JEFFERSON CITY — Three persons were hurt, one seriously, in a traffic crash involving three tractor trailer rigs on I-55 in Ste. Genevieve County Thursday afternoon. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports 21-year-old Nya A. Fifer of St. Louis was taken to Mercy Hospital St. Louis by Air Evac helicopter for treatment of serious injuries; […]
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JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri’s fire service will hold two memorial services this weekend at the Fire Fighters Memorial of Missouri in Kingdom City to honor the state’s fallen firefighters On Saturday at 8 p.m., a candlelight vigil will be held for all Missouri firefighters who have died while serving their communities. On Sunday at 10:30
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JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Capitol Police learned this afternoon that scammers had begun manipulating Caller ID so phone calls appeared to be coming from Missouri Capitol Police. This is a scam known as “spoofing” and can be used to try to obtain personal information from you. Do not fall for this scam. More than two
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JEFFERSON CITY — Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, Thursday, announced the launch of the Missouri Bicentennial Photo Drive, celebrating 200 years of statehood. This effort is sponsored by the Missouri State Archives, a division within his office. Starting Oct. 4, 2021, and running through August 2022, the public is invited to submit up to seven images
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By Garrett Hawkins My sons farm thousands of acres, or at least that is what they say when they have their farm toys set up in our basement. They love to haul cattle, build fences and bale hay as they dream about the future. They are always in growth mode, eyeing Angus and Hereford cows
JEFFERSON CITY – Governor Mike Parson and Missouri State Fair Director Mark Wolfe announced yesterday that the 2021 Missouri State Fair welcomed 330,125 people through admission gates to celebrate agriculture in the Show-Me State. This following a youth livestock-only State Fair in 2020. “Agriculture is Missouri’s top economic driver, and the Missouri State Fair is an important time
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) released the following statement after voting against an increase in the debt limit: “Democrats walked the nation up to the brink of economic disaster with their refusal to act on the debt limit for the past several months. The agreement reached to averta default did two important things.
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JEFFERSON CITY — It’s always exciting to see wildlife like deer and coyote when driving through rural Missouri—until they decide to jump into the road in front of your car. The Missouri Department of Transportation reminds motorists to be prepared for the sudden appearance of wild animals on Missouri roadways during the cooler fall months.
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JEFFERSON CITY — Yesterday, the winners of the fourth drawing of the MO VIP were announced. At the time of this September 24 drawing, a total of 637,485 MO VIP entries were received. The MO VIP incentivizes vaccination for those who have not yet been vaccinated, as well as provides an opportunity for rewards for
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JEFFERSON CITY—Missouri State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick announced Wednesday that should proposals pass requiring financial institutions to turn over private citizens’ personal bank account information to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) if they exceed $600 of inflows or outflows from the account, he will not comply. “As Treasurer, I have an obligation to the nearly 200,000 MOST 529 and
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