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

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

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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New fire protection district will be on the April ballot

STE. GENEVIEVE – At a recent court hearing, Circuit Judge Timothy Inman granted approval for the Ste. Genevieve Fire Protection District to be placed on the ballot Tuesday, April 8th, 2025. Voters will be asked to incorporate the Ste. Genevieve Fire Protection District with a tax rate of $0.30 per $100 assessed valuation on all

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Man who defrauded investors in sports betting fund sentenced to 48 months in prison

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Wednesday sentenced a man who stole $650,000 from investors in a sports betting fund to 48 months in prison and ordered him to repay the money. Elijah A. Goshert, 48, defrauded investors in the “Magellan Sports Fund” from at least Feb. 1, 2017, through Nov.

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MAC Tech Outreach is a great opportunity for Ste. Genevieve

By Joe Steiger, Ste. Genevieve Alderman STE GENEVIEVE — This opportunity with Mineral Area College is truly that, a great opportunity. We started this idea with re-purposing the Pettus Ford property, but after we showed MAC the facility, they just didnt feel like it was the right fit for what they wanted to do in

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Hawley, Luján reintroduce RECA to give nuclear radiation victims compensation

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), along with Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) reintroduced the Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act to compensate Americans exposed to radiation by government nuclear programs.  Senator Hawley’s reintroduction comes as new reporting indicates the radioactive waste in St. Louis is more widespread than previously thought.  The

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Three local residents named to University of Mississippi Fall 2024 Chancellor’s Honor Roll

UNIVERSITY, MS — The University of Mississippi announced students named to the Fall 2024 Honor Roll lists. The following local students were named to the Chancellor’s Honor Roll, which is reserved for students who earn a semester GPA of 3.75-4.00:   Emma Christine, of Bloomsdale, MO, in the B.S. in Integrated Mktg. Communications program.  

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Hawley demands insurance companies answer for ‘morally obscene’ disaster claim denials

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday Missouri Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to insurance companies regarding reports that claims related to Hurricane Helene are being denied after Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton devastated American communities. In his letter, the Senator calls on them to publicly testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Disaster Management—which Senator Hawley chairs—and

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