JEFFERSON CITY – Staff members at Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park invite the public to the annual Halloween Happenings event at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23. Participants are encouraged to dress as their favorite movie character, supernatural creature or in some other extravagant costume. This fun-filled night will include host games, interpretive tables, costume judging and […]
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SPRINGFIELD – Mayors from across the state have joined the Illinois Municipal League (IML) to urge the General Assembly to pass measures that promote the long-term success of all 1,296 cities, villages and towns in Illinois during the upcoming 2021 Fall Veto Session. Municipal leaders are backing several pieces of legislation that will protect local
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By St. Louis District Dairy Council ST. LOUIS — At St. Louis District Dairy Council, we take our responsibility as The Nutrition Education People seriously. We are proud to spread science-based knowledge to local communities and share the many health benefits that dairy foods offer. At times, we see myths and misconceptions lead to needless
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PARK HILLS — The Mineral Area College Board of Trustees will meet in executive and open sessions Thursday in the VanHerck Board Room on the Park Hills Campus. The executive session meets at 10 a.m. The open session begins at 11 a.m. The tentative agenda: MAC AGENDA
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HILLSBORO — The Jefferson College Environment and Safety committee and Jefferson County will partner with Midwest Recycling Center to host an electronics recycling event on Thursday, October 28, from 11 a.m.- 1 p.m. on the Hillsboro campus at the Yellow parking lot near the Veterans Memorial and Fine Arts building. The annual public service event
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JEFFERSON CITY — A 36-year-old Festus man was seriously injured this morning in a traffic crash on Route C in Ste. Genevieve County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports Donald J. Miller was airlifted to Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis by a Lifenet helicopter. The patrol says Miller was the operator of a westbound
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CAPE GIRARDEAU – The American Red Cross continues to experience an emergency blood and platelet shortage that has caused the blood supply to drop to the lowest post-summer level in at least six years. With less than a day’s supply of certain blood types in recent weeks, the Red Cross asks donors of all blood
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BOSTON, Mass. — Missouri gas prices have risen 7.9 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.94/g today, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 3,940 stations in Missouri. Gas prices in Missouri are 10.9 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand $1.10/g higher than a year ago. According to GasBuddy price reports, the
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has confirmed the first human West Nile virus-related death in Illinois for 2021. A Will County resident who first became ill in late August and tested positive for West Nile virus has died. “West Nile virus remains a risk until the first hard frost,” said IDPH
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JEFFERSON CITY, MO — Registration for Missouri’s Vaccine Incentive Program officially closed at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday with a total of 656,259 entries for the fifth and final MO VIP drawing that occurred Friday. The MO VIP has been incentivizing vaccination for those who had not yet been vaccinated, and it has also been providing an
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