May 2024

Scholarships are available for the 2024 Annual Missouri Brownfields Conference

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JEFFERSON CITY – The Brownfields track of the Missouri Waste Control Coalition Environmental Conference, referred to as the Missouri Brownfields Conference, is being hosted by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Brownfields/Voluntary Cleanup Program (BVCP) Monday, July 22, at Margaritaville (Tan-Tar-A Resort) in Osage Beach. The Brownfields Conference is a venue that allows attendees to […]

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints donates nearly 28,000 pounds of food to Southeast Missouri Food Bank

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SIKESTON – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently donated nearly 28,000 pounds of food to Southeast Missouri Food Bank.   The donation was made on behalf of Missouri First Lady Teresa Parson and included nutritious foods such as peanut butter, shelf-stable milk, pears, pinto beans, rice, apple sauce, and pasta and sauce.

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The Mobile Museum of Tolerance honors Illinois student champions in Anti-Hate Essay Contest

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SPRINGFIELD — The Simon Wiesenthal Center, through its Illinois Mobile Museum of Tolerance, announced the winners of its 4th annual “Your Voice: Changing the World, One Speech at a Time” contest. The competition, which was open to students between 6th – 12th grades, challenged participants to craft a three-minute, 450-word essay based on Simon Wiesenthal’s statement:

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Wreaths Across America announces top sponsorship groups from Missouri

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COLUMBIA FALLS, Maine – Each year, national nonprofit Wreaths Across America (WAA) recognizes top sponsorship groups for excellence in serving their local community while helping to share the yearlong mission to Remember, Honor, Teach. Among the thousands of supportive groups honoring locally interred veterans through wreath sponsorships, WAA recently announced that special recognition has been

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Marla Kay Cushman

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A funeral will be held Monday, May 6, 2024 for 71-year-old Marla Kay Cushman of Chester, Illinois, who passed away at 11:45 a.m, Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at Mercy Hospital South, St. Louis, Missouri.  She was born Sept. 3, 1952 in Chester, Ill., daughter of Arnold and Pauline (nee Bollmann) Ehlers who both preceded her

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An important step forward in the future of self-health monitoring

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A news release from the University of Missouri-Columbia COLUMBIA, Mo. — Zheng Yan and a team of researchers at the University of Missouri have made a significant breakthrough in their ongoing development of an on-skin wearable bioelectronic device. Yan’s lab, which specializes in soft bioelectronics, recently added an important component to the team’s existing ultrasoft,

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Bloomsdale Elementary hosts annual Write to Learn Program

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STE. GENEVIEVE — Bloomsdale Elementary School celebrated its 2023-2024 student writers at the annual Write to Learn Program held on Monday, April 29, at the Performing Arts Center!   The Write to Learn program began as part of a district-wide incentive grant written by Dr. Joan Wilson in 1990, and it provides our students the

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Chester Grade School announces the April Students of the Month

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CHESTER – The April 2024 Students of the Month at Chester Grade School have been announced.   One student is chosen at each grade level to be the Student of the Month.     The April 2024 “Students of the Month” are (left to right) Joslyn Gregory, Kindergarten; Maelee McDonough, 1st Grade; Niaya Pender, 2nd

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