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Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri kicks off personal care donation program this weekend

News, Regional News /

ST. LOUIS – April Showers, Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri’s largest community service program, begins Friday, April 4when Girl Scouts, their troop leaders, and families help people in need by going door-to-door, distributing sticky notes throughout the community with the request for personal care item donations. The following Saturday, April 12, Girl Scouts will return […]

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IDPH celebrates ’30 Days of Public Health’ to highlight vital role of those who protect us

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SPRINGFIELD – For a second consecutive year, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) will celebrate 30 Days of Public Health throughout the month of April. Governor JB Pritzker helped kick off the month with this video message hailing the state’s “Public Health Heroes.” The observance amounts to an extended National Public Health Week (April 7-13) and coincides with National Minority Health

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Lucas Fritsche is an honorable mention for a 2024 Youth Leadership Award

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. –A Perryville youth has been named an honorable mention for the Youth Leadership Award, which celebrates outstanding Missouri youths (aged 16-26) with a disability who have exhibited exemplary leadership by making a positive impact on their community. According to a news release from the Missouri Governor’s Council on Disability, Lucas Fritsche’s dedication

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Missouri lawmakers seek to rig the system, silence voters

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Progress MO JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri lawmakers held a hearing Tuesday, April 1, on Senate Bill 22, a bill that doubles as a bold power grab and gives politicians ample opportunities to mislead and deceive voters. If passed, this legislation would remove critical checks and balances from Missouri’s ballot initiative process, making it harder for

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Mizzou alumnus’ bakery named a 2025 James Beard Award semifinalist

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By Eric Stann COLUMBIA – Often known as the “Oscars” of the food industry, the James Beard Awards honor the best and brightest of the culinary world. This year, Nathaniel Reid Bakery, founded by Nathaniel Reid, BS ’03, was named a 2025 James Beard Award semifinalist for Outstanding Bakery.  Reid is originally from Farmington, Missouri.  

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MSHP reports arrest

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released its latest report of arrests.   29-year-old Jairo Y. Ramirez of Ballwin was arrested Monday, March 31st on patrol charges of no valid operator’s license, and speeding. He was being held without bond in the Ste. Genevieve County Jail.

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National Deer Association names MDC 2024 Agency of the Year

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The National Deer Association (NDA) named the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) its 2024 Agency of the Year Award winner. The award recognizes an agency that has practiced innovative and progressive deer management techniques; affected positive change in deer management regulations, hunter education, hunter recruitment, and/or involvement in youth hunting; and has

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Perryville police reports

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PERRYVILLE – The Perryville Police Department has released its latest reports.   44-year-old Brent A. Lee of Chester, Illinois was arrested in the 2000 block of Lake Drive at 5:40 a.m. Friday, March 14, 2025 on a fugitive warrant out of the Randolph County, Illinois Sheriff’s Office   40-year-old Howard Edward Thilenius IV, who is

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Restorations planned and in progress at Memorial Cemetery

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From a news release STE. GENEVIEVE – It is no surprise to find the oldest cemetery in Missouri in Ste. Genevieve, the oldest permanent European settlement west of the Mississippi River in what is now Missouri. Flooding of the Mississippi caused a gradual relocation from the original town site on the Mississippi to the present

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