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Miss Elsie Kigar Crowned 2022 Missouri State Fair Queen

SEDALIA – Miss Elsie Kigar was named the 2022 Missouri State Fair Queen in a ceremony held yesterday, Aug. 11. Miss Kigar received the highest score of 41 contestants vying for the title in the two-day competition, held in the Mathewson Exhibition Center. Miss Kigar will reign over the remaining State Fair events and be […]

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Mo State Fair Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion Barrow announced

SEDALIA, Mo. – Wyatt Copenhaver, son of Chad and Hannah Copenhaver, is the exhibitor of the 2022 Grand Champion Barrow at the Missouri State Fair. Wyatt is from Lexington, MO and is a member of the 40-Ville 4-H Club. Wyatt’s prize-winning barrow weighs 273 pounds.   The Reserve Grand Champion Barrow honor went to Connor

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MSHP reports

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released its latest reports. Among those listed as arrested: 33-year-old Christopher Phiffer of Cape Girardeau at 10 p.m. Wednesday on a Ste. Genevieve County warrant for failing to appear on a charge of speeding and failing to register a motor vehicle. He was being held in

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On Fox News, Smith slams Washington Democrats’ inflation act 

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Jason Smith (Mo.), House Budget Committee Republican Leader and a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, joined Fox News’ America’s Newsroom to slam Washington Democrats’ $745 billion spending bill. As Budget Republican Leader, Smith has led the effort in Congress to expose the Inflation Act’s wasteful and inflationary spending,

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SIU University Museum seeks submissions from women artists

by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s University Museum is accepting applications for an upcoming exhibition showcasing the creations of women artists in the Southern Illinois region. “Women’s Voices 3: Make/Believe, a Juried Exhibition” will be on display Feb. 7 to May 13, 2023  in the museum’s North Hall Mitchell Gallery. The exhibition is

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Blunt congratulates Missourians accepted to U.S. Service Academies

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) congratulated the new class of Missourians who accepted appointments to attend U.S. military service academies, including the U.S. Air Force Academy, the U.S. Military Academy (West Point), the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, and the U.S. Naval Academy. The following 14 individuals were nominated by Blunt: Douglas Michael

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EPA, UMKC partner to promote student career opportunities and environmental engagement on campus

LENEXA, Kan. – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 and the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) have partnered to promote environmental collaboration and career opportunities for UMKC students. A three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) formalizing the partnership was signed on Thursday, Aug. 11, at an event held on the UMKC campus in Kansas

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