December 2025

Draft minutes of Dec. 15 Heritage Commission meeting released

STE. GENEVIEVE – The draft minutes of the December 15 meeting of the Ste. Genevieve Heritage Commission have been released.   Minutes HERITAGE COMMISSION Ste. Genevieve, MO December 15, 2025 6:00pm   Call to Order at 6:00 pm   Roll Call: Commissioners Casey Benner, Tom Hooper, Whitney Tucker and Mark Buchheit were present at roll […]

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Free webinars focus on child care, health insurance for farm families

COLUMBIA, Mo. – As Missouri farmers and farm families look to 2026, planning and budgeting for health insurance and child care is essential. A free two-part webinar series from University of Missouri Extension, Whole Farm Family Planning for the 21st Century https://pears.io/events/mu/2435/  helps farmers make choices tailored to their farm and family needs.   “Health

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GFWC Woman’s Club provides significant support to Missouri Girls Town

STE. GENEVIEVE – The GFWC Woman’s Club’s largest fundraiser of the year was held in November in support of its signature project, Missouri Girls Town.  Members worked for weeks organizing the annual fundraising event held at the spacious Artisan at Baetje Farms in Bloomsdale.  The venue had been decorated in this year’s theme, “Hats Off to Women”,

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Locals are among CMU students earning degrees

FAYETTE — Central Methodist University celebrated its Winter 2025 commencement on December 6 in Puckett Fieldhouse on the Fayette campus. Business owner and author Rogers Strickland gave the commencement address as a packed house of family, friends, faculty, staff, and other guests celebrated the graduates. Students were recognized for earning degrees at the master’s, bachelor’s,

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MDC welcomes six new conservation agents to southeast Missouri

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) has assigned six new conservation agents in southeast Missouri.  These six agents will work to protect Missouri’s fish, forest, and wildlife resources while supporting the community through education, outreach, and enforcement of the Wildlife Code of Missouri. Missouri’s Southeast Region welcomes six new agents to the area

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Missouri Attorney General Hanaway marks 100 days in office 

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – On Wednesday, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway marked 100 days in Office since swearing in as the 45th Attorney General of Missouri on September 8, 2025. Attorney General Hanaway is committed to making the Office a force for safety and accountability. Her bold agenda remains focused on fighting crime, protecting consumers, safeguarding the

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Missouri felon sentenced to 33 Years in prison for child pornography, meth crimes

CAPE GIRARDEAU – U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. on Thursday sentenced a man who recorded his criminal sex act with a child and possessed drugs to 33 years in prison.   Rayshaun Reed, 37, pleaded guilty in July to three felonies: possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, sexual exploitation of a minor and

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Porch pirates are back: New study reveals top 10 U.S. states most affected by Christmas-season package theft

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – A new analysis reveals that Delaware is experiencing the highest rate of holiday-season theft-from-building incidents per capita across the U.S., a trend largely attributed to increased porch-piracy activity during the Christmas package-delivery surge. The research, conducted by personal injury law firm Simmrin Law Group, analyzed theft-from-building reports from 2020 to 2024

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Rep. Mark Matthiesen files legislation to protect new employees from unexpected union deductions

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – State Representative Mark Matthiesen has filed House Bill 2507, legislation aimed at protecting new employees by ensuring greater transparency and fairness regarding labor union dues. HB 2507 would prohibit labor organizations from collecting payment for union dues from a newly hired employee until that employee has worked at least 250 hours.

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