AREA NEWS

Patrol Reports On 15-Mile Trooper Operation Colonel James F. Keathley, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces a special enforcement project took place over the Labor Day holiday weekend 2008, which coincided with Operation CARE and the You Drink and Drive You Lose campaign. In an effort to promote safety and reduce traffic crashes…

 Missouri’s Minimum Wage Projected to Increase by 6.1 Percent on Jan. 1, 2009 Hourly Wage to Increase from $6.65 to $7.05 per Hour JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Missouri’s Minimum Wage Law, adopted by Missourians in 2007, requires the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DOLIR) Director to, on Sept. 30 of each year, make…

State health department urges Missourians to get cholesterol checkedLess means more when it comes to your cholesterol and your health Less cholesterol in your blood means you’re more likely to live a long and healthy life.Officials with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services are reminding residents that high cholesterol can lead to heart…

 MISSOURI FLOOD BUYOUTS SAVE LIVES, HEARTACHE AND MONEY “One who knows the Mississippi will promptly aver—not aloud but to himself—that ten thousand River Commissions with the minds of the world at their back, cannot tame that lawless stream, cannot curb or confine it, cannot say to it, “Go here’ or Go there,’ and make it…

 Groundbreaking child protection laws taking effect today (8/28) providing more safeguards for Missouri children from Internet sexual predators and child pornographers make Missouri one of the nation’s

 U.S. News & World Report Lists Truman as No. 1 Public University-Master’s Category KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – Truman State University has been recognized, once again, as the No. 1 Public University in the Midwest Region–Master’s Category by U.S. News & World Report’s 2009 edition of “America’s Best Colleges.” Truman has received this No. 1 recognition for…

Culver-Stockton moves up again in “Best in Midwest” rankings CANTON, Mo. – Culver-Stockton College moved up another notch to earn the 36th spot in the top 50 list of Best Baccalaureate Colleges in the Midwest in the 2009 edition of “America’s Best Colleges” by U.S. News & World Report. C-SC has been ranked in the…

 Horse Shown at State Fair Tested Positive for Rabies Officials with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services are notifying people who attended the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia of a confirmed case of rabies in a horse stabled and shown on the grounds during this event. While there is little likelihood any visitor…

 MISSOURI’S NEWEST ETHANOL PLANT HOSTS GRAND OPENING (CARROLLTON, Mo.)–Over 600 people were in attendance Saturday as Show Me Ethanol, LLC celebrated the grand opening of Missouri’s newest ethanol plant in Carrollton, Mo. Members of the Missouri Corn Growers Association (MCGA) as well as state and community leaders participated in the open house and ribbon cutting…