On This Date in Missouri Senate History, the date was March 30, 1927, the day the Missouri General Assembly passed legislation designating the bluebird as the official state bird. The eastern bluebird normally grows to between six and a half and seven inches in length. Unfortunately, there’s no record of why the “native” bluebird […]
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Wilfred Charles Figge, 85, of Pevely died March 21, 2023, at Mercy Hospital South in St. Louis County. Mr. Figge was a retired General Motors autoworker and Chevy driver, and worked at Andy’s Produce in House Springs, where he was affectionately known as the water boy. He was a member of Sacred Heart
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A funeral will be held Wednesday, April 5, 2023 for 68-year-old Clifford Lawrence AuBuchon who passed away Monday, March 27, 2023 at his home in Festus, Mo. He was born January 19, 1955 in St Louis, Mo., the son of the late Emmett and Jeanette (Pashia) AuBuchon. He married Denise (Mengwasser) AuBuchon May
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Bessie Maureen Lea, 97, of Ste. Genevieve, Mo., passed away, with family at her side, on Monday, January 23, 2023, at her residence, Riverview at the Park. Born on February 21, 1925 in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England. She was the loving wife of 48 years to the late Richard Rutledge Lea of Ste. Genevieve,
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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Sarah Collins Rudolph, who survived the 1963 Birmingham, Alabama, church bombing that became a galvanizing point in the Civil Rights Movement, will share her insights at Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Morris Library on Wednesday, March 29. Collins Rudolph will be at the library’s John C. Guyon Auditorium at 6
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) invites people to celebrate the value of Missouri trees and forests during Arbor Days in April by planting native trees and practicing proper tree care. Missouri Arbor Day is Friday, April 7. Missouri has been observing the state’s official Arbor Day on the first Friday in
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Both Departments deal with fire at Gilster-Mary Lee plant in McBride BY JIM BEERS, Contributing Writer CHESTER – At 11:40 A.M. Tuesday March 28 the Chester Fire Department received a request from the Perryville City Fire Department for mutual aid dealing with a fire reported at the Gilster-Mary Lee plant in McBride, Missouri. The page
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) today released a new report that shows an upward trend in non-fire carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning deaths. The report, Non-Fire Carbon Monoxide Deaths Associated with the Use of Consumer Products 2019 Annual Estimates, covers deaths from 2009 to 2019. Most CO deaths occur in the colder months of
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By Alisa Nelson, Missourinet JEFFERSON CITY – Several Missouri schools were in lockdown mode yesterday due to prank calls alleging a shooter on campus. The calls, a technique known as swatting, have sent law enforcement officers to the scene to quickly move in and search buildings. Local media sources report classes have been canceled
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SPRINGFIELD – Illinois State Representative Randy Frese (R-Paloma) announced that legislation which was recently passed out of the House was constituent driven. A farmer in Frese’s 99th district produced compost to be used on his farm, however, he had product left over that he was willing to sell to others. But under state law he
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