October 2025

MU Extension expands food waste reduction program in rural Missouri

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COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri Extension is expanding its “Freeze It!” food waste reduction program across rural Missouri.     Food waste is an escalating environmental and health issue, says MU Extension nutrition and health specialist Rachel O’Halloran. The “Freeze It!” program responds to this challenge by empowering rural families to better manage their […]

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Rep. Ray Reed calls on Governor Kehoe to take immediate action as federal shutdown threatens food assistance for hundreds of thousands of Missourians

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – State Representative Ray Reed (D–St. Louis) today called on Governor Mike Kehoe to use every tool at his disposal to protect Missouri families who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), as the ongoing federal government shutdown threatens to halt benefits for over 326,000 households next month. “In moments like these,

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SEMO Food Bank expands annual ‘Empty Bowls’ with new lunch gathering

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SIKESTON, Mo. – Southeast Missouri Food Bank will host its annual Empty Bowls events on Friday, Nov. 7, featuring a new lunch gathering in Jackson and the return of the popular evening event hosted by Riverside Pottery Studio in Cape Girardeau.   For several years, Riverside Pottery has hosted the evening Empty Bowls event, inviting

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Senator Schmitt announces additional witnesses for hearing on politically-motivated violence

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WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, announced the witnesses for next week’s hearing on politically motivated violence. The witnesses are Michael Knowles, a victim of left-wing violence, Former Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf, and Kyle Shideler, an expert on the funding networks of left-wing groups.

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SIU School of Music’s ‘Halloween Pops’ to entertain all ages

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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — The sounds in the late October night won’t be frightening as the Southern Illinois University Carbondale School of Music presents its annual Halloween Pops concert at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29, in Shryock Auditorium.     The free, public concert is also the perfect opportunity for the audience — children and

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Sprinkler system and immediate FD response saves box plant from major damage

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Responders were on scene for approximately 5 ½ hours By Jim Beers MCBRIDE, Mo. == At 3:37 a.m. Thursday morning October 23 the Chester Fire Department was called out to a fire at the Gilster Mary-Lee Box Plant in McBride, Missouri at 8366 North Highway 51. The request was for mutual aid to assist at

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Ste. Genevieve Board of Aldermen discusses Christmas parade insurance issue

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STE. GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve Board of Aldermen met in regular and work sessions Thursday, October 23.   The aldermen discussed a problem with the insurance for the upcoming Ste. Genevieve Holiday Christmas Festival parade.     The issue came up near the close of the meeting when Alderman Teddy Ross brought it up

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