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Red Cross offers ways to help keep loved ones safe and reduce your risk of a home fire

[MISSOURI, OCT. 5, 2026] — During Fire Prevention Week ─ October 4-10 ─ the American Red Cross of Missouri and Arkansas offers steps you can take to help prevent a fire in your home and keep your loved ones safe.   Across the country, the Red Cross responds to more than 60,000 disasters a year […]

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Wrapped in Hope Seeks to Make Christmas Brighter for Southeast Missouri Children and Families

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — While many families have access to Christmas assistance programs, others may not qualify or may simply fall through the gaps. This holiday season, the Community Counseling Center Foundation is working to ensure children receiving behavioral health services through Community Counseling Center, along with their siblings, experience the joy of Christmas through

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Regional Ozone Readings and Environmental Quality Committee

Typically we have an October Environmental Quality Committee meeting to close out the ozone season and discuss activities and concerns.  This year the Missouri Air Conservation Commission will be holding its fall meeting in Perryville on October 29, 2029.  With this, we have decided to not hold the RPC Environmental Committee meeting to allow everyone

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October Proclaimed as Pork Month in Missouri

(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.) – Today, on behalf of Governor Mike Kehoe, Missouri Director of Agriculture Chris Chinn proclaimed October as Pork Month in Missouri. Director Chinn presented the proclamation to Missouri Pork Association leadership during a ceremony at Hermann Wurst Haus in Hermann, Mo.   “Missouri is proud to be a leading producer of high-quality pork,

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Governor Kehoe, Missouri Department of Natural Resources Announce Release of Missouri State Energy Plan

JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Today, Governor Mike Kehoe and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MoDNR) released the newly developed Missouri State Energy Plan, following a meeting of the Missouri Advanced Nuclear Energy Task Force. Established by Executive Order 26-04, the Missouri Advanced Nuclear Energy Task Force is charged with evaluating and guiding the state’s

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Governor’s action provides harvest relief for Missouri farmers

(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.)–The Missouri Corn Growers Association appreciates Gov. Mike Kehoe’s action to help Missouri farmers manage rising fuel and transportation costs during harvest.   Gov. Kehoe signed Executive Order 26-19 today, declaring a State of Emergency and temporarily allowing farmers and haulers in commercial vehicles licensed for farm use to use red-dyed diesel for

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