August 2023

Memorial Hospital, County Health will host KidneyMobile® and Health Fair

CHESTER – The National Kidney Foundation of Illinois is teaming up with Memorial Hospital and the Randolph County Health Department to provide a free kidney, health screening, and health fair on September 19, 2023 for all community members. The screening will be held at the Chester American Legion from 10:00am-2:00pm, and anyone interested in getting

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Missouri man sentenced to 100 months in prison on methamphetamine charges

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. on Tuesday sentenced a man from Charleston, Missouri to 100 months in prison for selling methamphetamine four times.   Jonathan L. McCatrey, 32, pleaded guilty in April to four counts of distributing methamphetamine. He admitted selling the drug to an undercover Missouri State Highway Patrol sergeant

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Mo State Fair: Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion Market Pen of Chickens announced

SEDALIA, Mo. – Hayden Duncan, son of Kevin and Diana Duncan, is the exhibitor of the 2023 Grand Champion Market Pen of Chickens at the Missouri State Fair. Hayden is from Centertown, and is a member of the Columbia FFA Chapter. Hayden’s prize-winning pen of chickens had an average weight of 6.91 pounds.   The

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MOFB Statement: IRS Tax Provisions for Livestock Producers

JEFFERSON CITY – The following letter was sent by Missouri Farm Bureau President Garrett Hawkins to Commissioner Danny Werfel of the Internal Revenue Service:   “Missouri’s farmers and ranchers are experiencing substantial crop and pasture losses due to continued dry weather that has persisted across our state since 2022. According to the latest drought monitor report, over

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Project 90: A second chance for SIU students who left Carbondale too early

by Kim Rendfeld CARBONDALE, Ill. – Thirty-four years after leaving the Southern Illinois University Carbondale campus two classes short of a bachelor’s, Percy James Timberlake Jr. of Chicago has earned his degree, thanks to SIU’s Project 90 initiative. “I wanted to show my children it’s never too late to get an education or finish what

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Public invited to meetings to kickoff Statewide Improve I-70 Program

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Transportation is inviting the public to preliminary information meetings to learn more about MoDOT’s Statewide Improve I-70 Program. Missouri’s FY2024 budget from the General Assembly signed into law by Governor Parson provides $2.8 billion in General Revenue for the costs to build a third lane of Interstate 70 across the

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