SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is urging the public to get up-to date with free COVID-19 vaccinations and booster shots while visiting the Illinois State Fair August 12-21. IDPH is partnering with health care stakeholders to provide various health services during the 2022 Illinois State Fair, including COVID-19 vaccines and tests; […]
SPRINGFIELD – With new guidance from the CDC that addresses the need to keep students in classrooms while protecting residents from COVID-19, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) and Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) are adopting new operational guidance for schools and early education from the CDC that eases some restrictions while maintaining
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PERRYVILLE — The Perryville Police Department has released two reports: 48-year-old Thoa Kim Bui of Washington was arrested on a warrant out of Baton Rouge, Louisiana at 6:46 a.m. August 7th at the 129 exit on I-55 in Perryville. A Perryville police car was hit in a parking lot at 500 Schindler Road at 9
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STE. GENEVIEVE—The director of the Ste. Genevieve County Nutrition Center announced Sunday evening that the center would be closed today through Friday (August 15-19) due to illness. Tina Winch said there were not enough employees available to staff the facility. She plans to reopen Friday if everyone is feeling better. She did not
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LYONS, NEBRASKA – In a win for rural communities, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 on Friday. Included in the package is funding for working lands conservation and investments in clean energy for rural communities. “This package will positively impact rural people across the country,” said Johnathan Hladik, policy director for the
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CHESTER – The Chester City Council will meet Monday. The meeting is open to the public The tentative agenda: CHESTER, ILLINOIS CITY COUNCIL AGENDA August 15, 2022 CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE READING OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING CORRESPONDENCE REPORTS Mayor City
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FARMINGTON – The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control announces the arrest of Mark Alan Chaplin, 60, of Farmington, Missouri, on Wednesday, August 10, 2022, for promoting and possession of child pornography. The arrest was the result of an investigation conducted by members of the Division of Drug and Crime Control’s
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Police (ISP) Thursday convened the third meeting of the Commission on Implementing the Firearms Restraining Order Act (Commission). The Commission was created to advise on strategies for implementing the use of Firearm Restraining Orders (FRO). “The Firearms Restraining Order is another mechanism to keep firearms out of the hands of those
ST. LOUIS – After more than a decade, Bonnie Barczykowski, CEO of the Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri, has announced she will leave Girl Scouts in January 2023. “I am proud of all we do to help girls build the skills they need to lead in their homes, in our workplaces and in our communities.
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SEDALIA, Mo. – Grant Owen, son of Laura and Abe Owen, is the exhibitor of the 2022 Grand Champion Bacon at the Missouri State Fair. Grant is from Carrollton, and is a member of the Bosworth Fireballs 4-H Club. Grant‘s prize-winning bacon weighed 9.16 pounds. The Reserve Grand Champion honor went to Summer Wagoner of
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