JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Yesterday, on behalf of dairy farmers throughout the state, Governor Mike Parson proclaimed June to be Dairy Month in Missouri. First Lady Teresa Parson presented the proclamation on behalf of the Governor at Swan Creek Holsteins, a multi-generation dairy farm in Cole County. Missouri Director of Agriculture Chris Chinn and members […]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Fisheries management biologists with the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) confirm a second northern snakehead has been recorded in the state. The fish was captured by an angler May 19 while seining for bait at Duck Creek Conservation Area in Wayne County. The first northern snakehead recorded in Missouri was caught in
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STE. GENEVIEVE – The latest Missouri drought map shows worsening drought conditions in Ste. Genevieve County. The previous drought map indicated Ste. Genevieve County to be abnormally dry. This week’s drought map shows the northwestern half of the county is in a moderate drought. The extreme drought region in Missouri has expanded in
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – State Budget Director Dan Haug announced Wednesday that net general revenue collections for May 2023 declined (10.5) percent compared to those for May 2022, from $1.78 billion last year to $1.59 billion this year. Net general revenue collections for 2023 fiscal year-to-date increased 5.3 percent compared to May 2022, from $11.41 billion
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JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released its latest reports. Among those listed as arrested: 23-year-old Jacob G. Goode of De Soto at 7:55 a.m. Thursday in Ste. Genevieve County on a Perry County warrant for failing to appear on a charge of speeding. He was being held in the
PERRYVILLE – The Perry County School District No. 32 held a work session recently.
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CHICAGO – The Early Childhood Access Consortium for Equity (ECACE) is pleased to share that the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) has opened the 2023-24 application for the ECACE Scholarship, now with expanded eligibility for those pursuing or interested in pursuing a credential or degree in early childhood education. The scholarship will now be
by Tim Crosby CARBONDALE, Ill. – Karen Jones, a longtime faculty member and administrator at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, has been appointed associate dean and director of the Graduate School. Jones will focus on enhancing communication within the graduate school among graduate students and programs, strengthening international recruitment efforts and identifying technologies to reduce paperwork
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STE. GENEVIEVE — Residents of Missouri and Illinois can observe hazy skies overhead, as the smoke from Canadian wildfires drift south into the USA. The view from Radio Station KSGM in Ste. Genevieve is fairly normal for this time of year.(Photo by Don Pritchard) Conditions are much much worse in the Northeast, where smoke
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PERRYVILLE — The May ozone readings are in and it looks like the smoke from the Canadian wildfires have bumped up local ozone readings. According to the latest report received from the Southeast Missouri Regional Planning Commission the averages this past month were 51 ppb in Bonne Terre and 53 ppb at Farrar. The report
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