JEFFERSON CITY – The Show Me Green Sales Tax Holiday is underway. Section 144.526.1 created the “Show Me Green Sales Tax Holiday.” Beginning in 2009, during a seven day period starting on April 19th and ending April 25th, sales of qualifying Energy Star certified new appliances will be exempt from state sales tax. Local jurisdictions […]
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BOSTON, Mass. – Average gasoline prices in Missouri are unchanged in the last week, averaging $3.69/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 3,940 stations in Missouri. Prices in Missouri are 12.1 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand $1.06/g higher than a year ago. According to GasBuddy price reports, the cheapest
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and 15 other state attorneys general have sent a letter calling on President Joe Biden to reinstate the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline following reports his administration is seeking to import more oil from Canada. The coalition also called on the President to stop federal efforts
GLEN CARBON, Ill. – Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois has wrapped up the annual Girl Scout Cookie Program for 2022. Girl Scouts were out in full force, hosting cookie booths and making door-to-door sales all throughout Southern Illinois. Their hard work paid off, as girls in Southern Illinois sold 718,485 packages of Girl Scout Cookies
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MODOC, Ill. – The United States Army Corps of Engineers has announced that dredging has once begun on the Kaskaskia River from the New Athens, Ill. boat ramp south to the confluence of the Mississippi River. This dredging is intended to remove sediment from boat ramps and the mouths of oxbows on the Kaskaskia River improving access for navigation capabilities, recreation, and
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ST. LOUIS – Casting has been announced for the St. Louis engagement of Disney’s The Lion King. St. Louis’s most eagerly awaited stage production ever will leap onto the Fabulous Fox Theatre stage from Wednesday, June 1 to Sunday, June 19. The production features Spencer Plachy as “Scar,” Gerald Ramsey as “Mufasa,” Gugwana Dlamini as “Rafiki,” Nick Cordileone as “Timon,” Jürgen Hooper as “Zazu,” John E.
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STE. GENEVIEVE — Students in Stacy Bell’s fourth grade science classes at Bloomsdale Elementary have been studying endangered animals. Several of the students decided that a great way to raise awareness about these species would be to raise money and symbolically adopt an animal from the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF). Members of the fourth grade
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PERCY – The annual joint meeting of two area Delta Kappa Gamma Chapters was held at Scuttle Inn Restaurant in Percy, Ill. recently. Members of Alpha Kappa Chapter and Beta Delta Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma enjoyed an April Joint Meeting and brunch at Scuttle Inn. Beta Delta Chapter hosted Alpha Kappa Chapter members for
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STE. GENEVIEVE – At Bloomsdale Elementary School, students in Ashley Gettinger’s kindergarten class recently learned about the weather and the four seasons. The students worked hard to draw and color their five-day weather forecast, as well as write their own weather report. As an extension to their writing, they used Habit No. 6 from the
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PICKERINGTON, Ohio — The American Motorcyclist Association strongly opposes the emergency waiver to allow summertime sales of E15 recently announced by the Biden administration, along with any attempt to weaken the already inadequate labeling standards at the pump that puts motorcyclists at risk of misfuelling. None of the estimated 22 million motorcycles and ATVs
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