Next week, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services will launch a new campaign identifying the leading causes of death in the state. The campaign is designed to educate Missourians about the risk factors associated with the leading causes of death, answer commonly asked questions, and to help empower the public to make positive…
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A sprawling storm has hit the South with high winds and tornado warnings that blew roofs off homes, flipped over campers and tossed about furniture in Florida. Another storm brought cities across the Midwest to a standstill with more than half of foot of snow. as it heads to the…
The Missouri Department of Transportation is moving ahead with a major project to improve highway safety in the St.Louis region. Following a Highways and Transportation meeting this week in Jefferson City ,West Contracting Company has been awarded the contract for the St.Louis Safety Improvements Project, a $52 million dollar effort to improve STL County roads,…
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Biden administration grapples with an increasingly tense and unstable situation in the Middle East, Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to the region this weekend for the fourth time in three months on a tour expected to focus largely on easing resurgent fears that the Israel-Hamas war could erupt…
Missouri Governor Mike Parson has issued an executive order regarding foreign-owned agricultural land in the state. At a press conference on Tuesday, Parson said concerns about individuals and businesses from certain countries, especially China, owning MO farm land , prompted this order that now bans companies from China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, and Venezuela…
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is starting 2024 with a slump and giving back some of its powerful gains from the year before. The S&P 500 was 1% lower Tuesday. The Dow was down 95 points, and the Nasdaq composite was 2.2% lower. Some of last year’s biggest winners were weighing on the market,…
An update to the Smoke Free Illinois Act is just one of several new laws benefiting public health that goes into effect on Monday. E-cigarette use will no longer be permitted in indoor spaces, or within 15 feet of a public entrance to a building beginning January 1st. The IL Dept. Of Public Health points out…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is walking back an answer she gave to a voter about the reason for the Civil War that didn’t include a mention of slavery. Haley was asked Wednesday at a town hall in Berlin, New Hampshire, what she believed had caused the war. The former South…
The St.Louis Board of Election Commissioners wants the public to know that the recent theft of Ipads used at polling places is being addressed. On Nov. 21st the Election Board’s warehouse space on North Tucker was broken into ,and 37 Ipads used to check voters at polling places on election day were stolen. A just-released statement…
Christmas is over, but giving season for nonprofits is just starting to peak. The end of the calendar year is when nonprofits make appeals far and wide to attract donors. And because of holiday traditions or, for some, tax advantages, donors themselves think about giving now. Only 11% of Americans itemize their taxes, which allows…