first responders and others working with victims of abuse

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JACKSON – Southeast Missouri Network Against Sexual Violence (SEMO-NASV) and the Safe House of Southeast Missouri have organized a training for local law enforcement, Missouri Children’s Division, first responders, medical personnel, mental health professionals, and others that may encounter victims of sexual or domestic violence.   The training is called “Working with Victims: Responding to […]

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The Truth About Vaccines

MO State News, News /

By Holly Thompson Rehder, Missouri Senate There’s an old saying that holds “bad information can travel halfway around the world before the truth puts on its shoes.” We don’t know who first said that, but we saw a great example this week with claims the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) would require

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Visitors asked not to climb Tower Rock

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WITTENBERG, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is reminding those visiting the 400-million-year-old Tower Rock Natural Area in Perry County to explore nature safely, and to be respectful of the area and its neighboring land.     The roughly 32-acre natural area is comprised of upland oak-pine and mixed hardwoods. It features a vertical

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Janie Lee Laird

Obituaries, Ste. Genevieve Obits /

The Basler Funeral Home in Ste. Genevieve has announced the passing of 63-year-old Janie Lee Laird of Bloomsdale, Mo. who passed away peacefully in her sleep on Oct. 19, 2022.   She was born in Martin, Tenn. Dec. 1, 1958 and is preceded in death by her mother Patricia Ellen Moore of Dresden, Tenn. and

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Eastern Missouri Girl Scout builds lending library to earn her Silver Award

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ST. LOUIS – October is celebrated as National Book Month, a time to honor the country’s best books and authors and focus on the importance of reading, writing and literature.   One Maryland Heights Girl Scout, Nadine Bredell, used her passion for reading and community service to build a free little library to earn her

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