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October declared “Let’s Talk Month” in Missouri
For Immediate Release: Oct. 8, 2025 Media Contact: Lisa Cox Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Media Inquiry Form JEFFERSON CITY, MO -- Governor Mike Kehoe has officially proclaimed October as “Let’s Talk Month” in Missouri,...
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October declared “Let’s Talk Month” in Missouri
For Immediate Release: Oct. 8, 2025 Media Contact: Lisa Cox Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Media Inquiry Form JEFFERSON CITY, MO -- Governor Mike Kehoe has officially proclaimed October as “Let’s Talk Month” in Missouri,...
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Varro’s Biosensors Included in $40M ARPA-H Team Proposal Led by Virginia Tech and Washington University in St. Louis
Varro to Receive up to $7.2M to Advance Real-Time Aerosolized Pathogen Detection Technology ST. LOUIS, MO, UNITED STATES, October 20, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Varro Life Sciences, Inc., a biotechnology company developing devices that disrupt...
Missouri River Equipment LLC Launches Nationwide Heavy Equipment Sales and Delivery
Sales and delivery of construction and agricultural machinery now available to customers in all 50 U.S. states through Missouri River Equipment LLC. WAGNER, SD, UNITED STATES, October 1, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Missouri River Equipment LLC, a...
Celebrate Missouri’s conservation heritage with MDC Oct. 18 in Boone County
Body COLUMBIA, Mo. – Have you ever wondered about the history of conservation in Missouri? Do you want to know how our ancestors lived off the land? Join the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) at a Nature Conservation Heritage Day at the...
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Pathway to Peace: USS Missouri’s World War II Experience Opens on 80th Anniversary of WWII’s End
New interactive exhibition honors WWII Sailors of the Mighty Mo and commemorates the Japanese surrender ceremony held aboard the ship on September 2, 1945 PEARL HARBOR, HI, UNITED STATES, October 7, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The USS Missouri...
Missouri Attorney General’s Office Secures Commitment of Sexually Violent Predator in Benton County
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) Unit has secured the civil commitment of Goy Hamilton following a successful bench trial in Benton County, Missouri. The...
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Missouri Leadership Academy Graduates New State Leaders Focused on Enhancing Citizen Services
JEFFERSON CITY, MO - The State of Missouri yesterday celebrated the graduation of Classes 14 and 15 from the Missouri Leadership Academy, an innovative program that brings together emerging leaders from across all executive departments to build...
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Missouri Leadership Academy Graduates New State Leaders Focused on Enhancing Citizen Services
JEFFERSON CITY, MO - The State of Missouri yesterday celebrated the graduation of Classes 14 and 15 from the Missouri Leadership Academy, an innovative program that brings together emerging leaders from across all executive departments to build...
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Missouri Woman Sentenced in Scheme to Fraudulently Foreclose on Graceland
Memphis, TN – Lisa Jeannie Findley, 54, of Kimberling City, Missouri, was sentenced to serve 57 months in federal prison related to her unsuccessful scheme to defraud Elvis Presley’s family of millions of dollars and steal the family’s ownership...
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Governor Kehoe awards Missouri Public Safety Medals to first responders and civilians for heroic actions in 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 23, 2025 Governor Kehoe awards Missouri Public Safety Medals to first responders and civilians for heroic actions in 2024 18 law enforcement officers, 11 members of the fire service, 2 corrections officers, 1 court...
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Governor Kehoe Announces Nearly $10 Million in State Grants Awarded to Missouri Blue Shield Communities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 02, 2025 Governor Kehoe Announces Nearly $10 Million in State Grants Awarded to Missouri Blue Shield Communities Communities that joined Governor Kehoe’s crime-fighting initiative earned up to $50,000 each in funding...
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Toll Brothers Announces Groundbreaking at Regency at Sienna Community in Missouri City, Texas
MISSOURI CITY, Texas, Sept. 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Toll Brothers, Inc. (NYSE: TOL), the nation’s leading builder of luxury homes, announced the highly anticipated groundbreaking at its newest Houston-area luxury home community for active...
MDC hosts several hunter education skills sessions in central Missouri in October
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) invites the public to finish their hunter education certification in central Missouri this October. This training session is the final step to becoming hunter education certified, and...
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MDC hosts several hunter education skills sessions in northeastern Missouri in October
KIRKSVILLE, Mo. -- The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) invites the public to finish their hunter education certification in northeastern Missouri this October. This training session is the final step to becoming hunter education...
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Justice Department Sues Missouri Housing Authority for Sexual Harassment of Public Housing Applicant by Former Executive Director
The Justice Department announced today that it filed a lawsuit against Eddie Joe Hankins and the Housing Authority of the City of Bloomfield, Missouri, for sexually harassing a female housing applicant in violation of the Fair Housing Act. Hankins...
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James River Church Eagerly Prepares to Host the 2025 Designed for Life Conference in Springfield, Missouri
SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Sept. 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In less than a month, from October 9-11, James River Church will welcome world-renowned speakers and a community of women to its South Campus in Ozark, MO, for the 2025 Designed for Life Women’s...
U.S. Presidential Scholars Program Honors Three Missouri Seniors
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo — Three Missouri high school seniors were selected as members of the 61st class of U.S. Presidential Scholars along with 158 additional students from across the country. The president recognized the outstanding students listed...
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Join MDC for deer management open houses in northeastern Missouri
Body KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – Enjoy hunting deer or watching them? Want help managing private land for deer? Want to know more about the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) efforts to keep deer healthy? MDC invites deer hunters, landowners and...
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DESE Announces Kimberly Sixta as the 2026 Missouri Teacher of the Year
Kansas City, Mo— Kimberly Sixta, a Social Studies teacher at Ruskin High School in the Hickman Mills C-1 School District, was selected by a committee of her peers and education partners across the state as the 2026 Missouri Teacher of the Year....
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