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Small businesses report higher sales and less uncertainty in latest NFIB survey

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SPRINGFIELD, IL – The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index fell 0.5 points in February to 98.8 but remained slightly above the 52-year average of 98. The Uncertainty Index decreased three points from January to 88.   “Although optimism declined slightly, small businesses report feeling more certain in February as they look toward the coming months,” said NFIB Chief Economist Bill Dunkelberg. […]

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Today’s Challenge, Tomorrow’s Reward conference returns

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SPRINGFIELD – Firms large and small that want to participate in Illinois Department of Transportation projects are encouraged to mark their calendars for Today’s Challenge, Tomorrow’s Reward on April 1 and 2 at the Crowne Plaza in Springfield. Hosted by IDOT’s Office of Business and Workforce Diversity, the conference provides female- and minority-owned businesses with opportunities

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Theresa Ann Rymer

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August 29, 1950 — March 10, 2026 Theresa Ann Rymer, 75, of Chester, Illinois, passed away at 5:29 pm, Tuesday, March 10, 2026 at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, O’Fallon, Illinois. She was born to the late Cecil M. and Virginia M. (nee Franklin) Erwin, Jr. on August 29, 1950 in Carbondale, Illinois. Theresa had worked as

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EPA in Your Community: How We Protect You and Your Family from Environmental Risks

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Commentary from the Desk of Regional Administrator Jim Macy LENEXA, Kansas – When an environmental emergency strikes or there’s a question about possible chemical contamination, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can deploy state-of-the art science, technology and trained emergency responders to our communities across the four-state region.  That’s exactly what we did at a recent emergency response

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MDC closes camping area at Bismarck Conservation Area in southeast Missouri

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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Beginning Monday, March 16, the camping area of the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) Bismarck Conservation Area (CA) in St. Francois, Iron, and Washington Counties will be closed until further notice.   The closure of Bismarck’s camping area, which consists of designated sites for primitive camping, is the result of ongoing misuse

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Missouri man sought for involvement in cattle fraud scheme is arrested

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DALLAS, Tex. – The Dallas, Texas office of the FBI reported Tuesday, the arrest of Joshua Link of Strafford, Missouri at Los Angeles International Airport by Customs and Border Patrol, LAX Airport Police, and FBI Task Force Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department.     Link was wanted by the FBI for his alleged

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New Red Cross data shows multigenerational portrait of volunteers in Missouri

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ST. LOUIS, MO — New American Red Cross data released today shows a snapshot of multigenerational volunteerism here in Missouri.   From Gen Z to the Silent Generation, people of all ages comprise the over 1,300 volunteers for the Red Cross of Greater St. Louis. According to demographic estimates shared by most Red Cross volunteers in

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