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NAMI offers Family to Family program

CHESTER – NAMI Family-to-Family is an 8-week family education program designed to foster learning, healing, and empowerment among family members and close friends of individuals with serious brain disorders (mental illnesses). These include major depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, OCD, anxiety disorders and post traumatic stress disorder.     There is no cost for this course

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A cool solution

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Artificial intelligence (AI) is hot right now. Also hot: the data centers that power the technology. And keeping those centers cool requires a tremendous amount of energy.     Mizzou researcher Chanwoo Park is designing a next-generation cooling system to help data centers become more energy efficient.   The problem is only

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SIU student research to be showcased at symposium

by Tim Crosby CARBONDALE, Ill. – Students from two related Southern Illinois University Carbondale programs that teach students how to conduct research will present their findings during a research poster symposium this week.  Students, researchers and members of the university and local community view exbits during a recent Summer Research Symposium. (Photo provided)   The 21st annual Summer

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Perryville E-cycling results increase about 22 percent

PERRYVILLE – The results of the Saturday, July 13 E-Waste Recycling drive hosted by TG Missouri with MRC Recycling and the city of Perryville participating have been released. TG Missouri’s Sophie Kirn reported that participation increased by 22 percent and the weight of recyclable material handled increased 20 percent over the recycling drive held last

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Critical call for blood and platelet donors

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — The American Red Cross urges donors to give blood or platelets now to reinforce the blood supply as much as possible before the summer winds down. Type O blood donors and those giving platelets are especially needed to help keep hospital shelves stocked through August.     Donors remain critically needed to

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Professor Sharp Generosity Funds Another Museum

New York, N.Y. – James Franklin Sharp, after graduating from Chester High School in Chester, Illinois, attended nearby Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.  In 2023, Professor Sharp made a major donation to SIU, and was honored by having the Sharp Museum at SIU named after him.  Last October there were five days of events and

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Malary R. Seabaugh, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, Joins Cape Physician Associates, medical partner of Saint Francis Healthcare System

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to welcome Malary R. Seabaugh, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, to Cape Physician Associates, a Saint Francis Medical Partner. Seabaugh graduated from Cox College in Springfield, Missouri, in 2023.   She is board certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and specializes in primary care and family

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Stay cool and follow the rules at the pool this summer

SPRINGFIELD, ILL- The popularity of residential pools has increased over recent years raising the risk for accidental drownings meaning homeowners and parents need be extra vigilant to protect kids who have access to the water. Public pools are a popular summer destination for people to beat the heat, but they can pose some hidden dangers.

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