JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reports 5,165 new cases of COVID-19 in Missouri as of Tuesday. That’s 742 more, or a 17 percent increase from the previous week’s 4,423 new cases of COVID 19. Locally: There were fewer than 10 new cases of COVID-19 in Ste. Genevieve County compared […]
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JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Developmental Disabilities Council (MODDC) and Missouri Protection and Advocacy Services (Mo P&A) support the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) recent announcement of the disability rights investigation of Missouri’s use of skilled nursing facilities. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the DOJ will review whether the state of Missouri unnecessarily institutionalizes
STE. GENEVIEVE — The new rules concerning commercial videos and photography done on National Park Service properties will apply to properties that make up the Ste. Genevieve National Historic Park. These properties include the Jean Baptiste Valle House, the Green Tree Tavern, the Delassus-Kern House and the Beauvais-Amoureux House. At this time, this
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has awarded the Perryville Area Career and Technology Center a $400,000 grant. The governor yesterday announced the Perryville grant along with grants for several other Missouri Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs with grant dollars to further support the important work that these
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SPRINGFIELD — The latest Illinois map of Community Levels shows Randolph County, which had been at a low for several weeks, has now risen to a medium level. When making decisions about community prevention strategies and individual preventive behaviors in addition to vaccination, health officials and people should consider the COVID-19 Community Level in the
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced a final rule to reclassify the northern long-eared bat as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The bat, listed as threatened in 2015, now faces extinction due to the rangewide impacts of white-nose syndrome, a deadly disease affecting hibernating bats across North America. The
WASHINGTON, D.C. – It already feels and looks like winter in some parts of the country, and it won’t be long before the season brings more widespread winter storms. As winter approaches, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is urging consumers to protect themselves against carbon monoxide poisoning, fires, and other storm hazards.
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A funeral will be held Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022 for 87-year-old Betty Jean Wagner of Chester, Ill. who passed away at 4:33 pm, Monday, November 28, 2022 at Memorial Hospital, Chester. Betty was born February 21, 1935 in Red Bud, Ill. a daughter of Oscar W. and Frieda (Heller) Mennerich, who both preceded her
By State Representative Dale Wright JEFFERSON CITY — For most, Thanksgiving will mean some time off from work and a chance to spend quality time with family and friends. For many, it will also mean an opportunity to enjoy delicious turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie or some of the other traditional holiday fixings. But
SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois AMBER Alert Task Force commemorates the 20th Anniversary of the first America’s Missing Broadcast Emergency Response (AMBER) Alert broadcast in Illinois. The first AMBER Alert broadcast took place at 5:35pm on November 26, 2002 in LaSalle, Illinois. The AMBER Alert System is named after nine-year-old Amber Hagerman who was abducted and
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