SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced today that the unemployment rate was 5.1 percent in April, unchanged from March, and up +0.6 percentage point from the same month, one year ago, based on data provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The revised March unemployment rate was 5.1 percent. […]
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JEFFERSON CITY – A 71-year-old Perryville woman received minor injuries in a traffic crash Wednesday morning on Perry County Road 512. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the woman was taken to Mercy Hospital Perry by ambulance. The patrol says the woman was the driver of an eastbound 2019 Honda CRV which slid
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) has set an intervention deadline of June 3, 2026, for a case filed by Spire Missouri Inc., doing business as Spire, for approval to implement changes to its Infrastructure System Replacement Surcharge (ISRS). On May 19, 2026, Spire filed an application and petition requesting that
SPRINGFIELD – Short-term rentals booked through platforms like Airbab and Vrbo could soon cost a little more under legislation advancing in Springfield that would create a new statewide tax on stays shorter than 30 days. House Bill 5776, filed this week by a Chicago Democrat, would impose a 4% excise tax on short-term rentals across Illinois,
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STE. GENEVIEVE — Luke Ferranto is Ste. Genevieve High School’s Elks Student of the Month for May. Luke is the son of Beth and Tony Ferranto. Luke’s scholastic honors include ranking eighth in his graduating class; placing in the top 10 percent of his class his senior year; and earning summa cum
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COLUMBIA, Mo. – Stink bugs are an all-too-familiar foe for Missouri soybean growers, but new University of Missouri research shows just how widespread they are, and how farmers can better time and target their scouting. The green stink bug accounted for more than 80% of all stink bugs collected in a recent MU study
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STE. GENEVIEVE – The minutes of the May 18 meeting of the Ste. Genevieve County Cmmission have been released. Ste. Genevieve County Commission Minutes MONDAY, MAY 18, 2026 13th Day of the April Term. The Commission Met Pursuant to Adjournment. Present were Presiding Commissioner Randy Ruzicka, Associate Commissioners Cory Ford and Mark
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STE. GENEVIEVE – Four Ste. Genevieve High School softball players and two from Valle Catholic have been named 2026 Spring Softball MAAA All Conference. From Ste. Genevieve, the All Conference selections are Alysa Beckermann, Lila Nix, Grace Bird and Addison Lorance. From Valle Catholic, the All Conference selections are Hayden Vaeth and Payton
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STE. GENEVIEVE – Eight Ste. Genevieve softball players and three from Valle have been named to the Class 2 District 2 2026 All District Teams. Named to the first team from Ste. Genevieve are infielder Grace Bird, outfielder Lilah Nix and at large Alysa Beckermann. Named to the second team from Ste. Genevieve
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March 6, 1933 — May 19, 2026 Red Bud DOROTHY AGNES BRAUN, 93, of Red Bud, Illinois, passed away at 5:30 am, Tuesday, May 19, 2026, at La Bella of Freeburg. She was born to the late Lawrence and Hazel (nee Heinz) Stork on March 6, 1933, in Walsh, Illinois. Dorothy married Harold “Red”
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