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Perry County School District No. 32 Board of Education meets Thursday

PERRYVILLE  – The Perry County School District No. 32 Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday in Room 105 of the Old Senior High School.   The tentative agenda:   PERRY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 32 Board of Education Special Meeting Open Session Agenda Thursday, August 24, 2023 Old Senior High School, Room […]

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NHTSA and local law enforcement remind drivers: Drive sober or get pulled over

KANSAS CITY  — The Labor Day holiday period, including the end of summertime and the holiday weekend, is a busy time on our nation’s roadways. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Regions 7, which includes Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, is partnering with the National Park Service (NPS) and

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Minutes of closed R-II school board meeting released

STE. GENEVIEVE – The draft minutes of the executive (closed) meeting of the Ste. Genevieve County School District R-II Board of Education held Wednesday, August 16, 2023 have been released.   DRAFT STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY R-II SCHOOL DISTRICT Board of Education Special Executive (Closed) Meeting Wednesday, August 16, 2023 Minutes of the Meeting Generated by

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Drought Eases in Illinois

CHAMMPAIGN, Ill. – The 2023 drought has been the most extensive and intense in Illinois in the last 10 years. In mid-July, two-thirds of the state was in at least moderate drought, which caused significant impacts to crops, ecology, streams and rivers, and lake levels. Fortunately, most of the state has been considerably wetter since

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CHS welcomes students to 2023-24 school year

Series of ‘back-to-school’ preparation sessions help prepare students for successful year BY JIM BEERS, Contributing Writer ​CHESTER – School is back in session for the 2023-24 school year and Chester High School Principal, Jeremy Blechle, and all CHS Staff engaged students in several “back-to-school” preparation activities on the first two days of the new year

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Attorney General Bailey, agriculture groups invite John Kerry to Missouri to learn about agriculture

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his office joined forces with statewide agriculture groups to invite Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry to Missouri after his recent comments demanding the United States scale back its agriculture industry for its “high emissions.” The agriculture groups joining the letter include Missouri Farm

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University of Missouri System provides update on MOVEit data breach involving outside university vendors

COLUMBIA, Mo. — The University of Missouri System was notified recently of a potential data breach involving MOVEit, a file transfer software used to share large files between organizations. The MOVEit breach was reported by national media outlets and involves thousands of organizations worldwide. Since the initial announcement, in addition to notifying federal law enforcement,

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