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Statewide, Perry and Ste. Gen County figures show decline in COVID-19 cases

JEFFERSON CITY — The number of COVID-19 cases in Missouri seems to have stabilized as the seven day total of confirmed and probable cases was 18,361 for the week ending December 7, slightly less than the seven days ending December 5th. The number of confirmed and probable deaths was 19. The average number of confirmed […]

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Temporary benefit increase extended through March for Missouri WIC participants

JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri WIC is extending the temporary increase of the Cash Value Benefit for Fruit and Vegetable Purchases (CVB) for January, February and March 2022. The increase is the same amount as November and December: $24 per month for child participants, $43 per month for pregnant and postpartum women participants and $47 per

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Welcome Center may be added to Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park

WASHINGTON –  On Thursday, U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (Mo.) and Josh Hawley (Mo.), along with U.S. Representative Jason Smith (Mo.), announced that they have introduced legislation that would expand the boundaries of the Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park to include the Ste. Genevieve Welcome Center. Expanding the boundaries of the park will allow the City

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Bipartisan, bicameral effort to fund modernization of Upper Mississippi River locks and dams launched

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (Mo.), Dick Durbin (Ill.), and Chuck Grassley (Iowa), along with U.S. Representatives Cheri Bustos (Ill.) and Ashley Hinson (Iowa), yesterday led a bicameral, bipartisan letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to prioritize funding for construction of the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP) on the Upper Mississippi

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FDA expands eligibility for Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 booster dose to 16- and 17-year-olds

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has amended the emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, authorizing the use of a single booster dose for administration to individuals 16 and 17 years of age at least six months after completion of primary vaccination with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine.  “Vaccination and

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MSHP report

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released its latest report. Among those listed as arrested: 36-year-old Ryan D. Bundy of Bonne Terre at 6 p.m. Thursday, December 9 on a warrant out of Ste. Genevieve County for failure to appear, on a Jefferson County warrant for driving without a proper operator’s license

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