The Missouri State Highway Patrol would like to encourage parents to include conversations about safety when preparing their students for the 2026-27 school year. It’s also important that drivers be prepared for the change in traffic patterns as students begin another year of instruction. In 2025, one person was killed and 284 injured in traffic […]
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SPRINGFIELD – Following the recent announcement regarding major operational changes at the Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center in Anna, a delegation of Southern Illinois lawmakers and community stakeholders will host a town hall meeting on August 26 at Anna-Jonesboro Community High School.The town hall is open to the general public, and Southern Illinois residents
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Amrize, a Chicago-based provider of construction materials, supplied materials to the 100,000-square-foot Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora, North Dakota. Amrize says the building was designed to meet the requirements of the Living Building Challenge 4.0 while withstanding the climate of the Badlands. Living Buildings are regenerative buildings that connect occupants to light, air, food, nature and
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reminds waterfowl hunters to make reservations online from Sept. 1–18 for MDC managed waterfowl hunts coming up this fall. Reservations are required to guarantee an opportunity to hunt on MDC’s 13 intensively managed wetland conservation areas. There are three ways to obtain a hunting spot
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STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY AMBULANCE DISTRICTRegular Meeting MinutesDate: Monday, August 17, 2026 at 5:45 p.m.Place: Ste. Genevieve County Ambulance District House 13 Basler Drive, Ste Genevieve MO 63670CALL TO ORDER:Ernie Weiler called the regular meeting to order at 5:11 p.m.ROLL CALL:BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:Chairperson, Ernie Weiler, Sub-District 1Vice Chairperson, Bill Everett, Sub-District 4Secretary, Nick Werner, Sub-District 3Treasurer,
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RED BUD, IL – State Representative David Friess (R-Red Bud) issued the following statementfollowing a recent visit with members of the Illinois Freedom Caucus to the MidcontinentIndependent System Operator (MISO) headquarters in Indiana.“Last month, I joined my colleagues in the Illinois Freedom Caucus for a visit to the MISOheadquarters in Indiana to learn more about
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CAPE GIRARDEAU – A convicted felon from Poplar Bluff, Missouri who was caught with a gun after selling methamphetamine to investigators was sentenced Wednesday to 40 months in prison. On Dec. 3, 2025, the Southeast Missouri Drug Task Force and the Butler County Sheriff’s Department conducted a court-approved search of the home of Dorothy
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St. Mary Aldermen to meet August 20. Agenda: CLOSED SESSIONPosted August 18, 2026 Notice is hereby given that the St. Mary Board of Aldermen will have an Executive Closed Meeting on August 20, 2026 after the Work Session at 6:00 p.m. at St. Mary City Hall located at 782 Third Street. This is an executive
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COLUMBIA, Mo.—Few garden perennials deserve the title “heirloom” more so than Madonna lily: some historians believe it is the first to have been cultivated by humans for ornamental purposes. Madonna lily. Photo by Stan Shebs August is an ideal month for planting this iconic beauty and a good time to explore it in greater detail,
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The Valle Catholic community gathered on Sunday for a special Mass and Backpack Blessing to prepare for a new school year. Fr. Wessel celebrated Mass, offering a special blessing over students and their backpacks as they begin the year ahead.”We pray for wisdom, faith, kindness, safety, and success for all of our Warriors. May God
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