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Driver examination stations close statewide for Juneteenth

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri State Highway Patrol would like to remind the public that driver examination stations throughout the state will be closed on the following date:   Monday, June 19, 2023, in observance of Juneteenth. Normal operations will resume on Tuesday, June 20, 2023.   Too many people die in traffic crashes each […]

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Former nurse at Ste. Genevieve County Memorial Hospital named to Missouri Commission on Human Rights

JEFFERSON CITY – On Friday, Governor Mike Parson announced the appointment of former Ste. Genevieve County Memorial Hospital Nurse Brittney Southworth, of Farmington, to the Missouri Commission on Human Rights.   Southworth currently serves as a Registered Nurse at BJC-Parkland Health Center in Farmington, working as a House Supervisor, Charge Nurse, and in the acute

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IDPH reports first mosquito batches of 2023 to test positive for West Nile Virus

CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has confirmed the first three batches of mosquitoes to test positive for West Nile virus in Illinois in 2023, both in Cook County.   The North Shore Mosquito Abatement District collected a positive batch of mosquitoes in Evanston on May 30 and the Northwest Mosquito Abatement

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