STE. GENEVIEVE – Fifty Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) workers, Eagle Scouts, cavers with Meramec Valley Grotto (MVG), and community members recently joined forces with Missouri Stream Team (MST) to remove 3.5 tons of garbage from a sinkhole cave in Ste. Genevieve County. MST is a working partnership of citizens who are concerned about Missouri …
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LENEXA, Kan. – BNSF Railway Corporation has agreed to pay $1,513,750 to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), BNSF released approximately 117,500 gallons of heavy crude oil when one of its freight trains derailed outside of Doon, Iowa, in June 2018, resulting in discharges …
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CHESTER – The Chester City Council will meet in regular session at 6 p.m. Monday in the Municipal Building, 1330 Swanwick Street. The meeting is open to the public. The tentative agenda: CHESTER, ILLINOIS CITY COUNCIL AGENDA December 20, 2021 CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE READING OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING …
HERCULANEUM – Key stakeholders behind the efforts to launch innovative Container-on-Vessel (COV) service to the Midwest Friday announced that Hawtex Development Corporation is signing on as the lead developer for a new COV port facility in Jefferson County, to be developed in collaboration with Fred Weber/Riverview Commerce Park LLC and integrating a 300+ acre adjacent …
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SPRINGFIELD – Republican Governor Candidate Gary Rabine released the following statement regarding Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s repeal of the Parental Notification Law. “Today, in yet another blow to parental rights, JB Pritzker repealed the parental notification law requiring parents be informed when their child seeks an abortion. Your underage kid can’t get an aspirin at school …
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By Jason Smith, member of Congress “And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.” – Luke 2:10 For many of you, the Christmas season is a time when life slows down. It gives us a chance to reflect and be …
JEFFERSON CITY — The number of new COVID-19 cases in Missouri rose by nearly five percent between December 10th and 12th according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Service. The seven day total of confirmed and probable cases was 18,589 for the week ending December 14. That is a 4.6 percent increase over …
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) continues to partner with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, the University of Missouri – Columbia, wastewater operators, and others to monitor COVID-19 trends by testing wastewater in communities throughout the state. In February 2021, this team began testing wastewater samples to look …
JEFFERSON CITY– Last week, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt opened up the email inbox illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov to hear from parents about school districts that are continuing to enforce mask mandates and quarantine orders despite the recent Cole County ruling. Since then, the Attorney General’s Office has received 7,500 emails to that inbox, a majority of which …
PERRYVILLE – The Perryville Board of Aldermen will meet in regular session Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the city hall board room. The meeting is open to the public. The tentative agenda: https://www.cityofperryville.com/AgendaCenter/City-Administrator-Agenda-Notes-11/ The most recent meeting minutes available: https://www.cityofperryville.com/AgendaCenter
