PERRYVILLE – FilmFriendly Perryville (filmfriendlyperryville.com) proudly announces that the supernatural thriller The Spring, largely produced in Perryville, Missouri, will have a special advanced screening as part of the St. Charles Film Festival on Saturday, May 30, at 7 p.m. The Spring, a historical supernatural thriller directed by Thomas Smugala and co-produced with Motion Dog […]
CHICAGO – As warm summer days approach and families gear up for backyard pool parties and trips to the beach, the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), Safe Kids Illinois and Lurie Children’s Hospital are teaming up to promote a simple life-saving strategy everyone can use to keep children safe when they are in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. – Stink bugs are an all-too-familiar foe for Missouri soybean growers, but new University of Missouri research shows just how widespread they are, and how farmers can better time and target their scouting. The green stink bug accounted for more than 80% of all stink bugs collected in a recent MU study
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STE. GENEVIEVE — Luke Ferranto is Ste. Genevieve High School’s Elks Student of the Month for May. Luke is the son of Beth and Tony Ferranto. Luke’s scholastic honors include ranking eighth in his graduating class; placing in the top 10 percent of his class his senior year; and earning summa cum
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LENEXA, KAN. – The EPA has announced $63,606,000 in funding to protect Missourians from exposure to lead in drinking water. This investment will go directly to states through the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) and is part of EPA’s unwavering commitment to Making America Healthy Again. This funding will go toward finding and replacing
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STE. GENEVIEVE – – Congratulations to Gavin Zerwig, Ste. Genevieve High School’s Rotary Student of the Month for May. Gavin is the son of Shanna and James Zerwig. Gavin’s scholastic honors include: ranking 18th in his graduating class, earning Summa Cum Laude for three semesters and receiving a superscore of 31 on the
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CHESTER – Memorial Hospital has opened applications for its healthcare scholarships, offering financial support to Randolph County residents preparing to enter the nursing and healthcare workforce. The Mullins Nursing Scholarship and the Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Healthcare Scholarship provide financial assistance to students at various stages of their education, with the goal of encouraging
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STE. GENEVIEVE—In recognition of Women’s Health Month, Ste. Genevieve County Memorial Hospital (SGCMH) is joining national leaders in highlighting the importance of women’s physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing. This year’s observance aligns with the 2026 federal theme, “Prevention, Innovation, and Impact: A New Era in Women’s Health,” which underscores the need for proactive, sciencedriven
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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — A Southern Illinois University Carbondale student archaeology team is spending six weeks unearthing research to help tell the story of what is believed to be the oldest continually inhabited Black community in Illinois. For Brendan Jennings, it’s an “incredible opportunity” not only for descendants of the unincorporated Lakeview community
COLUMBIA, Mo. – “In Flanders fields the poppies blow / Between the crosses, row on row …. ” So begins “In Flanders Fields,” written in 1915 by John McCrae, a Canadian poet and military physician. Flanders Poppies Photo by Alexey Yakovlev. CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. “The poem’s powerful imagery
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