EVANSVILLE, Ill. — Christ Our Savior FFA helped to serve ice cream at the Farm Bureau stand. The stand was at the World Shooting Complex. Members pictured (left to right, back to front): Christine Liefer, Alyssa Heimann, and Brianna Brake. Those members not pictured are: Blaine Rahn, Isaac Luebkemann, Charlie Rahlfs, and Alex […]
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) State Lodge President Chris Southwood issued the following statement regarding the Illinois Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the law that bans the sale and further regulates the ownership of semiautomatic weapons in Illinois: “The Illinois General Assembly’s recent actions have made it harder and more
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JEFFERSON CITY — Governor Mike Parson has announced that the state has begun the process of obtaining federal disaster assistance in response to severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding that began impacting Missouri on July 29. “Beginning July 29, a severe weather pattern has repeatedly struck Missouri with damaging winds, tornadoes, and flash flooding, causing
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland is thrilled to announce that Yasmina Mokhtar is the Gold Award Girl Scout from Joplin, Missouri to be awarded a national scholarship from Girl Scouts of the USA for extraordinary action in addressing the communication barriers students using English as their second language face in their
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As temperatures rise, so does the risk of vehicular, heat-related illnesses and deaths for children. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Region 7, which includes Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, is working together to promote the national Look Before You Lock effort to ensure that children are not left
JEFFERSON CITY – The House and Senate Independent Bipartisan Citizens Commissions this announced this week, that by a unanimous vote, Marc Ellinger has been elected as chair of the Senate Commission, and Jerry Hunter has been elected as chair of the House Commission. Also by a unanimous vote, Susan Montee has been elected as Vice-Chair of
METROPOLIS – Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) officials have announced the arrest of 38-year-old Mitra S. Tyson of Metropolis, Ill., on charges of felony Unlawful Use of a Weapon, felony Armed Violence, felony Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Deliver, felony Possession of Ecstasy with Intent to Deliver, felony Possession of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. —The Grow Native! Native Gardens of Excellence program has inducted the Taylor Twins Memorial Garden, located at 201 West Main Street in the Uptown district of Jackson, Missouri, next to the historic Frizel-Welling House. Along with four more newly inducted sites, this garden joins 20 other sites in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, and
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STE. GENEVIEVE — The Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff’s Office announced early Saturday morning that a warrant has been issued in connection with last week’s high speed chase. The subject is identified as 28-year-old Colt Rylee Hayes, of Festus, Missouri. He is charged with felony resisting arrest, felony tampering with a motor vehicle, exceeding
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his office joined a 21-state coalition opposing the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed rule that would impose stringent emissions standards on existing coal-, natural gas- and oil-fired power plants. The rule ignores last year’s rebuke from the United States Supreme Court in West
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