CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Volunteers are the backbone of the American Red Cross. Their daily support and hard work embody the organization’s lifesaving mission to help people in need. The Red Cross of Missouri and Arkansas is proud to announce Susan Jett as the recipient of the Volunteer of the Year award and Anna Bender […]
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PERRYVILLE — The Perryville Police Department has released its latest reports. 31-year-old Toby A. Sykes of Chester was arrested for driving while revoked or suspended at 10:07 p.m. July 17 on Perryville Boulevard near St. Joseph Street. 39-year-old James A Riley of Farmington was arrested for driving while revoked or suspended at 9:29
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CHESTER – NAMI Family-to-Family is an 8-week family education program designed to foster learning, healing, and empowerment among family members and close friends of individuals with serious brain disorders (mental illnesses). These include major depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, OCD, anxiety disorders and post traumatic stress disorder. There is no cost for this course
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JEFFERSON CITY — The federal REAL ID enforcement deadline of May 7, 2025 is less than a year away and the Missouri Department of Revenue (DOR) is making it even easier for Missourians to apply for their REAL ID-compliant driver license or nondriver ID card. After that deadline, every air traveler 18 years of age
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) Office of Law Enforcement is seeking applicants for the position of conservation police officer trainee. Conservation police officers enforce state laws intended to protect Illinois’ natural and recreational resources. They are vested with full state-wide police authority and are trained to the highest standards for law
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JEFFERSON CITY, MO – The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) is soliciting public comment on the proposed Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Special Supplemental Nutrition Program Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2025 State Plan, which covers the period of October 1, 2024 – September 30, 2025. The State Plan describes the state agency’s objectives
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ATLANTA, Ga. == Many respiratory virus illnesses peak during the winter due to environmental conditions and human behaviors. COVID-19 has peaks in the winter and also at other times of the year, including the summer. This is driven in part by new variants and decreasing immunity from previous infections
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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Discover nature in August with Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center’s free programs! Nature Center at Night: Birds of the Confluence | 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 2 at Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center | Registration not required. Join photographer Paul Moffett in exploring the birds
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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — The American Red Cross urges donors to give blood or platelets now to reinforce the blood supply as much as possible before the summer winds down. Type O blood donors and those giving platelets are especially needed to help keep hospital shelves stocked through August. Donors remain critically needed to
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. –Missouri Director of Agriculture Chris Chinn has declared a Crisis Exemption through Section 18 of the EPA’s Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). MDA received EPA concurrence for the crisis declaration, allowing the use of Intrepid 2F® Insecticide to mitigate armyworms in Missouri rice. The Crisis Exemption went into effect July
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