It is with broken hearts that we announce the passing of our Assistant Chief of Police, Major William “Bill” Jones after a short battle with cancer. Major Jones passed peacefully at his home surrounded by loved ones on August 2, 2023. Chief of Police Direk Hunt stated, “There is a huge hole in […]
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SPRINGFIELD — On Thursday, Governor JB Pritzker signed HB2396, requiring each school board to establish a kindergarten program with full day attendance, beginning with the 2027-2028 school year. Under this bill, every district must also establish a half-day program that is developmentally appropriate and provides opportunities for play-based learning. “Full day kindergarten is an essential
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CHICAGO — Governor JB Pritzker has signed House Bill 0780 to establish and administer a Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Pilot Program in Will County beginning January 1, 2024, through January 1, 2027. The Illinois Department on Aging worked in close coordination with Leader Natalie Manley to establish this legislation that amends the Illinois Act on Aging.
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Police (ISP) continues to work with local law enforcement agencies to ensure those who have had their firearm rights revoked are in compliance with the state and federal gun safety laws. In Fiscal Year 2023, ISP awarded almost $1 million in firearm enforcement grants to 30 law enforcement agencies across the
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HILLSBORO – Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Internal Investigation (DII) officials arrested 66-year-old James Dawson of Hillsboro, IL for Custodial Sexual Misconduct (Class 3 Felony) and Criminal Sexual Abuse (Class 4 Felony). On July 13, 2022, ISP DII initiated an investigation on Dawson, an Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) contractual employee. Dawson is
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s securities division announced that Kansas resident MacKenzie S.C. Hoambrecker and two Missouri-registered entities, H & Z Enterprises HI, LLC and H & Z Cultivation, LLC, have settled charges that they misrepresented and omitted material information in the course of raising capital from investors. The consent order, signed
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STE. GENEVIEVE – Ste. Genevieve County Soil and Water Conservation District will hold its “Lady Landowner Tour” on Thursday, September 7th. The tour will begin in the morning at the Progress Sports Complex at 1300 Progress Pkwy, Ste. Genevieve, MO. Starting off the day there will be two guest speakers giving presentations on
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ST. LOUIS –– Thursday morning, workers at the Amazon STL8 facility in St. Peters, Missouri, held a virtual press briefing to announce a new complaint (attached) filed with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The complaint exposes new details about the company’s continued failure to ensure worker safety and has prompted an
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – State Budget Director Dan Haug announced today that 2024 fiscal year-to-date net general revenue collections decreased 7.4 percent compared to July 2022, from $970.3 million last year to $898.7 million this year. GROSS COLLECTIONS BY TAX TYPE Individual income tax collections Decreased 19.5 percent for the year, from $684.0 million
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) has published A Multi Year Look at Maternal Mortality in Missouri: 2018-2020 Annual Report on behalf of the state’s Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review (PAMR) Board. The report is an aggregate of three years’ worth of work of the PAMR and is based upon the most recent
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