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Missouri man sentenced to prison for threatening Social Security Administration employees

CAPE GIRARDEAU – A man who threatened employees of the Social Security Administration twice in 2025 was sentenced Tuesday to a year and a day in prison.   After his release from prison, Timothy Wells Stevens, 57, will be on supervised release for two years.   On Oct. 1, 2025, Stevens was told in a phone […]

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MU weed science team seeks ways to reduce soil weed seed bank

COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri Extension’s weed science team is working on ways to understand and eradicate the millions of weed seed buried in every acre of U.S. cropland, especially seeds of highly invasive, herbicide-resistant weeds like waterhemp and Palmer amaranth.     Only 5%-10% of these buried seeds germinate and emerge each year,

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PSC requests public comment on utility assistance programs

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) is requesting public comment from Missourians who have personal experience with receiving assistance as part of investor-owned utility assistance programs.   Investor-owned utilities with assistance programs in Missouri include Ameren Missouri, Evergy Missouri Metro, Evergy Missouri West, Spire, Missouri American Water, Liberty Utilities and Summit

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Missouri Air Conservation Commission will hold public hearing

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Air Conservation Commission will hold a public hearing Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, beginning at 9 a.m. at the Burr Oak Woods Conservation Area, Oak and Acorn Meeting Rooms, 1401 Northwest Park Road in Blue Springs. The commission will hear testimony related to the following proposed action:  Missouri State Implementation Plan

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Memorial Hospital hosts student through Illinois AHEC Program

CHESTER – Memorial Hospital recently welcomed Caroline Arnold, a recent Millikin University graduate and aspiring physician, as part of the Illinois Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Rural Health Experience (RHE) Program. The program introduces healthcare students to the opportunities and rewards of practicing in rural communities.     Caroline Arnold with Dr. Orme, D.O.  

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Information on 1985 Dent County death sought

JEFFERSON CITY – Criminal investigators with the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control (DDCC) are seeking the public’s assistance regarding the suspicious death of William “Bill” Sundermeyer, 68, of Rolla, MO.   The death was initially investigated in 1985, and the case has remained unsolved. Sundermeyer’s family have recently offered a

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