Regional News

Red Cross deploys responders to Florida for Hurricane Ian

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — American Red Cross responders from across the Missouri and Arkansas Region are answering the call to help those impacted by disaster.  Dedicated American Red Cross workers are arriving in Florida ahead of Hurricane Ian to prepare to provide critical help as Ian gets closer to landfall. Other Missouri and Arkansas teams

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Eastern Missouri Girl Scouts ‘Go Bright Ahead’ and build entrepreneurial skills

ST. LOUIS — Beginning this past Saturday, September 24, eastern Missouri Girl Scouts launched their Treats & Reads Program businesses. Girl Scouts started marketing their business by going door-to-door and promoting their online sites, offering customers an opportunity to fund extraordinary experiences by purchasing magazine subscriptions, candy and nuts.   Through the Treats & Reads

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MDC Cape Nature Center to host native plant sale Oct. 1

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Planting native plants and wildflowers isn’t just a spring activity! Fall is also a great time to landscape with native plants, and you can learn how Oct. 1 from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.  at the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center.“Vendors on-site that day will include Missouri

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Doe Run seeks to extend mine in Reynolds, Shannon Counties

MILWAUKEE, Wis. – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Northeastern States District, in coordination with the USDA Forest Service, is seeking public input on a Draft Environmental Assessment evaluating the potential impacts proposed by three lease modifications at the Doe Run Company’s existing mine in southeastern Missouri.  The BLM is lead agency for the Draft

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Red Cross Deploys Volunteers to Puerto Rico and Alaska

CAPE GIRARDEAU — From Hurricane Fiona to Typhoon Merbok, and wildfires across the West Coast, American Red Cross volunteers from across the Missouri and Arkansas Region continue to answer the call.  Dedicated American Red Cross workers have been providing critical aid to wildfire evacuees and are now assisting those in Puerto Rico and Alaska.  

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Annual Catholic Appeal raises more than $16.8 million

ST. LOUIS – The Most Reverend Mitchell T. Rozanski, Archbishop of St. Louis, has announced results of the 2022 Annual Catholic Appeal (ACA), the Archdiocese of St. Louis’ largest annual fundraising campaign.   Nearly 37,000 households across the archdiocese gave just over $16.8 million to the 2022 Appeal. Estate gifts and anticipated corporate matching gifts

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Competition will feature 69 high school marching bands at The Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis next month

ST. LOUIS  – High school performers will bring live music to The Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis on Friday, Oct. 14 and Saturday, Oct. 15 as marching bands from throughout Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Texas compete in the 2022 Bands of America St. Louis Super Regional

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Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois’ United We Lead gala a tremendous success

GLEN CARBON, Illinois – Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois held their annual United We Lead Gala on Saturday, September 10 in O’Fallon, Illinois. The event was a tremendous success, raising nearly $120,000 for the organization.   The United We Lead Gala, themed The Girl Scout Difference this year, brings together a wide range of people

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