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Chester Personnel and Insurance Committee meets Thursday

CHESTER – The Chester Personnel and Insurance Committee will have a special meeting at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the municipal building, 1330 Swanwick Street, Chester, Illinois.   The notice of the meeting and tentative agenda:   NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING   CITY OF CHESTER PERSONNEL & INSURANCE COMMITTEE   Notice is hereby given that the […]

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Board of Directors of the Community Center Foundation of Ste. Genevieve County issues statement

The Board of Directors of the Community Center Foundation of Ste. Genevieve County (hereinafter, the “Foundation”) is a Missouri nonprofit organization and 501(c)(3) corporation established in part to steward and administer the endowment of the Marjorie C. Bussen Revocable Trust. The Foundation affirms its commitment of carrying out the intent of Mrs. Bussen’s Three Million

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Bailey Zimmerman with Chandler Walters to perform at the 2026 Missouri State Fair

SEDALIA – Missouri State Fair concert ticket presale starts at 9 am, Tuesday, May 12 through Etix.com. Public on sale starts at 9 am, Tuesday, May 19 through Etix.com. All concert seats are reserved. Convenience charges apply to all tickets. Bailey Zimmerman Hailing from Louisville, Illinois, multi-platinum singer-songwriter Bailey Zimmerman is one of country music’s brightest stars,

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Congressional candidate calls for deportation of Mohamed Abdou

CAPE GIRARDEAU – A Republican candidate for the Eighth Congressional District in Missouri, Gordon Heslop, is urging the immediate deportation of a Canadian-Egyptian scholar: Mohamed Abdou.   Heslop notes that Abdou was a visiting scholar at Columbia University for the Spring 2024 semester. He was fired for his comments on the October 7 Hamas attack

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Driver Examination Stations to close statewide for May holidays

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri State Highway Patrol reminds the public that driver examination stations throughout the state will be closed on the following dates:   Friday, May 8, 2026, in observance of Harry S. Truman’s birthday.   Monday, May 25, 2026, in observance of Memorial Day. Normal operations will resume on Tuesday, May 26,

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Following Sen. Schmitt’s request, DOJ commits to ending all districts drawn based on race

U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, sent a letter to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon calling for both a full review of all pending redistricting litigation and an examination of all districts created due to prior misinterpretation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) in light of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Louisiana v.

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From teen years to menopause: Dairy supports women’s health

ST. LOUIS – May is Women’s Health Month — a time to highlight the important role nutrition plays in supporting women at every stage of life. From the teenage years through menopause and beyond, nutrient needs shift, but one thing remains consistent: Building and maintaining strong bones, muscles and overall health require a steady foundation

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House Minority Leader Tony McCombie responds to latest  redistricting fail

CHICAGO — A proposed state constitutional amendment on redistricting did not advance last week, timing out the potential for any redistricting question to appear on the ballot this fall   House Minority Leader Tony McCombie released the following statement in reaction:      “…the Democrats’ latest attempt to infringe on voter rights failed. The Democrat majority

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Illinois maintains high childhood vaccination rates, outpacing national trends

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois’s newly-updated School Vaccination Coverage Dashboard shows that coverage rates for all school-required childhood immunizations are holding steady compared to last year, and all but one of those immunizations is above the state’s 95% coverage goal to optimize prevention of infectious disease spread.   The dashboard is put together each year by the Illinois Department of

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