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Hope and Healing suicide understanding program to be presented

FENTON – The Southern Vicariate Office of the St. Louis Archdiocese of the Catholic Church will be hosting a workshop with a panel of experts to speak on prevention, safety, therapeutic accompaniment, and end-of-life moral issues, including church teaching on suicide Thursday, Sept 26 from 6:30-8 p.m. at Sacred Heart parish in Ozora.   All

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Authorities see an alarming rise in threats to schools

Editor’s note: FBI St. Louis, which covers Eastern Missouri, hosted a news conference Friday with more than a dozen federal and local law enforcement partners. If you are able to use it, the U.S. Attorney’s Office just posted the entire news conference on its facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/USAO.EDMO   ST. LOUIS – Schools in the St.

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MDC Little River Conservation Area temporarily closed Sept. 19 through 21 due to construction

KENNETT, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) Little River Conservation Area (CA) in Dunklin and Pemiscot counties will be temporarily closed Sept. 19 – 21 due to continued access road bridge construction. “The contractors will be removing all components of the temporary access road and replacing the borrowed soil east of the bridge,” said

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‘Hope and Healing’ program on suicide to be presented at Sacred Heart, Ozora

FENTON – The Southern Vicariate Office of the Archdiocese is continuing our series on suicide. We are hosting a workshop with a panel of experts to speak on prevention, safety, therapeutic accompaniment, and end-of-life moral issues, including church teaching on suicide.  The first workshop is on Thursday, Sept 26 from 6:30-8 p.m. at Sacred Heart

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MDC, MPFC, and partners invite landowners and others to Prescribed Burn Association interest meeting Sept. 24 in Festus

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Want to use prescribed fire to manage property? Want to gain experience using prescribed fire? A Prescribed Burn Association (PBA) may be the answer. Through their neighbor-helping-neighbor function, PBAs can help provide equipment, experience, training, and people power for prescribed burns.     The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is joining with

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Felon caught with 215 guns sentenced to 72 months in prison

CAPE GIRARDEAU – U.S. District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig on Tuesday sentenced a convicted felon caught buying and selling guns to 72 months in prison.   Shawn Dennis Stockard’s sentence consists of 54 months on one count of unlawful interstate transportation of firearms and a consecutive 18 months on a charge of possession with intent

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American Red Cross partners with St. Louis County Office of Emergency Management for Preparedness Event

ST. LOUIS, MO – In honor of September being National Preparedness Month, the American Red Cross is teaming up with the St. Louis County Office of Emergency Management and other public safety agencies for a Plan, Prepare, and Protectevent. The event will be hosted by the Northside Seventh Day Adventist Church, 9001 Lucas and Hunt

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