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Treasurer Fitzpatrick leads MOSERS board to take back voting power and protect retiree investments

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – At the last meeting of the Missouri State Employees’ Retirement System (MOSERS) Board of Trustees, Missouri State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick led an effort to protect Missouri State Employee retirement funds from being used by activist investment managers to advance left-wing social and political causes which are harmful to shareholders and violate […]

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Governor Parson signs House Bill 2005, expanding property rights protections in Missouri 

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Saturday night, during the Missouri Cattlemen’s Association’s annual Steak Fry Dinner, Governor Mike Parson signed House Bill (HB) 2005 into law. HB 2005 expands protections under the law for Missouri’s farm and ranch families in certain eminent domain proceedings.     “We are happy to join the Missouri Cattlemen’s Association, farmers, and ranchers

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Missouri State Highway Patrol commissions six commercial vehicle officers

JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri State Highway Patrol Superintendent Colonel Eric T. Olson announces six commercial vehicle officers graduated from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy Friday, June 3, 2022. The ceremony took place at 10 a.m. at General Headquarters. The 13th Commercial Vehicle Officers Class reported to the Academy on January 3, 2022, to begin the

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SIU’s Industry Day helps businesses expand through sales to government entities

by Christi MathisCARBONDALE, Ill. — Businesses that are interested in expanding their market opportunities by selling to local, state and federal governments will want to check out the Industry Day event coming to Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Dunn-Richmond Economic Development Center next week.The university’s Illinois Procurement Technical Assistance Center is hosting the free government and corporate contracting

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Several River Region students named to State Tech (Mo) Dean’s List

LINN, Mo. – State Technical College of Missouri has named several River Region residents who attend the college to its spring semester dean’s list. Altenburg, Mo.Matthew Mueller Percy, Ill.Hunter Smith Perryville, MoDevan BangertKiya BartonJacob GremaudJay JanninNoah KieferRhylan KirnCameron Layton Prairie Du Rocher, Ill.Ellie Suhre Red Bud, Ill.William Whelan Sainte Genevieve, Mo.Mathew HuckKaleb Staffen Steeleville, Ill.Harrison

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EPA selects recipients for $21.7 million in technical assistance grants to support clean, safe water for rural communities 

LENEXA, Kan. – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its selection of technical assistance providers to receive $21.7 million in grant funding to support drinking water and wastewater systems that serve small and rural communities. This technical assistance funding builds on the agency’s recent announcement of $68 million in available funding for technical assistance

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St. Vincent Catholic School announces American Legion Essay and Poster contest winners

PERRYVILLE – St. Vincent Catholic Schools in Perryville have announced the winners of the American Legion Essay Contest and Americanism Poppy Poster Contest.     Austin Unterreiner (third from left) came in first in Class II in the essay contest.   Adeline Carlton (fourth from left) won the Class II division poster contest.

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Linda Jeanne Layton

A funeral will be held Wednesday, May 18, 2022 for 74-year-old Linda Jeanne Layton of Perryville, Missouri who passed away Friday, May 13, 2022 at Independence Care Center in Perryville. She was born April 13, 1948 in Trenton, NJ to Walter L. and Merl Jean (Markham) Black, who both preceded her in death. She married

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