February 2024

SIU wins at Evansville,65-53, to Improve to 19-10 overall and 11-7 in the MVC

Salukis now in 4th Place with two games to play in regular-season   By Jim Beers CARBONDALE – The SIU Saluki Men’s Basketball Team traveled to Evansville, Indiana Sunday February 25 to take on the Aces at the Ford Center. It was the lone game this season against Evansville and the Dawgs are playing for […]

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Adding a radioisotope to the toolkit for saving lives

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Ground-breaking innovation at Mizzou provides patients around the world with access to a lifesaving toolbox of vital pharmaceutical ingredients called radioisotopes produced at only one location in the United States — the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR). Building off more than a half-century of momentum since MURR opened, two MU researchers,

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Alternative measures of labor underutilization in Missouri

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Mountain-Plains Information Office of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has released Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Missouri — 2023.   The official concept of unemployment (U-3 in the U-1 to U-6 range of alternatives) includes all jobless persons who are available to take a job and have actively sought

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Bloomsdale resident escapes injury in Jefferson County crash

JEFFERSON CITY — A 27-year-old Bloomsdale resident escaped injury in a traffic crash on Route A in Jefferson County Monday evening.   The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports Chase G. Lindsey was the driver of a 2012 Dodge Ram 5500 when it was struck by a 2004 Chevrolet 1500 driven by 34-year-old Kenneth W. Bailey

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Catch-and-keep fishing season opens Friday at Missouri state trout parks

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri’s catch-and-keep trout fishing season officially begins at 6:30 a.m. Friday, March 1. The catch-and-keep season at Missouri’s trout parks runs through Oct. 31.   Before fishing – know before you go: To participate in the season, Missouri residents age 16-64, as well as nonresidents 16 and older, are required to purchase

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Celebrate Agriculture: March 3-9 is Thank a Farmer Week

PERRY COUNTY — Our changing economy illustrates how agriculture impacts our lives now more than ever.  Thanks to Missouri farmers, consumers have many choices for the locally sourced food and goods they enjoy.  Around the world, consumers value what our farmers and ranchers produce. Missouri Farm Bureau, Perry County Farm Bureau and county Farm Bureau’s across

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Expert tips for protecting trees from historic spring cicadas

LISLE, Ill.— Ahead of the historic spring 2024 emergence of periodical cicadas in Illinois, the tree experts at The Morton Arboretum are sharing tips on how to protect young and other vulnerable trees and shrubs from potential damage.   “While their noise and presence on sidewalks can be a nuisance, cicadas are not dangerous to

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Free legal consultations for Veterans

PERRYVILLE – Free legal consultations for Veterans will be offered in Perryville on March 15.   The University of Missouri School of Law Veterans Clinic, through its Tigers for Troops program, will offer free legal consultations to veterans regarding their United States Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) disability benefits, discharge upgrades, and VA healthcare from

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IML releases Volume 8 of Illinois Municipal Policy Journal

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Municipal League (IML), in partnership with the University of Illinois Springfield, has released Volume 8 of the Illinois Municipal Policy Journal. The academic journal addresses critical issues Illinois and its municipalities are facing.   This volume of the Journal includes articles about alternate electoral systems, a study about the diffusion of electric vehicles in Illinois,

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