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Chester City Council meets tonight

CHESTER – The Chester City Council will meet today at 6 p.m.   The meeting will be held in the Municipal Building at 1330 Swanwick Street.   The meeting is open to the public.   The tentative agenda:   CHESTER, ILLINOIS CITY COUNCIL AGENDA December 2, 2024             I.            CALL TO ORDER                                                       […]

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R-II school board chooses Ainsley McLard as John T. Belcher Scholarship nominee

STE. GENEVIEVE – A senior at Ste. Genevieve High School has been named the R-II district’s nominee for the John T. Belcher Scholarship. Ainsley McClard can now apply for a $1,000 scholarship, which is awarded to a student in each of the MSBA’s 17 regions. Following the selection of regional winners, a statewide winner is

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Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reporting due soon for entities

POTOSI, MO – In 2020, Congress passed the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) which requires non-exempt companies to report information about their companies and their beneficial owners to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) starting in 2024. In 2024, millions of small businesses, including LLCs, corporations and limited partnerships are required to file beneficial ownership information

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Registered sex offender pleads guilty to possessing child pornography

CAPE GIRARDEAU – The United States Attorney’s Office announced that Thomas O. Stroud, Jr., age 43, of Wappapello, Missouri, has pled guilty to the offense of Possession of Child Pornography.   Stroud appeared for his guilty plea hearing Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024 before United States District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr. at the federal courthouse

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Attorney General Bailey successfully drives child mutilation out of Missouri once and for all

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Just a week before the United States Supreme Court is slated to hear a case on a similar issue, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey landed a huge win following a two-week trial to defend a state law banning child mutilation.   “The Court has left Missouri’s law banning child mutilation in

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Zonta Club of Cape Girardeau launches 16 days of activism: ‘Zonta says NO to violence against women’

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO – The Zonta Club of Cape Girardeau is proud to join the global movement in raising awareness and taking action to end violence against women.   This year’s 16 Days of Activism, under the banner “Zonta Says NO to Violence Against Women,” runs from November 25th, the International Day for the Elimination

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Ste. Genevieve Area and Parkland Team set new records for Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes

STE. GENEVIEVE – The First Baptist Church in New Offenburg would like to thank all the individuals and groups that made Operation Christmas Child a success this year:   Always Glowing Candles and Crafts Bloomsdale Baptist Church First Baptist Church of Ste. Genevieve Holy Cross Lutheran Church Hope Church Lebanon Baptist Church Pine Log Sacred

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Southern Missouri Reentry to launch state-of-the-art federal reentry program

FARMINGTON, MO — Southern Missouri Reentry (SMR) has been selected by the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to provide reentry services for individuals reintegrating into their communities after federal incarceration. SMR will serve 12 counties in the region: Ste. Genevieve, Perry, St. Francois, Cape Girardeau, Iron, Reynolds, Shannon, Carter, Ripley, Wayne, Bollinger, and Madison.

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