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Two River Region residents named to University of Mississippi  Spring 2025 Chancellor’s Honor Roll

UNIVERSITY, Miss. — The University of Mississippi announced students named to the Spring 2025 Honor Roll lists. Two students from the River Region have been named to the list: Marissa Cooper, of Perryville majoring in Integrated Marketing Communications, was named to the Chancellor’s Honor Roll, which is reserved for students who earn a semester GPA of […]

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Two persons hurt when pick up runs off PCR 806 and overturns

JEFFERSON CITY — Two 19-year-old Perryville residents were hurt in a traffic crash early Saturday morning on Perry County Road 806.   The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports a 19-year-old female suffered serious injuries and was taken to St. Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau and a 19-year-old male suffered minor injuries and was taken to

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Tall fescue adds to heat stress in cattle

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Cattle rid their bodies of heat in three ways: radiation, convection and evaporation. “If your cattle can’t use all three methods, they’ll overheat fast,” says University of Missouri Extension state beef nutrition specialist Eric Bailey. Summer heat knocks weight off calves and pounds off milk, Bailey says. Losses come in the form of less

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Steeleville, Ill. resident named to Mississippi State University’s spring 2025 Deans’ List

MISSISSIPPI STATE, Miss. – A student from  Steeleville, IL, has been named to the Mississippi State University spring 2025 Deans’ List. To be named to the Deans’ List, Gillian Valleroy achieved a grade-point average between 3.5 and 3.79, based on a 4.0 scale, while completing at least 12 semester hours of coursework with no incomplete

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SBA amends disaster declaration: Missouri low interest loans now available in Ste. Genevieve County

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – In response to an amended Presidential public assistance declaration, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the availability of low interest federal disaster loans to private nonprofit organizations (PNP) in Ste. Genevieve County affected by severe winter storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding occurring March 30-April 8. These low-interest federal disaster loans are available

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River Region students earn degrees from CMU

FAYETTE, Mo. — Central Methodist University celebrated its Spring 2025 commencement on May 10 in Puckett Fieldhouse on the Fayette campus. CMU alumnus Laurence Tucker ’69 gave the commencement address as a packed house of family, friends, faculty, staff, and other guests celebrated the graduates. Students were recognized for earning degrees at the master’s, bachelor’s,

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