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15th Harry S. Truman Conference commemorates 70th anniversary of U.S.-Korea Alliance

COLUMBIA, Mo. — The University of Missouri and its Korean Alumni Association are proud to announce the 15th Harry S. Truman Conference, scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 24. This year’s conference commemorates the 70th anniversary of the U.S.-Korea Alliance and will be held in Memorial Union on the MU campus.   The conference highlights the historical ties between

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$10 million program to provide air purifiers to improve air quality in day care centers

CHICAGO – Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced today that the state is offering more than 20,000 HEPA (High Efficiency Particulate Air) purifiers at no cost to Day Care Centers in Illinois to help reduce the transmission of respiratory viruses, including COVID-19. To receive air purifiers, plus a three-year

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Site in Jackson added to Native Gardens of Excellence Program

COLUMBIA, Mo. —The Grow Native! Native Gardens of Excellence program has inducted the Taylor Twins Memorial Garden, located at 201 West Main Street in the Uptown district of Jackson, Missouri, next to the historic Frizel-Welling House.   Along with four more newly inducted sites, this garden joins 20 other sites in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, and

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Will County deputy receives FOP award for action that averted potential harm to school children

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Will County Sheriff’s Deputy David Frederick has received an award from the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) State Lodge for his quick thinking and actions that averted potential harm to area school children who were on a field trip.     Left to right: Will County Chief Deputy David Adams, Deputy

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Illinois State Police report arrest suspect on weapons and drug charges

METROPOLIS – Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) officials have announced the arrest of 38-year-old Mitra S. Tyson of Metropolis, Ill., on charges of felony Unlawful Use of a Weapon, felony Armed Violence, felony Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Deliver, felony Possession of Ecstasy with Intent to Deliver, felony Possession of

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To keep people from texting and driving, remind them of the deadly consequences – and the choice they have to change their behavior

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Citing the grim statistics alone should be enough to convince people to stop texting and driving.   More than eight people are killed and 1,161 are injured each day in crashes reported to involve a distracted driver, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Drivers in their 20s make

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House and Senate Independent Bipartisan Citizens Commissions elect officers, schedule public hearing dates

JEFFERSON CITY – The House and Senate Independent Bipartisan Citizens Commissions this announced this week, that by a unanimous vote, Marc Ellinger has been elected as chair of the Senate Commission, and Jerry Hunter has been elected as chair of the House Commission. Also by a unanimous vote, Susan Montee has been elected as Vice-Chair of

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