SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois House Minority Leader Tony McCombie (R-Savanna) last week asked for a moment of silence in the House chamber for Markell Pierce, an eight-year-old who died on February 6th after the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services failed him. McCombie went on to call on the House Speaker Chris Welch […]
SPRINGFIELD, IL – The 2026 Illinois spring trout fishing season will open Saturday, April 4 at 58 ponds, lakes, and streams throughout the state including Derby Lake at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex near Sparta in Randolph County. An early opportunity at select trout sites – the spring catch-and-release fishing season – will open
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JEFFERSON CITY – In 2025, MoDOT spent $13 million and 154,000 labor hours to remove litter from more than 385,000 acres of right of way along nearly 34,000 state highway miles. That might seem like a lot of numbers but it represents a lot of trash. MoDOT doesn’t put the litter on the roads, but
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JEFFERSON CITY – A 34-year-old man from Maryland Heights was seriously injured in a traffic crash on I-55 in Perry County early Sunday morning. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the man was taken to St. Francis Medical Center by a Mercy Perry ambulance. The patrol says the crash happened when the 2011
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CHESTER – Memorial Hospital is proud to celebrate Patient Safety Week by announcing the successful installation of new Pyxis MedStations; advanced medication dispensing systems now serving the Medical-Surgical Unit, Emergency Room, Operating Room, and Infusion & Chemotherapy Departments. These upgraded systems replace older machines that will no longer be supported by the hospital’s electronic medical
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JEFFERSON CITY, MO — The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) and local public health agencies have identified two adult Missouri residents this week with clade I mpox. This type of mpox virus started spreading globally since 2024 and is different from clade II mpox virus that caused the widespread 2022 outbreak. The clade
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CHESTER — Voters in Randolph County said yes to a change in the way money from the school facilities sales tax is used. The question on the ballot stated: :In addition to school facility purposes, shall Randolph County school districts be authorized to use revenues from the tax commonly referred to as the school facilities
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JEFFERSON CITY – A new report from the Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance (DCI) is urging the General Assembly to take up lawsuit reform, warning that the state’s flawed civil justice system continues to drive up insurance costs. Calling on lawmakers to advance reforms to restore balance to Missouri’s civil justice system, NFIB State Director Brad
CARBONDALE, Ill. — Theresa Claiborne, the first Black woman to serve as a pilot in the United States Air Force, will discuss her groundbreaking military career during a discussion at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 26, in SIU Student Center Ballroom B. Theresa Claiborne The conversation with John Shaw, director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute,
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BENTON, Mo. – Around the state, the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and other conservation partners continually work to identify areas of ecological importance. Because of the diversity of Missouri’s natural landscape, there is a broad variety of habitats that MDC and its partners have marked of particular importance. Southeast Missouri landowners are encouraged
