February 2024

Safe cars save lives: Drivers should check their vehicle during Vehicle Safety Recalls Week

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) mission is simple: Keep people safe on America’s roadways. One way we can all be assured that our vehicles are as safe as possible is by raising awareness of Vehicle Safety Recalls Week, which is March 4-10, 2024. NHTSA Region […]

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Sainte Genevieve Museum Learning Center announces Rozier-Audubon Days

STE GENEVIEVE —The Sainte Genevieve Museum Learning Center would like to announce that April 12th and 13th will be “Rozier-Audubon Days”.   On April 12th at 11am, to commemorate the anniversary of John Audubon and Ferdinand Rozier’s disembarkment from France, the Museum will hold a ribbon cutting for the new exhibit titled “Partners in Business,

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SIU celebrating Women’s History Month with guest speakers and more in March

by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — In honor of Women’s History Month, Southern Illinois University Carbondale will host a variety of special events, guest speakers, exhibits and more during the month of March. “‘Women Who Advocate for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion’ is the theme for our 2024 Women’s History Month, and we encourage women across

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SIU’s Journey to the Eclipse talk to focus on NASA mission to the sun

by Tim Crosby CARBONDALE, Ill. – A series of public talks about the upcoming total eclipse continues Friday, March 1, at Southern Illinois University Carbondale with a scientist discussing a solar probe orbiting the sun.   Nour Rawafi, an astrophysicist at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory and lead project scientist of NASA’s Parker Solar

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The MolinaCares Accord invests $3.7 Million to improve health equity in Illinois

CHICAGO – Molina Healthcare of Illinois (“Molina”), in collaboration with The MolinaCares Accord (“MolinaCares”), is announcing a $3.7 million investment in the MolinaCares Illinois Health Equity Initiative. In total, Molina has dedicated approximately $5 million to improve equity in health outcomes for under-resourced communities in Illinois.   “As part of our commitment to advancing health equity, Molina is deploying

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Today’s Challenge, Tomorrow’s Reward award recipients

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Transportation today announced the award recipients from the 33rd Today’s Challenge, Tomorrow’s Reward conference, recognizing the achievements and efforts that helped to grow and support the state’s minority- and female-owned businesses in 2023.   “Sharing and promoting the good work of our contracting community to make state projects more inclusive

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Vicky Davidson announces retirement from Missouri Developmental Disabilities Council

JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Developmental Disabilities Council (MODDC) Executive Director Vicky Davidson has announced her retirement effective March 31, 2024.   Vicky Davidson has forty years of experience working with people with disabilities. Over 35 years of her career, she was with the Missouri Developmental Disabilities Council, working toward statewide systems change and policy development that impacts individuals with developmental

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‘Your Voice’ essay contest focuses on dangers of repeating history’s hate by engaging students across Illinois

SPRINGFIELD — History provides powerful lessons about the dangers of hate and intolerance. We must aim to learn from them and not repeat those same dangerous mistakes. The Mobile Museum of Tolerance, created by the Simon Wiesenthal Center, hopes this message resonates in school districts across Illinois this spring as part of its latest “Your Voice: Changing

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Thomas A. Hoff

A funeral will be held Saturday, March 2, 2024 for 74-year-old Thomas A. Hoff of Perryville, Mo. who passed away Tuesday, February 27, 2024 at Mercy South Hospital.   He was born August 10, 1949 in St. Louis, Mo. to Hubert and Josephine (Henschel) Hoff who preceded him in death.   Thomas and Linda Hoff

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