JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri State Highway Patrol reminds the public that driver examination stations throughout the state will be closed on the following dates: Friday, May 8, 2026, in observance of Harry S. Truman’s birthday. Monday, May 25, 2026, in observance of Memorial Day. Normal operations will resume on Tuesday, May 26, […]
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CAPE GIRARDEAU – A Republican candidate for the Eighth Congressional District in Missouri, Gordon Heslop, is urging the immediate deportation of a Canadian-Egyptian scholar: Mohamed Abdou. Heslop notes that Abdou was a visiting scholar at Columbia University for the Spring 2024 semester. He was fired for his comments on the October 7 Hamas attack
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STE. GENEVIEVE — This past Thursday at the MAAA Conference Track Meet, Paul Taylor broke the shot put record once again. This time the distance was 19.45m or 63′ 9″. Athletic.net has that as being the 18th best throw in the nation this year in high school. Congrats, Paul
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Willard E. Guebert, 93, of Red Bud, Illinois, passed away at 11:35 am, Friday, May 1, 2026, at La Bella of Freeburg. He was born to the late Theodore E. and Amelia M. (nee Blumenschein) Guebert on February 14, 1933, in Red Bud, Illinois. Willard married Susan Kruse on July 25, 1981 at St.
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By Bryan Gegg STE. GENEVIEVE – I’d like to speak about the County’s agreement with the Gateway Region YMCA and its long-term financial impact. This is not about being for or against the YMCA. This is about whether the structure of this agreement is sustainable for taxpayers. Based on the County’s 2026 budget,
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway has announced that a $7.4 billion settlement reached with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, has become legally effective. This settlement caps nearly a decade of work by attorneys general from across the country in pursuing investigations and litigation over Purdue’s and the Sacklers’ role
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STE. GENEVIEVE – Phorm Energy, the game-changing energy drink brand produced by Anheuser-Busch with the backing of 1st Phorm and Dana White, is continuing their partnership with Folds of Honor, a nonprofit organization that provides families of fallen or disabled U.S. service members and first responders with academic scholarships. Later today a scholarship for the
By Jason Smith, member of Congress WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous verdict in First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Davenport to protect crisis pregnancy centers in New Jersey who had been targeted by the state’s Democrat attorney general with a subpoena demanding donor records and years of internal
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick recently issued monthly reports detailing the compliance of municipalities and other political subdivisions with financial reporting laws. One report includes cities, towns, and villages while the other lists political subdivisions such as water, fire protection, and other taxing districts. Per state regulation, these entities are
By Mike Henderson, Third Missouri Senate District Last week, the Missouri Senate passed the bills that make up the state’s operating budget for fiscal year 2027. As is usually the case, the House did not fully agree with the Senate’s position, so conference committees will work through the process of negotiating and coming to a
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