May 2025

River Region Sports Wrap for Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Baseball STE. GENEVIEVE – Valle defeated Brentwood 9-1 Tuesday in the Class 2 District 4 Tournament.   Valle plays next in the sectional round of the state tournament Monday.   PERRYVILLE – Perryville defeated Park Hills 1-0 Tuesday in the Class 4 District 2 Tournament at Ste. Genevieve.   STE. GENEVIEVE – Ste. Genevieve beat […]

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Attorney General Bailey fights to uphold states’ right to protect children from dangerous mutilation procedures

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has joined a 24-state coalition urging the Ohio Supreme Court to defend a critical law that prohibits sex-change procedures for minors. The coalition filed an amicus brief in support of Ohio’s petition for review after a lower court wrongly invalidated the state’s law based on the controversial

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Davin Althoff named chief administrative officer of Missouri Farm Bureau

JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Farm Bureau (MOFB) has announced the appointment of Davin Althoff as the organization’s new Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), effective immediately. The selection of Althoff was made following a nationwide search by the MOFB Board of Directors and MOFB President Garrett Hawkins. Althoff joined MOFB in 2022 as the Director of Marketing and

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Exemption given to minor workers for events at World Shooting Complex

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois State Representative David Friess of Red Bud announced Tuesday that the Illinois House had passed his legislation dealing with the World Shooting and Recreational Complex.   House Bill 2327 provides an exemption for any minor 14 years of age or older working as a scorer at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex on

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Governor Kehoe requests federal disaster declaration for destructive April 29 storms

JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe has requested that President Donald Trump approve a major disaster declaration to provide federal assistance to six counties that sustained major damage as a result of a cluster of severe storms that swept through the area and produced eight tornadoes on April 29. The counties are Barry, Greene, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton and Washington.

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House Speaker Jonathan Patterson forms the 103rd General Assembly Future Caucus

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Speaker of the House Jonathan Patterson has formed the Future Caucus of the 103rd General Assembly and selected State Representative Colin Wellenkamp to chair. The newly formed Future Caucus is intended to seek out and determine issues and challenges impacting the State of Missouri.   The Future Caucus will explore critical developments

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Max Rodenmeyer of Red Bud, Ill., named to dean’s list at Olivet Nazarene University

BOURBONNAIS, Ill. — Max Rodenmeyer of Red Bud, Ill., has been named to the dean’s list at Olivet Nazarene University during the recently completed spring 2025 semester. To qualify for inclusion on the dean’s list, a student must have been enrolled as a full-time undergraduate student and must have attained a semester grade point average

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