February 2025

Ste. Genevieve sales tax receipts are down

STE. GENEVIEVE – The Missouri Department of Revenue has transferred January sales tax receipts to the city of Ste. Genevieve.   The city’s one percent sales tax brought in $62,392.59, which is $4,606.65 less than was received in the previous month.   The city’s two half-cent sales taxes – for mass transportation and capital improvements […]

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Sign up now for SIU’s Feb. 15 Love at First Onsight climbing contest

by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s popular, Valentine-themed climbing competition, Love at First Onsight, returns to campus Saturday, Feb. 15, and registration is now underway. The challenge is open to SIU students, Recreational Sports and Services members and the entire community. Anyone age 16 or older can join in the fun, and

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Kids Day at Missouri’s National Veterans Memorial (MNVM)

PERRYVILLE, Mo. – Missouri’s National Veterans Memorial (MNVM) is excited to invite families to our second annual Kids Day event on Saturday, February 22, 2025, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.     This engaging and educational event is designed to bring history to life for children of all ages. Visitors will have the opportunity

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Kansas City counselors, MO attorney general sue city, county for censoring private conversations with clients

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed a federal lawsuit Friday against Kansas City, Missouri, and Jackson County on behalf of licensed counselors Wyatt Bury and Pamela Eisenreich after the city and county passed ordinances that violate their freedom of speech and push children to reject biological reality.  Specifically, these ordinances prohibit counselor-client conversations that explore

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First DESE-recognized Gifted Education Week being celebrated, thanks to D32 teacher and students

PERRYVILLE – The state of Missouri is celebrating Gifted Education Awareness Week right now, thanks to students in Ms. Phoebe Pohlman’s gifted education classes at Perry County School District 32.     Ms. Pohlman and her students used the skills they are developing in gifted education to effectively communicate the reasons why they believed the

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Red Cross: Donors needed now to build up the blood supply

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The American Red Cross urges donors to give blood or platelets in February to help build up the blood supply after thousands of donations went uncollected last month. People of all blood types – especially those with type O negative blood – are encouraged to make and keep their donation appointments

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