CHICAGO – Respiratory virus cases reman at low levels across the state, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) said today. The state’s overall respiratory illness level is Low in the most recent available CDC data and the state remained at Low level for COVID-19 hospitalizations, according to the CDC COVID Data Tracker as of […]
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CHESTER – The Chester Fire Department was called out at 11:22 p.m. Friday, February 16th for a structure fire at 701 West Holmes Street in Chester. Fire units arrived on the scene to find a two story house with flames coming out of the front of the house. No one was home.
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STE. GENEVIEVE – An amended agenda has been released for Tuesday’s meeting of the Stre. Genevieve County Board of Education meeting. The amended agenda:
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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Brazilian violist Emerson de Biaggi will perform with the Southern Illinois University Carbondale School of Music faculty-student Versa’tile Chamber Ensemble as part of a strings masterclass and recitals, Feb. 21-25. De Biaggi will perform with Versa’tile during a concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24. He will also present a strings
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland invites communities Missouri to celebrate the annual National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend, happening February 16-18. Starting February 16, consumers can purchase cookies in person from a Girl Scout at any local booth as well as order cookies for shipment direct to their front porch by searching
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LENEXA, Kan.– The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday released the 2023 update to its Equity Action Plan, as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s whole-of-government equity agenda. This Equity Action Plan is part of EPA’s efforts to implement the President’s Executive Order on “Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through The Federal Government,”
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – To celebrate Drinking Water Week, May 5-11, 2024, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the Missouri Section American Water Works Association are cohosting a poster contest for Missouri fifth grade students. The department is now accepting contest entries, which must be postmarked by March 15, 2024. Following the theme,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. — We know you’re thinking about it: Turning the corner from winter into spring. Although warmer days are on the horizon, the effects of weeks of gray, winter days are real. For some, winter weather comes with a particular dose of biological adversity: seasonal affective disorder, appropriately known as SAD. Follow along for
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CHESTER, Ill. – The Chester City Council will meet in regular session Tuesday. The tentative agenda for the meeting: CHESTER, ILLINOIS CITY COUNCIL AGENDA Tuesday,February 20, 2024 CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE READING OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING CORRESPONDENCE REPORTS Mayor City Treasurer City
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JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) announces that the Ste. Genevieve County School Disrict R-II is one of six individual Missouri school districts and one collective group of local education agencies (LEAs) which have been awarded more than $2.2 million from the Competency-Based Education (CBE) grant program. Grant
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