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Sept 19 is deadline to apply for Show-Me Entrepreneurial Grants

MO State News, News /

JEFFERSON CITY, MO. – The Missouri Agricultural and Small Business Development Authority (MASBDA) is now accepting applications for funding through the Show-Me Entrepreneurial Grants for Agriculture (SEGA) Innovation Grant Program. Missouri entities seeking to add value to agricultural products may submit applications until September 19, 2025.   The SEGA Innovation Grant Program was created in […]

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Two admit running nearly 20-year pyramid scheme that victimized more than 90 Missourians

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ST. LOUIS – Two Missouri men on Friday admitted operating a long-running Ponzi scheme that cost more than 90 victims at least $3 million.   James “Jim” Johnson, 77, and Darrell Niswonger, 68, each pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau to one count each of wire fraud, securities fraud and investment adviser

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Leroy Wachtel

Obituaries, Randolph County Obits /

A private inurnment will be held for 87-year-old Leroy E. Wachtel of Red Bud, Illinois, who passed away at 5:10 pm, Thursday, August 14, 2025, at Randolph County Care Center, Sparta, Illinois. He was born October 11, 1937 in Hecker, Illinois to Peter E. and Rosemond “Rose” (nee Ganley) Wachtel who both preceded him in

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Jean L. Lewis

Obituaries, Randolph County Obits /

A funeral will be held Thursday, August 21, 2025 for 96-year-old Jean L. Lewis of Red Bud, Illinois, who passed away at 4:30 p.m., Friday, August 15, 2025, at St. Elizabeth Hospital, O’Fallon, Illinois.   She was born November 26, 1928 in Red Bud, Illinois to John and Gertrude (nee Hagan) Roscow who both preceded

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Chester School District No. 139 kicks off 2025-26 school year

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Annual Breakfast and Teacher Hall of Fame Induction welcomes teachers, staff, and Hall of Fame Inductees including Larry Baldwin, John Birchler, and Linda Egge   By Jim Beers CHESTER – The Chester School District No. 139 school year got off to a great start Tuesday August 12 with the Annual Breakfast for all teachers, staff,

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DRA makes $2.5 million available for local development districts

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CLARKSDALE, Miss. – The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) is making approximately $2.5 million in funding available for the 2025 LDD Community Support Pilot Program, a noncompetitive grant opportunity providing capacity-building and community support resources to Local Development Districts (LDDs) within the lower Mississippi River Delta and Alabama Black Belt regions.   Designed to enhance regional

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