October 2023

COS LHS FFA members participate in Ag/Ed/Job Interview CDE

EVANSVILLE – The Christ Our Savior Lutheran High School participated in the Ag Ed/Job Interview CDE’s at Red Bud High School recently.     Pictured is (left to right): Charlie Rahlfs and Isaac Luebkemann.    Alyssa participated in the Agriculture Education CDE, while Charlie Rahlfs and Isaac Luebkemann took part in the Job interview CDE. […]

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EPA has $3.5M for environmental justice projects in communities across Missouri

LENEXA, Kan. – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced it has $3.5 million to fund six projects across Missouri that advance environmental justice as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda. The organizations, which EPA has selected through its Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreement and Environmental Justice Government-to-Government programs, will use the

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Funding available for landowner conservation projects across Missouri

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Natural Resources encourages landowners who are interested in supporting conservation efforts to consider several funding opportunities now available.   The list below includes seven projects with the Regional Conservation Partnership Program of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Applications for this round of program funding must be received

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Little Red Reader Bookshelf available to families at Ste. Genevieve County Health Department

STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. — Ste. Genevieve County Parents as Teachers have teamed up with Early Childhood Community Leaders to install a new Little Red Reader Bookshelf at the Ste. Genevieve County Health Department.     This bookshelf is located in the waiting area of the Health Department and is stocked with children’s books for all

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Proposal would create unified early childhood state agency

CHICAGO — Governor Pritzker was joined by Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton, Deputy Governor Grace Hou, Deputy Governor Martin Torres, elected officials, and state agency directors Tuesday at the Carole Robertson Center for Learning to announce a proposal to create a new state agency to house all early childhood programs and funding. The new unified agency will

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Recipients of four new AmeriCorps planning grants and two operational grants announced

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Community Service Commission (MCSC) has announced the recipients of four new AmeriCorps planning grants and two new operational grants. As the organization responsible for overseeing AmeriCorps programs in Missouri, grants awarded by MCSC will strengthen communities and foster civic engagement through service and volunteering.   “Our Missouri Community Service Commission

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SIU’s Paul Simon Institute hosts Pulitzer Prize novelist Richard Russo on Nov. 7

CARBONDALE, Ill. – Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and screenwriter Richard Russo, who taught in the Southern Illinois University Carbondale English department in the 1980s, returns to campus next month for a conversation hosted by the university’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute.   Russo and John Shaw, institute director, will discuss Russo’s teaching and literary career and

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SIU-C Homecoming 2023 winners announced

by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — Several Southern Illinois University Carbondale alumni, current students, student organizations and community groups were honored during Homecoming 2023 – Salukis in Paradise. Festivities took place Oct. 16-21.     (Top): SIU Carbondale’s Homecoming parade drew many entries and a large crowd. (University Communications and Marketing and provided photos)  

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