January 2023

FOID card renewals for individuals with fingerprints on file

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SPRINGFIELD – Beginning January 1, 2023, upon a Firearms Transaction Inquiry Program (FTIP) approval, the Illinois State Police (ISP) will automatically renew a person’s Firearm Owner’s Identification Card (FOID) for individuals who have submitted a full set of fingerprints to ISP specifically for their FOID card or Concealed Carry License. The individual’s FOID card will […]

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IDOT reports on 2022 Rebuilding Illinois projects

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SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), under the leadership of Governor JB Pritzker and Illinois Transportation Secretary Omer Osman, continued to make history in 2022, delivering transformational projects across the state that will improve safety, enhance quality of life, and create economic opportunity across multiple modes of transportation for generations to come.   As

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IDPH reports 54 Illinois counties at an elevated community level for COVID-19, Randolph County is now at a low level

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CHICAGO – As Illinois celebrated the New Year, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) said the CDC is reporting 54 counties in the state are at an elevated level for COVID-19. Of those, five Illinois counties are at a High Community Level, compared to 33 a week ago; while 49 counties are at Medium Level,

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MDC reports three elk harvested during 2022 season

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    JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reports that Missouri hunters harvested one bull elk during the archery portion of the 2022 elk-hunting season, Oct. 15-23, and two bull elk during the firearms portion, Dec. 10-18.     Joe Miller harvested this elk in Carter County. (Photo courtesy Joe Miller)  

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Medicaid eligibility annual renewals to resume April 1 with federal legislation signed into law

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JEFFERSON CITY, MO –The federal government has announced that states will be required to resume annual renewals for MO HealthNet (Missouri Medicaid) beginning April 1, 2023. Annual renewals have not been required since January 2020, which is when the Federal Public Health Emergency was put in place in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The federal

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New Year’s Day power outage affected several hundred Citizens Electric members

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PERRYVILLE — Power was restored to several hundred Citizens Electric Corporation members Sunday afternoon following an outage that the utility said began at 12:53 p.m. affecting southern Perry County and the most northern part of Cape Girardeau County.   Crews were  dispatched to investigate the cause and restore power.   By 3 p.m. those crews

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Prescribed Burn Association to meet in West Plains this month

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JEFFERSON CITY – Interested in using prescribed fire as an affordable and effective tool for accomplishing your land-management goals? It can reduce fuel loads to lessen the intensity and chance of wildfire, help restore native plant communities, enhance wildlife habitat, improve livestock forage production, regenerate merchantable trees, and control invasive species. We’re having a meeting

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