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DC Crime Crisis

By Jason Smith, 8th District Congressman Over the last several years, major metropolitan cities in the United States have seen a troubling trend when it comes to public safety. Left-wing prosecutors have been elected to office on the platform of not prosecuting crime, turning some cities into havens for violence, drugs, and criminal activity. But

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2025-2026 Missouri Aeronautical Chart available

JEFFERSON CITY – The 2025-2026 Missouri Aeronautical Chart is now available to pilots and other aviation enthusiasts.   Produced every other year by the Missouri Department of Transportation, the chart is used as a planning tool for pilots and other Missouri aviation system users. It provides updated airport information, communication frequencies, a guide on airfield

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Chester School District No. 139 kicks off 2025-26 school year

Annual Breakfast and Teacher Hall of Fame Induction welcomes teachers, staff, and Hall of Fame Inductees including Larry Baldwin, John Birchler, and Linda Egge   By Jim Beers CHESTER – The Chester School District No. 139 school year got off to a great start Tuesday August 12 with the Annual Breakfast for all teachers, staff,

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DRA makes $2.5 million available for local development districts

CLARKSDALE, Miss. – The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) is making approximately $2.5 million in funding available for the 2025 LDD Community Support Pilot Program, a noncompetitive grant opportunity providing capacity-building and community support resources to Local Development Districts (LDDs) within the lower Mississippi River Delta and Alabama Black Belt regions.   Designed to enhance regional

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Four St. Louis area residents sentenced for fraud committed with checks stolen from the mail

U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Missouri ST. LOUIS – Four people, including a former U.S. Postal Service employee, have been sentenced for their role in a conspiracy that stole checks from the mail to commit bank fraud, U.S. Attorney Thomas C. Albus announced Tuesday.   The four defendants received sentences of between 12 and

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