January 2023

Stay on track with dairy snacks

St. Louis District Dairy Council ST. LOUIS – Every January, individuals create New Year’s resolutions to help keep them on track for the upcoming year. These resolutions can range from boosting physical activity to embracing healthy eating to quitting bad habits. Unfortunately, research shows that by the time February arrives, nearly 80% of Americans are […]

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$2 million grant will help rural Missouri schools detect possible threats to school safety

COLUMBIA – As school safety remains a critical issue for students, teachers and families, researchers at the University of Missouri are using a $2 million grant from the Department of Justice to help identify and avert threats students or others may make on school grounds involving potential harm to themselves or others.   The project,

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Attorney General Bailey sends letter urging the EPA to ease red tape around ethanol fuel

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – In an effort to enforce the laws as written, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey and six other attorneys general sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan and Director of Office of Management and Budget Shalanda Young, urging the Biden Administration to follow the law and allow the EPA to

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New data confirms teacher shortage crisis, but attention helping provide answers

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – In its sixth year, Illinois’ most comprehensive study confirms clearly that the statewide teacher shortage problem is a crisis not likely to ease soon. But new feedback from school districts suggests the attention on the problem is helping them find solutions.   The Illinois Association of Regional Superintendents of Schools (IARSS), representing

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Perryville Police reports

PERRYVILLE – The Perryville Police Department has released its latest report of arrests and incidents.   59-year-old Jeffrey Scott Ferguson was cited for leaving the scene of a traffic crash in the parking lot of Mid America Rehab, 206 Hospital Lane at 3 p.m. January 16.   25-year-old Wade M. Lipp was cited for possession

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Professor who specializes in energy to speak at SIU

by Tim Crosby CARBONDALE, Ill. – A Canadian speaker will separately address young scientists and the energy-conscious during two sponsored lectures on Friday, Feb. 3, at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Federico Rosei is professor and scientific head of the Nanofemtosecond Laboratory, The Centre Energie, Materiaux et Telecommunications, Institut National de la Recerche Scientifique, Varennes, Quebec.

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