By Elaine Gannon, State Senator With the pounding of the gavel on Jan. 5, my colleagues and I began the Second Regular Session of the 101st General Assembly. It’s always surreal to stand in our beautiful chamber and behold the gravity of what it means to represent our community in this hallowed place. This […]
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KANSAS CITY, Kansas — Prices in the Midwest Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased 0.3 percent in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday. The food index rose 0.6 percent in December while the index for energy declined 2.1 percent as a result of lower
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PERRYVILLE — The City of Perryville, MO has partnered with Ranken Technical College to develop a state-of-the-art Technical Education Center. The announcement comes from JEMA: a planning, architecture, and design firm located in St. Louis. It considers its strength to be collaboration and its mission to transform and inspire. JEMA’s design for the new
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STE. GENEVIEVE – It’s a boy! Ste. Genevieve County Memorial Hospital (SGCMH) is pleased to announce its first baby born for the New Year. Wyatt Klein was delivered at 1:12 am on January 10, 2022 by Dr. Tony Lam. He is one of Southeast Missouri’s newest citizens and his family was awarded the “First Baby
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PERRYVILLE — Kids from the ages of 6 – 12 are welcome to participate in a fun cake decorating class Saturday, February 5, 2022 from 2-4 p.m. at the Perryville Community Building. The class is $15/resident and $20/nonresident. Deadline for registration is February 2nd. An adult must also attend the class with
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CAPE GIRARDEAU — The American Red Cross is facing a national blood crisis – its worst blood shortage in more than a decade. Dangerously low blood supply levels are posing a concerning risk to patient care and forcing doctors to make difficult decisions about who receives blood transfusions and who will need to wait until
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MARION, Ill. — Veterans Honor Flight of Southern Illinois announced Tuesday the group will return to Washington D.C. in the Spring. The all-volunteer group will conduct their eighth flight honoring veterans from Southern Illinois on Tuesday, June 7, 2022. Founded in 2016, Veterans Honor Flight has transported over 520 veterans to Washington D.C.
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By Jim Beers, Contributing Writer CHESTER — The Chester School District # 139 Music Department presented four music programs for the 2021 Christmas season to close out the first semester of the 2021-22 school year. Three such programs were performed by Chester Grade School groups and the Chester High School Music Department gave the
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Written by Liz Smith URBANA, Ill. – Tobacco use comes with a heavy price to the state and nation, with tobacco-related illnesses estimated to contribute to more than $225 billion in direct medical care costs each year, including $156 billion in lost productivity. Although employer-sponsored tobacco cessation programs provide one effective means to help
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by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — Each spring, Southern Illinois University Carbondale hosts the very popular Maple Syrup Festival at Touch of Nature Environmental Center, and a new event is being added earlier in the lineup – a Maple Syrup Production Demonstration on Jan. 30, 2022. The event, set for 1-4 p.m., will be a
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