April 2025

SIU Youth Orchestra spring concert is Sunday

CARBONDALE, Ill. – The School of Music will present the SIU Carbondale Youth Orchestra concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 6, in Shryock Auditorium. The free, public concert will feature 30 musicians ranging from 9 to 17 years old performing a selection of works by renowned composers, including Gustav Holst, Robert Casadesus, Johann Sebastian Bach, […]

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SIU’s College of Arts and Media symposium focuses on integrating AI

by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s College of Arts and Media is hosting a symposium April 11 to showcase the work of faculty, students and professionals who are using artificial intelligence in their innovative process and creative endeavors. The free, public CAM x AI: Innovating Creativity Symposium is from 8:30 a.m. to 3:15

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The Office of Childhood kicks off listening sessions on child care licensing rules

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s (DESE’s) Office of Childhood (OOC) has kicked off its series of statewide in-person listening sessions. Feedback from the listening sessions will inform the rewriting of child care licensing rules the OOC was charged with completing, per Governor Mike Kehoe’s Executive Order 25-15. “We appreciate so many

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University of Missouri opens addition to MU Research Reactor facility

By Uriah Orland COLUMBIA – The University of Missouri hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony today for a 47,000-square-foot addition to the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR) facility. Dubbed “MURR West,” the $20 million, three-story addition to the existing MURR North Building represents not only an investment in the physical infrastructure but also in the future

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Helen Regina Childs

A funeral will be held Wednesday, April 9, 2025 for 70-year-old Helen Regina Childs of Chester, Illinois, who passed away at 2:17 pm, Tuesday, April 1, 2025, at her residence. She was born June 7, 1954 in Mobile Alabama, to the late Lee Eugene and Lorraine (nee Phillips) Baggett. They preceded her in death.  

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April is Innovation and Technology Month

SPRINGFIELD –Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has proclaimed the month of April as Innovation and Technology Month in Illinois, underscoring the significance of IT and the dedicated efforts to establish the state as a thriving innovation and technology hub, delivering statewide services to agencies, boards, commissions, and residents.   “Illinois has long been a leader in

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April Newsbits from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) is sharing the following upcoming events and noteworthy items for April.   April 1 2025 fishing regulations took effect Statewide Go online to review and download the 2025 Illinois Fishing Regulation Information Guide, available in English and Spanish. New in the guide this year: Family-friendly places to fish can be

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Attorney General Bailey wins lawsuit against Jackson County tax assessor for illegal property assessments

JEFFERSON CITY Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has announced a major victory for Jackson County taxpayers as the court ruled in favor of the State on every single count in its lawsuit against the Jackson County Tax Assessor. This ruling affirms that Jackson County violated state law by illegally inflating property assessments, leading

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