JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Community Service Commission (MCSC), in partnership with the Missouri Bicentennial Commission, announced today that Missourians logged 168,636 hours of service as part of the Bicentennial Community Service Challenge. The challenge was launched last year to call on Missourians to volunteer 200 hours in celebration of the state’s 200th year of […]
JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released its latest reports. Among those listed as arrested: 42-year-old Isaac H. Kennedy of Los Angeles, Calif. at 7:57 p.m. Thursday, February 3rd in Perry County on warrant out of Franklin County for failure to keep record and a non-moving traffic violation. He was
PERRYVILLE — The Perryville Police Department has released its latest report of arrests and incidents. 24-year-old Daniel Schot Ash of Perryville was cited for driving while suspended or revoked following a traffic stop on West St. Joseph Street January 21st. 31-year-old Ashley D. Counts of Perryville was arrested on a warrant out of
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PERRYVILLE — A 37-year-old Perryville woman was hurt in an apparent car-jacking on I-55 in Perry County Wednesday afternoon. In a news release issued Thursday morning, Sheriff Gary Schaaf says the woman was northbound on I-55 at approximately 4:26 p.m. in her Toyota RAV 4 when she spotted a vehicle which had been in
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SEWARD, Neb. – A Uniontown, Mo. woman was one of 251 students named to Concordia University, Nebraska’s honors list for the Fall 2021 semester. To be named to the honors list Katherine Benkendorf was required to earn a 3.90 GPA or higher while completing at least 12 undergraduate credit hours qualify for the honors list.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. — University of Missouri System leaders have announced the results of an economic impact study that found UM System and its four universities have a $6.5 billion economic impact on the state of Missouri. The study was conducted by Tripp Umbach, a nationally recognized firm that has completed more than 500 economic impact
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JEFFERSON CITY – The powerful winter storm that blanketed parts of Missouri with up to a foot of snow continued to move through the state on Thursday adding more snow and ice to already covered roads. The Missouri Department of Transportation urges drivers to be patient as crews continue to work to get roads back
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JEFFERSON CITY– Every month, over 80,000 Missourians participate in the Missouri WIC program. WIC is the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. The program provides quality nutrition education, breastfeeding promotion and support, nutritious foods, and referrals to health services. Missouri WIC offers healthy food choices that target specific essential nutrients often missing
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Washington, D.C. — The President announced this morning he is ‘reigniting’ his commitment to ‘end cancer as we know it,’ building on the initial and robust cancer moonshot investment in discovery, prioritizing increased uptake of prevention and addressing health disparities. The American Cancer Society (ACS) and its advocacy affiliate, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday, Representatives Ann Wagner (R-MO) and Sylvia Garcia (D-TX) reintroduced the bipartisan Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT) Act. This legislation is the House companion bill to the bipartisan Senate version, reintroduced by Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT). “There is nothing more horrific than the sexual abuse and
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