STE, GENEVIEVE — The Ste. Genevieve Militia group held its fall encampment Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025 on the grounds of the Centre for French Colonial Life. Over 150 visitors, many of them families, toured the camp where they experienced the role of the militia, its equipment, and life in general during the colonial period. […]
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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Between 50 and 70 middle school and high school percussion students from throughout Southern Illinois will be at Southern Illinois University Carbondale on Wednesday, Oct. 15, as part of SIU Percussion Day. The workshops are from 9 a.m. to noon in Altgeld Hall, with a free, public
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by Kim Rendfeld CARBONDALE, Ill. – Girls and boys in grades 5-9 can have fun exploring careers in science, technology, engineering, math and more during the annual Expanding Your Horizons conference at Southern Illinois University Carbondale on Saturday, Nov. 1. An Expanding Your Horizons participant enjoys the Saffron Scientific Histology Services Lab with longtime workshop
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SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Municipal League (IML) announced Monday that 656 municipalities across Illinois – more than half of all municipalities in the state – have adopted an ordinance establishing a 1% local grocery sales tax to replace the statewide grocery tax when it expires on January 1, 2026. The statewide 1% grocery sales tax,
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance (DCI) issued a forceful bulletin to halt the practice of insurance companies cancelling or non-renewing policies for homeowners still grappling with recovery from the catastrophic spring 2025 storms. This action comes after the department became aware of a few companies terminating coverage for Missouri consumers actively working to complete
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BOSTON, Mass. — Average gasoline prices in Missouri have fallen 4.9 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.74/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 3,940 stations in Missouri. Prices in Missouri are 13.7 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 11.5 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The
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PARK HILLS – The Mineral Area College Board of Trustees will meet in work, executive and open sessions Thursday at the Fredericktown Outreach Center. A work session begins at 10 a.m., followed by an executive session. The open session begins at 11 a.m. The tentative agenda for the meeting: MAC BOARD AGENDA
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MISSOURI — Volunteers are preparing to collect Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts during National Collection Week, Nov. 17 – 24. Nearly 5,000 drop-off locations will open across the country in November, and shoebox packers can find their local drop-off locations in Missouri. Since 1993, Operation Christmas Child has been collecting and delivering gift-filled shoeboxes to children including
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SPRINGFIELD, IL — The Illinois Fraternal Order of Police Corrections Lodge 263 has lobbied for years and continues to stand firmly with legislators calling attention to the escalating crisis at Hill Correctional Center in Galesburg and across the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC). FOP Corrections Lodge President Scot Ward issued the following statement:
JEFFERSON CITY — Three St. Louis residents suffered moderate injuries in a traffic crash late Saturday night in Perry County, Mo. when their car was struck by a wrong-way driver on I-55 in Perry County, Mo.. The three: a 15-year-old boy, and two 18-year-old men were taken to Mercy Hospital Perry by ambulance.
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