A funeral will be held Saturday, August 10, 2024 for 82-year-old Barbara Lee Lukefahr of Perryville, Mo. peacefully passed away Thursday, August 1, 2024 surrounded by her loving family. She was born June 18, 1942 in St. Louis, Mo. to Norvell J.”Bud” and Mary Veronica “Vera” (Short) Becker, who both preceded her in death. Barbara […]
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WASHINGTON— SBA Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration and voice in President Biden’s cabinet for America’s more than 33 million small businesses, announced plans to launch a new, streamlined contracting certifications experience called MySBA Certifications, enabling customers to apply for and manage multiple federal contracting certifications in one place. The new certifications tool — slated
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Agricultural and Small Business Development Authority (MASBDA) is now accepting applications for a new program supporting beginning farmers. A farm owner may qualify for a deduction from their Missouri adjusted gross income based on the income received by either selling or renting/leasing farmland to a beginning farmer. A farm owner who
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SPRINGFIELD – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports drowning is the leading cause of death for children ages 1 to 4 and the second leading cause of unintentional injury death for children ages 5 to 14. In 2023, 20 Illinois children lost their lives to accidental drowning: eight in pools,
SEDALIA – Create your Summer’s Best Story with a hassle-free visit to the Missouri State Fair through our convenient tram service, sponsored by Ag-Power, Inc. and Sydenstricker Nobbe Partners, official equipment providers of the Missouri State Fair. Whether you’re exploring the exhibits or heading to the food stands, our trams are here to make your
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CHESTER – The tentative agenda for the City of Chester Council Meeting on August 5, 2024 has been released. The city council will meet at 6 p.m. in the Municipal Building, 1330 Swanwick Street, Chester, Illinois, following the 5:30 meeting of the Cemetery and Finance Committee. The tentative agenda for the city council
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JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports a 40-year-old Chester resident was seriously injured in a traffic crash on Highway 51 in Perry County, Mo., Friday morning. The Patrol reports Zoraida Flores was taken to Mercy Hospital South by ambulance. The patrol says the crash happened about 7:26 a.m. when the
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Gordon Lightfoot’s song ‘The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald’ depicts the Midwest’s waterways simultaneously as a robust economic and recreational force and a terrifying force of nature. As beautiful as the rivers and lakes of Illinois are, any body of water can become dangerous and deadly when mixing boating and alcohol.
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COLUMBIA, Ill. – The Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Trafficking Enforcement Bureau arrested five individuals during a two-day human trafficking enforcement operation in the Columbia, Ill. area of Monroe County Wednesday, July 31 and Thursday, August 1, 2024. The operation focused on identifying individuals seeking to engage in commercial sex acts.
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ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Illinois AFL-CIO wrapped up its 46th Constitutional Convention last week at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare in Rosemont. 400 delegates asserted their trust in the leadership of IL AFL-CIO President Tim Drea and Secretary-Treasurer Pat Devaney by voting to re-elect President Drea, Secretary-Treasurer Devaney, and the Executive Board to a four-year
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