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Find summer fun in southeastern Missouri state parks and historic sites

JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Missouri state parks and historic sites plan movies, concerts, cave tours and other fun-filled events for June.  Thursday, July 3 at 1:30 p.m. – ASL Tour of Onondaga Cave at Onondaga Cave State Park.Members of the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community are invited to enjoy a tour of the park’s namesake feature: Onondaga […]

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Area Missouri state parks, historic sites offer events for all ages

JEFFERSON CITY, MO, JUNE 20,  2025 – Vacationing in the St. Louis area this summer? Be sure to check out these free activities at area state parks and historic sites. Starting July 2 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. – Deeply Rooted: Stories of Missouri Farming at Felix Vallé House State Historic Site.This summer, Felix

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Able Flight, SIU Aviation offers the sky to student pilots with disabilities

by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — There are comparable skill sets that a trauma nurse and pilot must possess. Brandi Fields knows one and is quickly learning the other as one of five students in Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s 2025 Able Flight program hosted by SIU Aviation.     (Above) Able Flight student Brandi Fields

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West Nile Virus specimens confirmed in 17 Illinois counties

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is reminding the public that along with the start of summer, mosquito season is underway in Illinois. With this comes the risk of West Nile virus (WNV), which has been confirmed from environmental samples in 17 counties around the state so far this year. The reminder comes

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U.S. Supreme Court affirms Missouri’s right to protect children from gender mutilation

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has announced that, six months after Missouri became the first state to successfully defend one of these laws, the United States Supreme Court handed down a major victory to Missouri and other states seeking to protect children from irreversible gender transition procedures.   In United States v. Skrmetti,

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Perryville police reports

PERRYVILLE — The Perryville Police Department has released its latest arrest reports.   Danniel J. Stueve (age not provided) of Perryville was cited at 1:17 p.m. June 4th for allowing an animal to run at large in the 200 block of South Waters Street.   36-year-old Matthew Davis of Perryville was cited for theft by

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Perry County Coalition of Democrats & Progressives to meet

PERRYVILLE – The Perry County Coalition of Democrats & Progressives will meet Thursday June 26th at 6 p.m. at Huatulco Mexican Kitchen, 308 Perry Plaza in Perryville,     The Vice Chair of the Missouri Democratic Party, Yvonne Reeves-Chong will be speaking to the Democratic Central Committee meeting/happy hour.   Ms. Reeves-Chong will talk about

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MSHP reports arrest

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released its latest arrest reports.   36-year-old Erika Morton of Farmington was arrested Tuesday, June 17th in Ste. Genevieve County on patrol charges of five counts of first degree promoting video child pornography and five counts of possession of child pornography images.   She was being

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