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IDPH releases carbon monoxide surveillance report

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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has issued its first-ever carbon monoxide surveillance report, detailing all known unintentional carbon monoxide (CO) exposures in the state from 2019-2023. Data from the report will help state and local officials work on targeted public information and education efforts and other interventions to help Illinoisans avoid emergency room […]

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Application deadline approaches for first-ever statewide retail challenge scholarship competition

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SPRINGFIELD – With just a few weeks left to apply, the Illinois Retail Merchants Association (IRMA) is reminding high school seniors across the state to submit their entries for the Illinois Retail Challenge Scholarship Competition by March 30 to qualify for scholarships of up to $60,000.   The first competition of its kind in Illinois, the scholarship challenge

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Welcome spring at MDC’s Cape Girardeau Nature Center this March

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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Shake off the winter blues with the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC). MDC staff at the Cape Girardeau Nature Center will host many events this March, including:   Nature Center at Night – Marvelous Morels March 6 from 5-7:30 p.m.: Learn how to identify true morels versus their look-alikes and discover the habitats

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Two Perryville residents are hurt in Iron County motorcycle crash

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JEFFERSON CITY – Two 68-year-old Perryville residents were hurt in a motorcycle crash on Mo 221 in Iron County Saturday afternoon.   The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the male operator of the 2012 Harley Davidson had moderate injuries and a female passenger had minor injuries. The man was taken to Mercy-South, St. Louis by

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Ste. Genevieve County Farmers’ Market to hold organizational meeting

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STE. GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve County Farmers’ Market will have an organizational meeting to plan the upcoming season.   The meeting will be held Saturday, March 14 at 10 a.m. in the meeting room of the YMCA (community center.)   Current members and those interested in joining are invited and encouraged to attend.

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Perry County District 32 Central Office to return to campus

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PERRYVILLE – The Perry County District 32 Central Administrative Office is moving back to campus nearly a year after being displaced during the March 2025 tornado.    Central Office is transitioning into the lower level of the Perryville Primary Center with public access at the rear of the building between the playgrounds. The office will

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MSHP arrest reports

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JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released its latest arrest reports.   19-year-old Shyanne J. Eakins of Jackson was charged with minor visibly intoxicated with a blood alcohol content more than .02 percent, first offense Sunday morning at 9:37 a.m. in Perry County. She was released.   35-year-old Morgan H. Wright of

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