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Department of Public Safety highlights 2024 accomplishments to advance public safety in Missouri

JEFFERSON CITY – In 2024, the Missouri Department of Public Safety team continued to innovate to deliver improved programs and services in a changing public safety environment. As always, DPS’s exceptional team members worked closely with our public safety partners to respond to evolving needs, always driven by our commitment to serving Missourians with integrity. […]

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Kaitlyn Chung of Sparta is among Belmont University’s Fall 2024 Dean’s List scholars

NASHVILLE, TN — Kaitlyn Chung of Sparta was named among the students who qualified for Belmont University’s fall 2024 Dean’s List. Belmont University recently released the Dean’s List for the fall 2024 semester. Approximately 53% of the University’s 7,175 undergraduate students qualified for the fall 2024 Dean’s List. “Earning a place on the Dean’s List

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DAISY awards presented at Memorial Hospital

CHESTER – On December 18, 2024, Memorial Hospital of Chester held a DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses recognition ceremony.     DAISY Award Nominees. L-R: Susan Diddlebock, Paige Gendron, Ashley Schroeder, Dylan Dungan, and Kim Fedderke. (Not pictured, are Kaity Smith and Rebekah Brueggemann.)   The DAISY Foundation was established in 1999 by the family

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Southeast Announces Fall 2024 Dean’s List

Cape Girardeau, Mo. — The following students have been named to the fall 2024 Dean’s List at Southeast Missouri State University. Haertling, Alli of Altenburg, MO Haertling, Jackson of Altenburg, MO Hefner, Dori of Altenburg, MO Schmidt, Ethan of Altenburg, MO Schuessler, Brooke of Altenburg, MO Anderson, Jessica of Bloomsdale, MO Kemper, Lana of Bloomsdale,

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January Women’s Connection theme-‘UpliftingThe Homeless’

FARMINGTON – The January 14 Women’s Connection Brunch will be held at the Farmington Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall at 403 W. Columbia St. from 9:15-11 a.m.   Debra Carter, Manager of the Uplift Shelter in Farmington will be our Special Feature and will share how breakfast items such as granola bars, pop tarts, coffee,tea, sugar,

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Court strikes down Missouri’s total abortion ban, criminal provisions, several medically unnecessary restrictions

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A circuit court judge struck down Missouri’s total abortion ban and most medically unnecessary restrictions including bans based on gestational time, the use of telemedicine for medication abortion, and burdensome State-mandated waiting periods and biased counseling requirements. These anti-abortion restrictions were enjoined because a majority of Missouri voters passed Amendment 3 in

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Illinois unemployment rate stable, payrolls slightly down in November

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced today that nonfarm payrolls were down -3,400 while the unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.3 percent in November, based on preliminary data provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), and released by IDES. The October monthly change in payrolls was revised from the preliminary

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Chester Grade School Elementary Christmas Program is huge success!

Grades 1-4 entertain and fill hearts with Christmas spirit By Jim Beers CHESTER – Students in grades 1-4 at Chester Grade School entertained a very large crowd Thursday December 12 at the 2024 CGS Elementary Christmas Program. The event was hosted at Chester High School’s Colbert Memorial Gymnasium on Rocky Bridges Court. Sue Colonel, CGS

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