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Chief Justice addresses Missouri Bar, Judicial Conference

ST. LOUIS. — Missouri Chief Justice Mary R. Russell delivered the opening luncheon address of the joint annual meeting of The Missouri Bar and the Judicial Conference of Missouri in St. Louis:   Thank you, President-Elect Dreyer, and good afternoon to all of you! I am honored to be here celebrating the 80th anniversary of […]

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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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Southeast Missouri man sentenced to 25 years in prison for one fatal, one nonfatal shooting

CAPE GIRARDEAU – U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark on Friday sentenced a man responsible for one fatal and one non-fatal shooting in Hayti, Missouri in 2023 to 25 years in prison.   Eugene Winters, 44, of Hayti, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau in November to one count of being a

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Former Missouri prison employee indicted on drug charges

ST. LOUIS –A former employee of a Missouri state prison appeared in U.S. District Court Friday to answer drug charges.   Steven M. Reminger, 53, was indicted September 12 on three felony charges: conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances, attempt to possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances

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