A red, white and blue bus emblazoned with the words “Back Off Our Benefits” made a left turn at the corner of Washington and Columbia streets Wednesday afternoon and pulled up just short of Congressman Jason Smith’s Farmington office.
Gov. Jay Nixon has announced the appointment of Joseph L. Goff Jr. as an associate circuit judge for St. Francois County.
Gov. Jay Nixon has announced the appointment of Joseph L. Goff Jr. as an associate circuit judge for St. Francois County.
Governor Jay Nixon recently vetoed Senate Bill 841, a legislation that would have prevented minors younger than 18 from purchasing the electronic cigarettes while also exempting the nicotine products from other tobacco sales restrictions.
DESLOGE – State Senator Gary Romine, R-Farmington, told Desloge Chamber of Commerce investors Tuesday that despite 70 percent of Missourians not supporting the Affordable Health Care Act upcoming Senate hearings regarding its implementation offers “the greatest opportunity to reform the stat…
JEFFERSON CITY — Senator Kevin Engler, R-Farmington, has been appointed chairman of the Senate Committee on Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — If wrestling with a variety of spellings for write-in candidate Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s name isn’t enough, officials counting ballots in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race are also dealing with such oddball entries as “Donald Duck,” “Elmo” and “Revolt.”
WASHINGTON (AP) — Near the midpoint of his presidency, Barack Obama’s diverse voter coalition reveals giant cracks and he faces major work repairing his standing among independents in states crucial to his re-election chances.
The U.S. still faces a significant gap in residential broadband use that breaks down along incomes, education levels and other socio-economic factors, even as subscriptions among American households overall grew sevenfold from 2001 to 2009.
PARK HILLS — Mineral Area College’s Fourth Friday Club Luncheon will take a field trip in August, as it heads to Black River Electric Cooperative in Fredericktown. State Rep. Shelley Keeney, R-156th, will speak at the Fourth Friday luncheon on Aug. 27.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up a long-running legal fight over a cross honoring World War I soldiers that has stood for 75 years on public land in a remote part of California.
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The state has collected more than 73,000 survey responses that reflect details such as who is substitute teaching in Missouri public schools, what they’re paid and where they work. The data, released Wednesday by the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, may not offer a clear reason why some school districts struggle to recruit […]
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As smoke from Canadian wildfires caused the most hazardous air conditions on record in the Washington, D.C., area on Thursday, members of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee said that Congress should lift federal firefighter pay and encourage logging to reduce the risk of future blazes. “Smoke from the wildfires burning right now […]
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CIUDAD JUÁREZ – It was well before dawn Sunday morning, when Olga Maldonado, her nieces Yulisa, Marcela Maldonado and Kevin Hernandez and the children, ages 3 to 10-years old, rose to prepare for their asylum meeting with the U.S. Customs and Border Protections. “Nervous, but excited,” was how Olga described her feelings, slipping on plain […]
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Inside pension bills with provisions to encourage retired teachers to return to the classroom and protect the finances of the Missouri Sheriffs Retirement System are provisions that could boost the incomes of Gov. Mike Parson, Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe and at least three legislators. But the idea’s biggest legislative proponents, who actually don’t stand to […]
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Customized support to help each resident live life to the fullest. This is only one reason why Cedarhurst of Farmington won Best Assisted Living Community in the 2023 Best of the Parkland contest.
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On May 3, Kevin Vance Stacy, 53, of Mineral Point, was charged in Washington County with six counts of felony child endangerment, one count of felony unlawful use of a weapon, one count of felony armed criminal action, 10 counts of misdemeanor assault, 10 counts of misdemeanor peace disturba…
Michael S. Andrus, 37, of Iron County, has been charged in three separate cases with weapons violations and motor vehicle violations.
A Viburnum woman is scheduled to appear in court Thursday in Iron County on charges of child abuse and endangerment.
Marion Leon Keenan III, 30, was charged with the murder of 77-year-old Frank G. Browers on April 27. According to a criminal complaint filed by Iron County prosecuting Attorney Brian Parker, Keenan is charged with one count of murder in the first degree and one count of armed criminal action.
FARMINGTON, Mo. — If you were building a pair of foster parents in the lab, you could do a lot worse than Ayla Chadbourne and Elizabeth Hartmann.
Wesley Bell joins Lucas Kunce in the August 2024 Democratic primary. The nominee will face U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley.
The issue of aggressive dogs at large was the main topic during the May 22 meeting of the Fredericktown Board of Aldermen.
On Monday, State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick announced an audit will be conducted on the City of Desloge Municipal Court following concerns raised about possible fraud. The decision came in response to a submission made through the Whistleblower Hotline website, which raised questions about fu…