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Perryville woman named to Fall 2024 Dean’s List in U of A’s Fulbright College

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FAYETTEVILLE, AR– A student from Perryville has been named to the Fall 2024 Dean’s List in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Arkansas.   Bridgette Steele joins more than 1,100 additional Fulbright College students on the Fall 2024 Dean’s List. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must achieve at […]

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Nominate an Educator for Missouri Teacher of the Year

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JEFFERSON CITY –  Nominations are now being accepted for Regional Teacher of the Year, the first step in the process to become next year’s Missouri Teacher of the Year. Nominations are due by April 14, 2025, and are anonymous unless otherwise requested. Nominations can be made through the online Teacher of the Year nomination form here. “The

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Missouri job openings and labor turnover – November 2024

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KANSAS CITY – The Mountain-Plains Information Office of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics today released Missouri Job Openings and Labor Turnover – November 2024. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted these Missouri highlights:   Missouri had 186,000 job openings in November, compared to 193,000 job openings in October.   The job openings rate

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December 2024 Monthly Jobs Report

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JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri nonfarm payroll employment increased by 11,200 jobs in December 2024, and the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained at 3.7 percent. Private industry employment increased by 8,400 jobs and government employment increased by 2,800 jobs. Over the year, there was an increase of 84,700 jobs from December 2023 to December 2024, and

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Cape County’s newly-elected coroner, Craig Williams, will speak at Guardians of Liberty meeting

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CAPE GIRARDEAU – Craig Williams, a fifth-generation funeral professional and licensed funeral director, embalmer and crematory operator who has lived in Cape Girardeau County for the past six years will speak at the February meeting of the Guardians of Liberty in Southeast Missouri.   Williams has a mortuary science degree from Forest Park in St.

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Ste. Genevieve Board of Aldermen votes to proceed with possible  leasing of land to MAC for new tech outreach facility

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STE. GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve Board of Aldermen last night approved on a 7-0-1 vote a resolution which indicates the city’s interest in leasing land along Progress Parkway to Mineral Area College for construction of an educational facility to be known as MAC Tech Outreach.   The positive vote allows MAC to seek a

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Weather impact: Give Red Cross blood or platelets now

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CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO — The American Red Cross encourages donors to give blood or platelets now to help protect the blood supply from the ongoing impact of severe winter weather and wildfires. Donors of all blood types – particularly type O negative blood donors and those giving platelets – are needed to help save lives

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U.S. Rep. Krishnamoorthi to discuss public service at SIU Simmons Law School Lesar Lecture

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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois will discuss his time in Congress and a few of his signature legislative achievements when he presents the Hiram H. Lesar Distinguished Lecture on Monday, Jan. 27, at Southern Illinois University’s Simmons Law School. Krishnamoorthi’s free, public presentation “Life in Public Service and Governance: Peoria

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