April 2025

MASA names R-II Superintendent Dr. Paul Taylor ‘Southeast District’s Emerging Superintendent’

STE. GENEVIEVE – Ste. Genevieve County R-II School Superintendent Dr. Paul Taylor has been named “an emerging superintendent” by the Missouri Association of School Administrators (MASA). Dr. Taylor was nominated for the honor by his colleagues in the Southeast MASA District. He was honored during the awards banquet at the MASA Spring Conference last month. […]

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Missouri releases March 2025 General Revenue Report

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – State Budget Director Dan Haug announced today that net general revenue collections for March 2025 declined 2.2 percent compared to those for March 2024, from $898.6 million last year to $878.9 million this year. Net general revenue collections for 2025 fiscal year-to-date decreased 1.4 percent compared to March 2024, from $9.32 billion last

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MU institute releases baseline food and agricultural outlook report

COLUMBIA, Mo. — The financial outlook for U.S. farmers in 2025 is like a painting with two contrasting scenes. Crop producers, in muted tones, face declining crop prices despite modest reductions in input costs, while cattle producers are colored in vibrant tones amid record prices. Above both, an unpredictable sky looms, symbolizing uncertainty in trade

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NWS storm reports

ST. LOUIS, Mo. and Paducah, Kent. – The National Weather Service offices in St. Louis and Paducah passed along these reports from the Wednesday afternoon storms. A few power poles down in Dupo in St Clair County due to thunderstorm winds. 1.75 inch hail north of O’Fallon in St. Clair County. Tornado one mile from

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Perry County School District 32 will meet Wednesday evening

PERRYVILLE – The Perry County School District 32 Board of Education will meet Wednesday evening,   The tentative agenda for the meeting:   AGENDA PERRY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 32 Board of Education Regular Meeting – Open Session Wednesday, April 9, 2025 Career Center Multipurpose Room 7:00 p.m   Open Session called to order Pledge

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Rep. Smith, Missouri delegation urge federal disaster declaration following Missouri tornados

WASHINGTON – Missouri Representative Jason Smith (MO-08), along with Rep. Wesley Bell (MO-01), Senators Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Eric Schmitt (R-MO), and Reps. Ann Wagner, Sam Graves, Mark Alford, Eric Burlison, Emmanuel Cleaver, and Bob Onder led a letter to President Donald J. Trump respectfully requesting he grant Governor Mike Kehoe’s request to immediately authorize a federal disaster

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Saluki Remembrance Day ceremony is April 16

by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois University Carbondale will remember 10 faculty, staff and students who have passed away during the 2024-2025 academic year with a ceremony at 1 p.m. April 16, in the Student Center Ballrooms. The inaugural ceremony will provide a time for reflection, remembrance and connection with the families and friends of

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Senate Republicans push to strengthen Illinois’ nuclear energy future

SPRINGFIELD, IL – Three Senators are sounding the alarm about the condition of the state’s power supply and the need for increased generation. In a Capitol press conference on Thursday, State Senators Sue Rezin (R-Morris), Sally Turner (R-Beason), and Terri Bryant (R-Murphysboro) highlighted the issues facing Illinois’ power grid and the role that new nuclear developments

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