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Rylee Hartwell elected vice president of Missouri School Boards’ Association
The Joplin Globe - Missouri
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Rylee Hartwell, a member and past president of the Joplin Schools Board of Education, has been elected vice president of the Missouri School Boards’ Association for the 2025-26 year. Hartwell was elected during a meeting of the MSBA Delegate...
'Jerilynn will never be forgotten': Missouri house fire leaves 13-year-old dead, 3 others injured
KHBS - Arkansas
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July 6, 2025
An early morning fire in Independence left one person dead and three others injured, including a firefighter, the Independence Fire Department said. Firefighters responded to the area of North Lake City Valley Road and East Bundschu Road around 5...
City to consider dissolution of cultural arts commission
News Tribune - Missouri
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July 5, 2025
The Jefferson City Council is being asked to dissolve a city commission. Holly Stitt, chairwoman of the Cultural Arts Commission, emailed Mayor Ron Fitzwater on June 13, recommending the dissolution or reassignment of the Cultural Arts Commission....
A Netflix film went inside a Missouri prison — and sparked a wave of quilting donations
St. Louis Public Radio - Missouri
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July 3, 2025
Missouri’s prison system announced last month that it was “overwhelmed” with donations of quilting supplies. The attention followed the May release of the Netflix documentary “The Quilters,” which follows the lives of several incarcerated men who...
Missouri man wins $50K Powerball prize using sentimental numbers
Show-Me State Times - Missouri
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June 27, 2025
A Missouri Lottery player recently secured a $50,000 prize by playing a combination of sentimental numbers in the June 14 Powerball drawing. The winning ticket matched four out of five white-ball numbers and the Powerball number. The numbers drawn...
JJ Bush, four-star linebacker, commits to Razorbacks over LSU, Missouri
Hit That Line - Arkansas
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July 3, 2025
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas landed a commitment Monday from JJ Bush, a four-star linebacker from Theodore, Ala., who chose Arkansas over SEC rivals LSU and Missouri, capping off a whirlwind of official visits. “It was great coming to...
Grant expands college prep for SPS students at Missouri State
Missouri State University
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July 3, 2025
A Queen City foundation is granting Springfield Public Schools students a chance to further their education next summer at Missouri State University. The Schneider Foundation awarded $36,000 to Missouri State’s TRIO Upward Bound program for the...
Sponsored Content: Catholic Charities of Southern Missouri Expands Services for Vulnerable Populations
Southeast Missourian
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Reaching Out, Providing Hope, Changing Lives. Six simple words, but a powerful mission driving the work of Catholic Charities of Southern Missouri (CCSOMO). The agency addresses local needs and bridges service gaps through five core programs. In...
A Stuckey's in rural Missouri sells biryani and halal food to meet a growing demand
KCUR - Missouri
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July 4, 2025
Stuckey's was once a must-stop store on a road trip. With more than 400 locations, the iconic stores were known for their candies and classic Southern pecan log rolls. But it is new menu items that are attracting a different generation of...
"Who wants to meet?": Sophie Cunningham keeps Fever celebration rolling into Missouri’s July 4 bash
Sportskeeda
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July 4, 2025
Sophie Cunningham is not done with the celebrating after winning the Commissioner Cup. The Indiana Fever star decided to extend the championship celebration to go with the 4th of July festivities. Cunningham was responding to her teammate and...
First look inside the Colonial Heights Rehab & Nursing Center since scandal
WWBT - Virginia
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July 17, 2025
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT)—The Colonial Heights Rehabilitation and Nursing Center (CHRNC) says it is now in good standing with the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) after being cited for multiple compliance violations in late 2024 and early 2025. 12...
Many Missouri laws restricting abortion blocked again by state judge
CBS News
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Jefferson City, Mo. — A Missouri judge blocked many of the state's abortion restrictions Thursday, reimposing a preliminary injunction against them just a little over a month after the state's highest court had lifted a previous hold. The order by...
K8 News Extreme Heat Survival Guide
KAIT 8 - Arkansas
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July 17, 2025
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - With temperatures expected to reach their highest levels so far this year, K8 News has compiled this guide to help you beat the heat and stay cool. K8 Meteorologist Micah Stevens said dangerously hot temperatures are...
Should PA legalize recreational marijuana? Some lawmakers think so
PhillyBurbs - Pennsylvania
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Marijuana is fully legal for medicinal or recreational purposes in 24 states in 2025, including five of the six states bordering Pennsylvania. Gov. Josh Shapiro and some state legislators say it’s time for Pennsylvania to catch up to its neighbors...
US Department of Labor awards $1M for disaster-relief jobs for Missouri residents affected by multiple severe storms
U.S. Department of Labor
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July 3, 2025
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today awarded $1 million in grant funding to support disaster-relief jobs for Missouri residents suffering from the aftermath of severe storms. Between March 14-15, 2025, Missouri experienced several...
Coming Up July 18 - 24
The Las Cruces Bulletin - New Mexico
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Bulletin report Friday, July 18 Southern NM N Scalers Model Railroad Club meets at the Southern NM Fairground and are open to the public the 3rd Saturday of every month from 11:00 AM- 1:00 PM. Enter through the far west gate. Contact Mike Fifer,...
Jury awards $500,000 to woman injured in bus accident
Missouri Lawyers Media
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July 17, 2025
Cole County jury awards $500K in church bus crash case Plaintiff suffered nasal damage, shoulder injury, and trauma Jury found bus driver fell asleep at the wheel Defense challenges verdict, seeks post-trial review A woman injured in a 2022 bus...
Public educators sue Missouri over $51 million allocation to private school voucher program
KOMU 8 - Missouri
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COLUMBIA — A Boone County educator has filed a lawsuit alongside a Jackson County teacher against the state over a $50 million appropriation in the 2025-26 state budget to support Missouri's private school voucher program. Rebeka McIntosh and...
U.S Labor Department awards $1M for Missouri storm recovery jobs
KOMU 8 - Missouri
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The U.S Department of Labor announced Thursday that it awarded $1 million in grant funding to support disaster-relief jobs for Missouri residents facing from the aftermath of severe storms. Between March 14-15 and March 30-April 8, severe storms,...
Lawsuit challenges ballot language for proposed Missouri abortion ban
My Ozarks Online - Missouri
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July 3, 2025
A fight over wording for a proposal to reverse the abortion rights amendment Missouri voters added to the state Constitution in November will look very much like a similar fight in 2023. The ACLU of Missouri filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Cole...