Soccer JACKSON – Saxony Lutheran fell to Affton last night in St. Louis in the Class 2 District 1 chmpionship game. The Crusaders end the season with a 9-11 record. Football PERRYVILLE – St. Vincent plays Russellville in the Class 1 District round one Friday. Hear the game on Classic Country 980 […]
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James is the first golfer in history to earn this award By Jim Beers CHESTER – Saturday October 28, Jarrett James, a former Chester High School athlete, was honored as the “Most Outstanding Male Student Athlete of the Year”, at Illinois College, where he attends school. Jarrett James, the son of Tony and Christy
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CHICAGO – It’s the second day of Open Enrollment for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Health Insurance Marketplace, and Illinoisans once again have an additional month to enroll in a health plan through January 15, 2024. The Illinois Department of Insurance also released health insurance rates for the 2024 Plan Year, announcing that there
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JEFFERSON CITY – Elementary students around the state are learning about the role of agriculture in their lives this fall with Agriculture Education on the Move™ (AEOTM™). Through AEOTM™, an educational program of Missouri Farmers Care, passionate educators spend time in classrooms across Missouri helping elementary students build agricultural literacy. This semester, elementary
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft vowed to keep fighting for fair and accurate ballot language after the Western District Court of Appeals blocked his ballot summary language and for all practical purposes upheld a ruling by the lower court. “Once again Missouri courts refused to allow the truth to be known.
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JEFFERSON CITY — A 50-year-old Biehle woman received minor injuries in a traffic crash on Highway 32 in Ste. Genevieve County Tuesday morning. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports Kelly Hotop was taken to Mercy Hospital Jefferson by a Ste. Genevieve County ambulance. The patrol says Hotop was the driver of a westbound
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SIKESTON – The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission awarded contracts for the Southeast District during its regular meeting in Perryville on Nov. 1. Contracts included pavement resurfacing and tree clearing. Contracts included the following: An $831,000 contract was awarded to Pace Construction Company for pavement resurfacing Route 60 from five miles west of Route 60/67
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Department of Corrections (DOC) Director Anne Precythe has announced that her last day with the state of Missouri will be December 5, 2023. She has served as director of Missouri DOC since January 2017, following a 30-year career in the North Carolina Division of Community Corrections, where she retired as director in
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Department on Aging (IDoA) is raising awareness of resources available to unpaid family caregivers during National Family Caregivers Month, a nationwide observance led by the Caregiver Action Network (CAN) and celebrated every November. “Most everyone has been, or will be, a caregiver at some point in their life,” said IDoA Director Paula Basta. “Caregiving is
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PERRYVILLE – The Perry County Soil and Water Conservation District will hold an election for one supervisor in each of two different territories in the county on February 1-20, 2024. Anyone that owns a farm in Territory I (Saline & Bois Brule Townships) or Territory III (Union & Brazeau Townships), and meets the qualifications,
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