SIKESTON – Hunger is rising across Southeast Missouri, according to new Feeding America data showing nearly 69,210 people, about 1 in 5 Southeast Missourians, experienced food insecurity in 2024, a significant increase from just one year earlier when 63,790 individuals faced hunger. More than 20,680 children, or more than 1 in 4 children, are now […]
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CAPE GIRARDEAU – As food and other costs continue to rise, many families in Southeast Missouri cannot afford basic school supplies for their students. To help each student begin the year with dignity, United Way of Southeast Missouri hosts an annual school supply drive, Stuff the Bus, intentionally held each year during Missouri’s tax-free weekend.
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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
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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REYNOLDS COUNTY, Mo. – Congressman Jason Smith (MO-08) toured flood damage across Reynolds County today, including at Valley Springs Youth Ranch and Black River Baptist Church. On July 9 and 10, Reynolds County saw as much as 12 inches of rain in a three-hour time frame, causing extensive damage to homes, farms, and community buildings across
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ST. LOUIS — For only the second time in history, the American Red Cross has declared a national blood crisis — and patients may already be feeling the impact. Donors are asked to act immediately to help save lives. Blood donations have fallen to a four-year summer low, worsening this season’s emergency blood shortage. All blood
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CHESTER – The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office has released its latest report of arrests. Arrested were: Travis R. Trail 47, Steeleville, arrested July 20, 2026 by Steeleville Police for Driving while license revoked and no proof of insurance. Pretrial Release. Kylie M. Hicks 18, Chester, arrested July 23, 2026 by Randolph County Sheriff’s
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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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JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released its latest report of arrests. Among those listed as arrested: 47-year-old Jamie W. Casteel of French Village at 3:47 p.m. Sunday in Ste. Genevieve County on a patrol charge of driving while intoxicated. He was released.
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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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