STE. GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve County Library is proud to unveil an exciting new addition that will provide a peaceful oasis for our community – the Shushbooth! Thanks to a generous donation, library officials are thrilled to be one of the first in the region to offer this innovative quiet space. […]
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by Kim Rendfeld CARBONDALE, Ill. — The 2024 annual emergency exercises were successful, allowing professionals in several campus departments to ascertain how the university provides services for its community in the hours after an immediate threat to safety has passed, officials say. On April 24, first responders, university leaders and the Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
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CHESTER, Ill. – Brett Bollmann, CEO at Memorial Hospital named Emily Colvis Employee of the Quarter for the First Quarter 2024 on April 25, 2024. Brett Bollmann, CEO and Emily Colvis. Colvis is an LPN at the Rural Health Clinics, and has worked at Memorial Hospital since August of 2022. When
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Former head of election integrity at Meta shares strategy to protect our democracy in an age of social media and AI CHICAGO, Ill.– Diane Chang, Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Brown Institute for Media Innovation at Columbia Journalism School and the former head of Election Integrity and Product Strategy at Meta, shared ways to protect and secure
BOSTON, Mass. – Average gasoline prices in Missouri have fallen 3.3 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.31/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 3,940 stations in Missouri. Prices in Missouri are 3.7 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 3.9 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The
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CHICAGO – On Monday, the Illinois Department of Human Rights (IDHR) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (Region V) concluded National Fair Housing Month with an educational event on housing equity. The event’s theme was “Building Inclusive Communities: How Illinois’ Source of Income Protection Expands
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HILLSOBORO – On Saturday, May 4, Jefferson College is hosting a jazz concert to promote fundraising for a new Veterinary Technology facility to increase the number of students in the program. The new facility will grow the program by 33 percent. The Vet Tech program was established in 1976, and since then more than 1,800 animals have been saved and
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The invasion is happening! Once in more than a decade, millions of red-eyed, buzzing bugs are or will soon be just about everywhere in much of Missouri! Mass emergences of millions of periodical cicadas, which happen every 13 or 17 years, are happening this spring. The Missouri Department of
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ST. LOUIS — The National Weather Service in St. Louis reports the Mississippi River is predicted to go above the 27-foot flood stage early Thursday afternoon. As of 2:30 p.m. Monday after the river was at 18.58 feet. It is expected to rise to 20.6 today, 27.2 Wednesday, 32.4 Thursday, 34.2 Friday and fall
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JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Missouri Farmers Care, a coalition of Missouri’s agricultural organizations and agribusinesses, is now accepting applications for the Missouri Agriculture Stewardship Award. The newly developed award recognizes the high bar set in Missouri agriculture for the careful and responsible management of land, natural resources, and animals entrusted to the care of Missouri farmers
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