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Two persons receive minor injuries in three-vehicle crash on Highway 32 in Ste. Gen Co.

JEFFERSON CITY — Two persons received minor injuries in a traffic crash on Highway 32 in Ste. Genevieve County Thursday night.   The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports 19-year-old Tyler J. Worley and 70-year-old Helen M. Myers both of Ste. Genevieve were taken to Ste. Genevieve County Memorial Hospital.   The patrol says the crash

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Update: Missouri DHSS says rare brain infection may have come from Iowa

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) has been notified of a Missouri resident with a laboratory-confirmed infection of Naegleria fowleri. Naegleria fowleri is a microscopic single-celled free-living ameba that can cause a rare life-threatening infection of the brain called primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). The Missouri patient is currently being treated for PAM in

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Blunt Welcomes FAA’s $5.2 Million Investment to Improve Airport Terminals Across Missouri

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, has commended the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) announcement that it is investing $5.2 million to improve terminals in three airports across Missouri: Waynesville-Saint Robert Regional Airport, Rosecrans Memorial Airport, and Hannibal Regional Airport. “This

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DHSS confirms first case of rare brain infection in Mo in 35 years

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) has been notified of a Missouri resident with a laboratory-confirmed infection of Naegleria fowleri. Naegleria fowleri is a microscopic single-celled free-living ameba that can cause a rare life-threatening infection of the brain called primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). The Missouri patient is currently being treated for PAM

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Get your heart pumping and give blood or platelets to help prevent a summer blood shortage

ST. LOUIS — The American Red Cross and Discovery are partnering for Shark Week and invite people to dive in to help save lives by giving blood or platelets in July. The Red Cross saw a steep drop in blood and platelet donations last month, and donors are asked to make appointments now to prevent

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Methodist Men donate to CHS Music Program

CHESTER — Judge Richard Brown of the First United Methodist Men’s Group in Chester presents Steve Colonel, Chester High School Band Director, with a check for $300 in appreciation for assistance that several band and chorus members provided for the recent UMM Pancake Breakfast.  Members of the music program have helped serve food, clean tables

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