IMPERIAL — The Lodges of the East Central District of the Missouri Elks Association is hosting a resource fair for veterans this month. The Veterans Health/Resource Fair will be held at the Meramec Arnold Elks Lodge No. 2372, 1515 Miller Road in Imperial Saturday, May 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The […]
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SPRINGFIELD – High school students may soon be required to learn about the dangers of fentanyl thanks to a measure sponsored by State Senator Laura Ellman. “The opioid epidemic has devastated our communities, leaving behind a trail of chaos,” said Ellman (D-Naperville). “The efforts to make our communities safer started with the circulation of naloxone
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SIKESTON – For the 13th year, Feeding America has published its landmark research study, Map the Meal Gap, which once again finds that food insecurity exists in all 3,143 counties and county equivalents as well as 436 congressional districts in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Map the Meal Gap is the only
JEFFERSON CITY – In the Missouri House, proposals that would help citizens with disabilities, those with low incomes, and new mothers on state assistance, are being given every chance to become law before the end of the session next week. The chamber has voted to add those pieces of legislation to several bills that are
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FARMERSVILLE – The Illinois State Police (ISP) is releasing five additional names of the seven people fatally injured in multiple crashes that occurred on May 1, 2023 at approximately 10:55 a.m. on both northbound and southbound Interstate 55 between mile markers 72 and 78 near Farmersville in Montgomery County. A total of 72 vehicles
JEFFERSON CITY – With the third piece of statutory legislation to reach the governor this year the legislature tries to bring more entertainment industry projects and the dollars that come with them to Missouri. House lawmakers have for years bemoaned the fact that major motion picture and television productions bypass the Show-Me State for
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SPRINGFIELD – Illinois State Representative Dave Severin (R-Benton) was appointed to serve as the House Republican chairman of the Literacy Improves Future Endeavors working group by Illinois House Republican Leader Tony McCombie back in February of this year. Since that time, Rep. Severin and his House GOP colleagues have met several times hearing from
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JEFFERSON CITY – Members of Missouri’s law enforcement community from across the state gathered today at the Missouri Law Enforcement Memorial to honor 11 fallen officers who paid the ultimate price for their service. The names of the officers – eight who died in 2022, one who died in 2021 and two recently confirmed historical
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ZELL – The St. Joseph Catholic Parish in Zell will conduct a Mother’s Day Crowning and Brunch May 14. According to a post on social media, the event marks the return of an old tradition but with a new focus. Parishioners and others are invited to gather at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church on
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JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released its latest arrest reports. Arrested were: 29-year-old Jasimen M. Williams of St. Louis at 1:10 p.m. May 5th in Ste. Genevieve County on a St. Charles County warrant for speeding. He was being held in the Ste. Genevieve County Jail pending the posting
