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Wednesday’s earthquake measured 4.0 on the Richter scale

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JEFFERSON CITY – A magnitude 4.0 earthquake was reported in southeast Missouri Wednesday evening. There were reports of minor damage according to state officials. The Missouri State Emergency Management Agency team met with its response partners from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the Missouri Department of Transportation, and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources following […]

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Wind up this Black Friday with Ste. Genevieve’s 4th Friday Art Walk

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STE. GENEVIEVE — Wind up the frenzy of Black Friday on November 26 with a kinder, gentler shopping experience during the last Ste. Genevieve Fourth Friday Art Walk in 2021.  Gifts of original art will be on display at a variety of local businesses. Music Art Love will be exhibiting works by Nicholas Becker and

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Blunt, Klobuchar introduce bipartisan resolution marking National Adoption Month

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WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (Mo.) and Amy Klobuchar(Minn.), co-chairs of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption, announced that they have introduced a resolution marking November as National Adoption Month and November 20 as National Adoption Day. This is the seventh consecutive year that Blunt and Klobuchar have led legislation to recognize National

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COVID-19 vaccination schedules

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JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reports 37.7 percent of Perry County residents are fully vaccinated. The Department reports 43.6 percent of the Ste. Genevieve County population is fully vaccinated. The statewide total of fully vaccinated individuals is at 57 percent of the state’s eligible population. The Perry County Health

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Gilster Mary Lee named MacLean Manufacturer of the Year

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SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Manufacturers’ Association has announced Gilster Mary Lee Corp’s selection as the recipient of the 2021 Barry L. MacLean Manufacturer of the Year to be presented at the IMA’s Annual Luncheon on December 3, 2021. The IMA’s annual award recognizes a company for its leadership in six core areas including Manufacturing Advocacy,

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Missouri Attorney General pleased OSHA is suspending enforcement of private employer vaccine mandate

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JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt Wednesday released the following statement after the Occupational Safety and Health Administration paused enforcement of their unlawful emergency temporary standard requiring vaccination or testing for private employers with 100 or more employees: “Earlier this month, I led a coalition in filing suit to halt OSHA’s unlawful vaccine mandate,

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Missouri releases October 2021 Monthly Jobs Report

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JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri non-farm payroll employment increased from September 2021 to October 2021, and the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased by one-tenth of a percentage point. Employment, seasonally adjusted, increased by 3,500 jobs over the month, with job gains in both goods-producing and service-providing industries. The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.7 percent

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More than a third of Missouri farmers are female

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SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Agriculture has historically been one of the most important industries in the U.S., but the sector has become less prominent over time. Farms have become more productive thanks to improved technology, which has changed farms’ needs for labor. Simultaneously, economic opportunities in more urbanized areas have grown at a much greater

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Nearly half of Missouri teens use a phone while driving

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SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Teen drivers are one of the highest-risk groups on the road. Young drivers are more likely to make mistakes from inexperience, get distracted by devices or other passengers, or engage in risky behaviors like speeding, not wearing a seatbelt, or drinking and driving. In recent decades, more states have implemented policy

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