CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Friday reported 27,094 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, which is down 18 from the previous week’s increase. According to the CDC, 20 Illinois counties are now rated at High Community Level for COVID-19, an area that includes some of […]
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DU QUOIN – Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) Zone 7 agents arrested 45-year-old Isaac Hill and 41-year-old Katrina S. Simelton, both from Carbondale, for Child Endangerment (Class 3 Felony). On June 22, 2022, the Carbondale Police Department (CPD) requested ISP to investigate the death of a 3-year-old female. The child was taken to
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ULLIN, Ill. – The Illinois State Police has arrested Robert E. Nelson, a 56-year-old male from Ullin, Ill, on charges approved by the Pulaski County State’s Attorney’s (PCSA) Office for Aggravated Battery with a Firearm (Class X Felony), Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm (Class 1 Felony) and Reckless Discharge of a Firearm (Class 4 Felony). On
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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Darters have been described as the hummingbirds of the fish world: colorful, small, and quick. But have you ever drawn one? Sign up now so you can create your own version of a stippled darter with the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center from 1 – 4 p.m. on
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INDEPENDENCE, Mo. – Today, Marine veteran Lucas Kunce issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. “As of this moment, abortion is no longer legal in the state of Missouri, even in cases of rape or incest,” said Kunce. “For nearly 50 years, Roe v. Wade has
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Following the Supreme Court of the United States’ ruling in Dobbs that overturns Roe v. Wade, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt today issued an opinion to the Missouri Revisor of Statutes that “triggers” parts of Missouri’s House Bill 126, effectively ending abortion in the State of Missouri. Missouri is the first state in
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JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Chamber Political Action Committee today announced its support of eight candidates for Missouri State Senate in the August 2 Primary Election. The endorsed candidates are: District 6: Mike Bernskoetter District 8: Mike Cierpiot District 14: Brian Williams District 16: Justin Brown District 28: Sandy Crawford District 30: Lincoln Hough
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Following the United States Supreme Court’s decision that overturns long established precedent under Roe v Wade, the Missouri House Democratic Campaign Committee and the Missouri Democratic Party released the following joint statement: “Today will be a day branded into the memories of millions of Missourians as the day we lost
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JEFFERSON CITY— On Friday, in a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States sided with the state of Mississippi in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, effectively overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, and sending the authority to regulate abortion back to the states. Mississippi’s law sought
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JEFFERSON CITY – Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces that 25 troopers graduated from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy Friday, June 24, 2022. One of those troopers, Mayer E. Mitchell (Ballwin, Mo), has been assigned to Zone 16, Ste. Genevieve and Perry Counties The ceremony took place in the
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