MURPHYSBORO, Ill. — Calling all educators! Egyptian Electric Cooperative is excited to announce that applications for the Touchstone Energy Classroom Empowerment Grants are now open for the 2024-25 school year. Egyptian Electric Cooperative will award ten Classroom Empowerment Grants, each valued at $500. This opportunity is open to both public and private K-12 […]
STE. GENEVIEVE – Students and teachers from Ste. Genevieve Elementary and Bloomsdale Elementary have come together to participate in the “One School, One Book” initiative, reading “The Wild Robot” by Peter Brown. This project aims to foster a sense of community by having every student and teacher in a school share the same reading
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JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Governor Mike Parson and Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced a joint task force between the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) and the Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control (ATC) to combat the spread of unregulated psychoactive cannabis products in Missouri. This latest action comes after Governor Parson announced Executive Order 24-10 and subsequent emergency rules by
CHICAGO – Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) have awarded more than $6 million in grant funding to four recipients through the Home Illinois Workforce Pilot Program. This program is a partnership between DCEO, the Illinois Office to Prevent and End Homelessness (OPEH) and the Illinois Interagency Task Force
JEFFERSON CITY – Three Missouri Veterans Commission team members have been named Missouri Health Care Association District Winners. Ben Archambault, District 1 Employee of the Year, Kayla Trankle, District 5 Employee of the Year, and Ryan Helper, District 5 C.N.A. of the Year, were honored on Monday, August 26, at an awards banquet in Branson, Mo.
WILLOW SPRINGS—Northbound and Southbound Interstate 55 in Ste. Genevieve County will be reduced to one lane with a 10-foot width restriction as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform bridge maintenance. This section of roadway is located from mile marker 150.8 to mile marker 152.4. Weather permitting, work will take place Tuesday, Oct. 1 from 7 a.m. to
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SIKESTON – As food insecurity continued to rise in 2023, people facing hunger are calling on the nation to join together to take bold steps to end hunger. The number of people living in food insecure households in the United States in 2023 increased to 47 million, including nearly 14 million children, according to
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WASHINGTON – Recently, Senator Eric Schmitt joined a bipartisan group of Senators on a Congressional Delegation to Asia, specifically Japan and South Korea, to better understand how the United States can continue to work with partners in the Indo-Pacific, particularly as China continues to become an increasing threat to those countries and the United States: “Congressional
CARBONDALE, Ill. — Political scientist Norm Ornstein, an emeritus scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, will assess the 2024 presidential campaign during a virtual discussion hosted by Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute on Monday, Sept. 16. Ornstein will join John Shaw, institute director, at 10 a.m. to discuss the presidential and congressional campaigns, along with
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U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Missouri ST. LOUIS – A St. Louis, Missouri man on Monday admitted operating a Ponzi scheme for almost a decade that raised $350,000. Robert F. Rothluebbers, 68, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to one count of wire fraud, admitting that he operated the scheme from
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