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Will County deputy receives FOP award for action that averted potential harm to school children

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Will County Sheriff’s Deputy David Frederick has received an award from the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) State Lodge for his quick thinking and actions that averted potential harm to area school children who were on a field trip.     Left to right: Will County Chief Deputy David Adams, Deputy

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Site in Jackson added to Native Gardens of Excellence Program

COLUMBIA, Mo. —The Grow Native! Native Gardens of Excellence program has inducted the Taylor Twins Memorial Garden, located at 201 West Main Street in the Uptown district of Jackson, Missouri, next to the historic Frizel-Welling House.   Along with four more newly inducted sites, this garden joins 20 other sites in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, and

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COS FFA serves ice cream at World Shooting Complex

EVANSVILLE, Ill. — Christ Our Savior FFA helped to serve ice cream at the Farm Bureau stand. The stand was at the World Shooting Complex.     Members pictured (left to right, back to front): Christine Liefer, Alyssa Heimann, and Brianna Brake. Those members not pictured are: Blaine Rahn, Isaac Luebkemann, Charlie Rahlfs, and Alex

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2023 Illinois State Fair Butter Cow unveiled

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. –Illinois State Fair officials unveiled the treasured Butter Cow today in the Dairy Building on the Illinois State Fairgrounds. Using the theme “Harvest the Fun,” sculptor Sarah Pratt’s creation brings the theme to life sculpting Illinois dairy farmer Lorilee Shultz from Mill-R-Mor Dairy in Orangeville Illinois, harvesting milk from one of her cows.

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City hall staff, officials say ‘goodbye’ to 165 S. 4th Street for now

STE. GENEVIEVE – Last night’s regular and work session meetings of the Ste. Genevieve Board of Aldermen were the final meetings in the city hall building for several months, until the renovation which is scheduled to begin in the existing city hall the following week is completed.   That’s what Ste. Genevieve City Administrator Happy

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Motorcyclist on a stolen bike leads deputies on a high speed chase

STE. GENEVIEVE — A motorcyclist on a stolen bike led Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff’s deputies on a high speed chase Thursday afternoon that began with an attempted traffic stop on Highway 61 at Bahr Road. Chief Deputy Sheriff Jason Schott said the motorcyclist failed to yield to the attempted traffic stop and headed south on

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