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The Ken Page Awards announce open registration for the 2025-2026 school year

ST. LOUIS – The Fabulous Fox, The Muny and Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the first season as the newly renamed The Ken Page Awards, formerly known as the St. Louis High School Musical Theatre Awards (SLHSMTA).     Last year, 52 high schools across […]

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SIU’s THRIVE event on Sept. 17 focuses on mental health, suicide prevention

by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois University Carbondale will host an entertaining, informative event focusing on wellness, mental health and suicide prevention on Sept. 17. Wellness and Health Promotion Services is sponsoring THRIVE from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Student Services Building Pavilion, and while the focus is especially on students, everyone is

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SGCMH welcomes pediatrician Dr. Kristina Assaf

STE. GENEVIEVE – Ste. Genevieve County Memorial Hospital (SGCMH) Medical Staff is proud to welcome Kristina Assaf, DO, to its esteemed medical team. A pediatrician with a deep passion for children’s health, Dr. Assaf will begin seeing patients at the Family Health Care office at Bloomsdale Medical Centre.     Dr. Assaf has long known

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MoDOT extends weight allowance for truckloads of aggregate used in flood relief and levee repair

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Transportation has announced another extension of an allowance for heavier-than-normal truckloads of rock, sand and gravel on Missouri highways for flood relief, levees and other public infrastructure flood repair. The waiver allows private and for-hire motor carriers to haul up to 10% more than their licensed weight, axle weight,

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Mo Attorney General’s Office attorneys honored with prestigious Appellate Advocacy Awards

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has congratulated two attorneys from his Office, Andrew Crane and Renee Suddy, on receiving the Missouri Bar Foundation’s David J. Dixon Appellate Advocacy Award. This honor recognizes exceptional achievement in appellate practice by young lawyers whose work strengthens Missouri’s legal system. “Andrew Crane’s and Renee Suddy’s dedication

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Local Civil War historians will hear from award winning illustrator, cartoonist

STE. GENEVIEVE – The Lt. Col J. Felix St. James Camp #326 Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War will present “Stepping over the line: Ulysses S. Grant and the art of political cartooning”.     The speaker will be Dan Martin; award-winning illustrator, cartoonist, and designer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. (Dan also

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ISP experiences 10th Move Over Law-Related crash of 2025

DWIGHT – Illinois State Police (ISP) officers investigated a traffic crash that occurred on I-55 southbound at milepost 217 in Livingston County involving an ISP Trooper. The Trooper was handling a previous crash when their squad car was struck by a driver who failed to move over.   On September 2, 2025, at approximately 2:45 a.m.,

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Illinois Republican Primary for 2026 governor wide open

SPRINGFIELD – The Republican primary for Governor of Illinois in 2026 is wide open, according to the latest edition of The Illinois Poll, with ‘undecided receiving a wide majority from respondents to the poll.   The poll, taken before 2022 GOP Governor nominee Aaron Bailey publicly stated his potential interest in running again, shows plenty

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