July 2024

Registration is open for 13th Annual SEMO Food Bank Golf Classic

SIKESTON, Mo. – Full registration opened July 15 for the 13th annual SEMO Food Bank Golf Classic.   This year’s event will be Monday, Sept. 23, at Dalhousie Golf Club in Cape Girardeau. The four-person scramble has a 12:30 p.m. shotgun start. All proceeds benefit the food bank’s mission to end hunger in southeast Missouri.

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Senator Schmitt files legislation to reclaim legislative power and navigate a post-Chevron world

WASHINGTON, D.C.  – Following the Supreme Court’s ruling in Loper Bright, Senator Schmitt led his colleagues in launching a major effort to retake legislative authority away from administrative agencies and place it back where it belongs: the Article I branch. That major effort includes the filing of the Separation of Powers Restoration Act (SOPRA), the launching

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Marilyn P. Naeger

A funeral will be held Monday, July 22, 2024 for 83-year-old Marilyn P. Naeger 83 of River Aux Vases, Mo. who passed away Friday, July 12, 2024 at Mercy Hospital South in St. Louis, Mo.   She was born August 7, 1940 in O’Fallon, Mo. a daughter of  Florence J. (Vollmer) Loeffler and Bernard Loeffler

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Lester Lalumondier

Visitation will be Thursday for 85-year-old Lester Lalumondier of Sainte Genevieve, Mo. who passed away Saturday, July 13, 2024 at Ste. Genevieve Care Center in Ste. Genevieve, Mo.   He was born August 3, 1938 in River Aux Vase, Mo., a son of Wilfred Lalumondier and Myrtle (Kreitler) Lalumondier, who both preceded him in death.

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$1.8 million federal grant awarded to enhance transit access in Southern Illinois

RED BUD, Ill. – The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) proudly announced that it has been awarded $1.8 million by the Federal Transit Administration to initiate a pilot program aimed at improving access to public transportation in Southern Illinois. This program will specifically benefit individuals with disabilities, older adults, and low-income residents.   The funding,

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DED announces launch of process to update Missouri’s Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy

JEFFERSON CITY, MO. — The Department of Economic Development (DED) announced today that research is underway to develop and implement a statewide Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS). An updated CEDS will drive federal funding into local communities, improve programs and policies, and promote bold economic development ideas.   The process to develop the CEDS will

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