ST. LOUIS, Mo.—ICL Group, a leading global specialty minerals company, announced today that its planned expansion into the North American battery materials market will be built in north St. Louis City. The company is investing approximately half a billion dollars and creating more than 150 jobs to build a large-scale commercial production plant that […]
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ST. LOUIS – Mercy is proving high quality care that aims to keep patients healthy and out of the hospital is an effective way to save money for everyone involved in the health care industry. Newly released results from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ranks Mercy No. 6 nationally in quality among
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St. LOUIS, MO — In 2024, climate crisis mounted an overwhelming toll on people in Missouri and the U.S., who relied on the American Red Cross for relief and care as they faced the country’s second-highest number of billion-dollar disasters ever recorded. This year’s 24 major climate and weather events — each with losses exceeding $1
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Mercy’s Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing and Health Sciences is welcoming its first class of Win From Within students. These students are all co-workers at Mercy Southeast who receive tuition assistance from Mercy. Win From Within students work at Mercy Hospital Southeast as patient care associates, nurse technicians or
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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) has named southeast Missouri native Ty Garrison as the new Conservation Agent for Cape Girardeau County. Garrison previously served as one of the St. Francois County Conservation Agents since 2023. Garrison graduated high school from Malden in 2017 and received a bachelor’s degree in agribusiness from
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CAPE GIRARDEAU – A woman from Dunklin County, Missouri on Wednesday admitted acting as a money mule in the theft of $565,000 from a Bank of America account. Sheri L. Reeves, 55, of Kennett, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau to one count of aiding and abetting bank fraud, one count
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From a news release from the Freedom From Religion Foundation MADISON, WI – In response to a Freedom From Religion Foundation letter, the Bolivar R-1 School District in Missouri won’t impose prayer on its staff during official meetings. A concerned employee informed the national state/church watchdog that official prayer started the district’s Aug. 13 all-staff assembly. A
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CAPE GIRARDEAU – A 39-year-old former Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper was indicted Tuesday and accused of unlawfully searching women’s cell phones during traffic stops to find nude pictures. David McKnight was indicted by a grand jury in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau with one count of destroying records in a federal
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ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig on Wednesday sentenced a man who admitted possessing child pornography and participating in online discussions about the rape of children to 75 months in prison. Stephen E.R. Marez, 32, of St. Francois County, was also ordered to pay $9,000 in restitution. Marez pleaded guilty
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CAPE GIRARDEAU – U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. on Tuesday sentenced a 40-year-old southeast Missouri man to 179 months in prison for receiving and possessing child sexual abuse material. Justin Wade Welker was caught after the FBI office in Detroit learned that two people were discussing engaging in sex acts with a minor
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