SPRINGFIELD – Every year the General Assembly passes hundreds of bills which are signed into law by the Governor. Many of these new laws take effect on January 1 – this year there are 293. Here are five new laws for 2025 that you need to know about. Keeping emergency responders safeHouse Bill 4255, sponsored […]
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PERRYVILLE – Happy New Year!! A new year means it is time to start thinking about a new gardening season. Join the Perry County Master Gardeners as they host the 2025 Perry County Master Gardener Seminar to be held on Saturday, February 1, 2025 starting at 8:00 a.m. at the Perryville Higher Education Center
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) voted for passage of the Servicemember Quality of Life and National Defense Authorization Act which allocates billions to Missouri defense projects, including updates to Fort Leonard Wood’s training barracks and new weapons systems for Whiteman Air Force Base. Senator Hawley led the charge to strip a preliminary provision in this year’s defense bill
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, New Year’s Day U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) wrote a letter to Chairman-elect Rand Paul of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, demanding the Biden Administration be held accountable following a New Year’s terrorist-linked attack on New Orleans’ famed Bourbon Street. “When the 119th Congress convenes next week, and you assume leadership of the Senate
COLUMBIA, Mo. – A Ste. Genevieve student enrolled at Columbia College has been named to its dean’s list for the Fall 2024 Semester (August-December 2024). Kimberly Brewer was required to achieve a minimum GPA of 3.5 on 4.0 point scale while completing 12 credit hours to be named to the dean’s list. Brewer attended
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RED BUD, Ill. – State Representative David Friess (R-Redbud) has commented on the upcoming Lame duck session, scheduled to begin this Saturday, January 4th. “We’ve seen in past lame duck sessions how Democrats have used this time to push through bad bills that don’t reflect the will of the people,” Rep. Friess said. “I
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JEFFERSON CITY – Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, provides the following preliminary statistics related to the New Year’s holiday: Zero people died and 21 were injured in 44 traffic crashes during the 2025 New Year’s holiday counting period, which began at 6 p.m. Tuesday, December 31, 2024, and ended
PERRYVILLE – On December 31, Perry County Clerk Jared Kutz swore in the newly elected officials who took office in 2025. “We congratulate our elected leadership and commend them for their willingness to serve the community,” a county official stated in a Facebook post. Pictured are Surveyor Tim Baer, Sheriff Jason Klaus, Coroner
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U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Missouri ST. LOUIS – A former U.S. Postal Service supervisor appeared in court Thursday to answer an indictment accusing her of stealing checks from the mail. Benita D. Randle, 42, was indicted December 11 in U.S. District Court in St. Louis on one count of theft of mail by
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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Although he spent just four years in the White House and his humanitarian works after leaving office are widely applauded, Southern Illinois University Carbondale political experts say former President Jimmy Carter’s legacy includes significant and impressive successes while in office. John Shaw and John Jackson of the Paul Simon
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