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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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. – Commencement ceremonies for fall 2021 graduates at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are set to return to Banterra Center on Dec. 11. In an effort to keep graduates and their guests safe, two separate ceremonies – broken down by colleges and schools – are planned. Commencement will be compliant with
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JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS) has begun receiving notification forms from licensed-exempt residential care facilities and applications for background checks from licensed and licensed-exempt residential care facilities and child placing agencies in response to House Bill (HB) 557. On July 14, Governor Mike Parson signed into law HB 557 to
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JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri Lottery players won more than $90.5 million in total prizes in September – this includes winning Draw Games tickets sold and winning Scratchers tickets claimed during the month. A Lotto player in Rock Hill won a $5.9 million jackpot on Sept. 1, becoming the largest jackpot winner of 2021 so far.
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JEFFERSON CITY – On Friday, Governor Mike Parson ordered U.S. and Missouri flags be flown at half-staff at all government buildings in Linn County on Saturday, October 9, 2021, from sunrise to sunset in honor of WWII Navy Sailor George Merton Gooch. “We lower the flags to say thank you to U.S. Navy Sailor George Gooch
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