Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri ST. LOUIS – The Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri (GSEM) is pleased to announce that Elcie Schweigert, a Ste. Genevieve High School student, has recently earned the mark of the truly remarkable–the Girl Scout Gold Award. Elcie Schweigert The Gold Award is earned by a high-school-aged Girl […]
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CARBONDALE, Ill. — Melissa Connelly, CEO of OneGoal, a national postsecondary access and success organization, will discuss her career and the organization’s work next week during a presentation hosted by Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, begins at 6 p.m.
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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Embrace warmer weather and enjoy the emerging flowers with the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC). Staff at MDC’s Cape Girardeau Nature Center are hosting several free programs in April, including: Spring Wildflower Walk April 1 from 1-4:30 p.m. at Apple Creek CA: Designed for participants ages 16 and older, this leisurely walk
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COLUMBIA, Mo. – Jump-start your spring garden by starting four easy, inexpensive tender bulbs indoors before the weather warms. University of Missouri Extension horticulturist David Trinklein suggests tuberous begonia, caladium, achimenes and calla lily. All are available in bulb or tuber form from retail outlets that feature plants. Most greenhouses and big box stores
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University of Missouri Extension COLUMBIA, Mo. – A new publication from University of Missouri Extension looks at black bears, their ecology and how research by the Missouri Department of Conservation helps us better understand their behavior and growing numbers. Black bear sow in southwestern Missouri. Photo by Noppadol Paothong, Missouri Department of Conservation.
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CARBONDALE, Ill. — The 2026 Southern Illinois Saluki Takeover Tour kicks off next week as Southern Illinois University Carbondale hosts five receptions across the region from March 31 through April 23. The third annual tour of Southern Illinois begins at Touch of Nature Outdoor Education Center on March 31. The tour includes visits
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JOPLIN, Mo. – Most everyone has a hobby or two. Some specialize in painting miniature figurines while others tie flies. Some are like Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) staffer, Meagan Duffee-Yates, who dedicates some—or a lot—of her free time to falconry. Duffee-Yates, who is an MDC Private Land Conservationist along with being an avid spring turkey
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COLUMBIA, Mo. — The Department of Energy’s Office of Isotope R&D and Production (IRP), within the Office of Science, and the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR) today announced the commencement of routine production of gadolinium-153 (Gd-153). This partnership positions IRP and MURR as the sole domestic supplier of Gd-153 in the United States and
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Join the Ste. Genevieve Museum Learning Center this Wednesday, March 25 at 6 pm at the Orris Theater in when speaker Steve Bailey transports you back to one of the most pivotal days in American history. He briefly describes his presentation . Learn who actually fired the legendary “Shot Heard Round the World.” What is
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CHESTER – Randolph County Sheriff Jarrod Peters has announced the arrestof a Ceder Hill, Missouri resident and the ticketing of six others inconnection to a February 14th/15th, 2026 Criminal Damage and CriminalTrespass at the Adorers of the Blood of Christ facility located at 2Pioneer Lane, Ruma, Illinois. Adorers of the Blood of Christrepresentatives reported the
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