EVANSVILLE — The Christ Our Savior FFA chapter recently participated in the Horticulture CDE at SWIC. The students were required to judge rings of different plants, identify 50 plants and complete a test on horticulture topics. The team tied for 10th place out of 14 schools. Participants were Blaine Rahn, Isaac […]
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CHESTER – On Wednesday March 15, five Chester High School students from the Future Farmers of America organization (FFA) attended the Section 22 Horticulture Contest hosted at Southwestern Illinois College (SWIC). Chester contestants included seniors Sydney Collins and Will Schuwerk; and juniors Emma Diskey, Maison Shemonic and Mason Werner. (Emily Millburg Photo)
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JEFFERSON CITY – For more than two decades, the readers of Rural Missouri have been sharing their favorite places in the Show-Me State with the editors of the magazine. Thousands of entries in the annual Best of Rural Missouri Readers’ Choice Awards helped the staff highlight the best places to eat, shop, stay and relax. Winners in the 20th
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JEFFERSON CITY – The following is a joint statement by Missouri Farm Bureau, Missouri Cattlemen’s Association, Missouri Pork Association, Missouri Soybean Association and Missouri Corn Growers Association: “We are grateful for today’s unanimous Missouri Supreme Court ruling affirming the constitutionality of SB 391 and HB 271. “This ruling ends decades of legal uncertainty
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JEFFERSON CITY — Legislation to ensure fair competition for female student athletes sponsored by State Sen. Holly Thompson Rehder, R-Scott City, has received initial approval in Missouri’s upper legislative chamber. Senate Bill 39, which was perfected by the Missouri Senate following an overnight filibuster, would prohibit a transgender female student athlete born as a biological male
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SPRINGFIELD – Following a temporary suspension of Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) collections, Illinois EPA Director John J. Kim is announcing ten upcoming HHW one-day collection locations for the spring of 2023. Operations have also resumed at five previously established longterm HHW collection locations. Illinois EPA offers residents free HHW collection events to safely dispose
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JEFFERSON CITY – On March 16, 2023, members of the Missouri State Highway Patrol arrested the following individuals after a special investigation by criminal investigators within its Division of Drug and Crime Control: Jeffery L. Burkett, 46, of Des Arc, Mo, has been charged with the following:• Participating knowingly in criminal street gang activities (Class
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By John Schaaf As Perry County citizens we take a lot of pride in our community. We like to think that our local organizations and institutions are well run and efficient in the services that they provide. But our school system has been on a decade long decline. Academic achievement and scholastic rankings have
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PARK HILLS – The Mineral Area College Board of Trustees will meet in special session Thursday at 8:30 a.m. The tentative agenda: Special Board of Trustees Meeting Mineral Area College Thursday, March 23, 2023 VanHerck Board Room & Business Office Open Session 8:30 a.m. Agenda Call to Order – Mr. Scott Sikes
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ST. LOUIS – Wearing an approved motorcycle helmet has shown to be effective safety equipment to prevent brain injuries and deaths for riders. In 2019 when the Missouri all-rider motorcycle helmet law was in effect only 10 percent of motorcyclist fatalities were not wearing a helmet. This increased to 52 percent in 2021 and 53
March is National Brain Injury Awareness Month
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