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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson backing Kalena Bruce in crowded 4th District GOP primary

3 years 3 months ago

SEDALIA – Gov. Mike Parson waded into the crowded 4th Congressional District Republican primary Monday, citing long-time family friendship and past political support for backing Kalena Bruce. Bruce, an accountant and cattle farmer from Stockton, is making her first bid for public office, and the help from Parson will boost her profile in the seven-candidate […]

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Rudi Keller

The elephant in the room is destroying family farms, rural communities and our democracy | Opinion

3 years 3 months ago

I love farming and have been doing it all my life, but I told my kids not to come back to the farm, because there’s no future in it. That’s the sad truth. Over the last year on Capitol Hill, there have been multiple hearings and bills and even an executive order to address what […]

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Darvin Bentlage

Woman shot in chest in Walnut Park East neighborhood

3 years 3 months ago
ST. LOUIS - A woman was shot in the chest multiple times Tuesday morning in north St. Louis The shooting happened at approximately 4:23 a.m. in the 5000 block of Davison in the Walnut Park East neighborhood. When first responders arrived at the scene, the woman was not conscious and not breathing. The identity of [...]
Mike Border

Coastal cities are already sinking

3 years 3 months ago
New satellite data shows that in many coastal cities around the world, land is subsiding even faster than sea level is rising.
Michael Allen

Anna Maria von Phul: Year by Year

3 years 3 months ago
Anna Maria von Phul was the earliest known woman artist working in what was then called the Missouri Territory. Born in Philadelphia and raised largely in Kentucky, she spent her last half-decade in and around St. Louis. Her artwork illustrates life in the Missouri Territory during the 1810s and 1820s, including the people, culture, architecture, …
Brittany Krewson

Godfrey Advises Motorists To Pre-Plan For Temporary Detour On Wednesday On Wenzel Road

3 years 3 months ago
GODFREY - Godfrey Public Safety Administrator Chris Sichra is advising motorists to pre-plan for a temporary detour this week starting at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, on Wenzel Road. Following a previous delay so that a utility company could complete another project at the same location on Wenzel last month, Godfrey Public Works has rescheduled the culvert project and will be closing Wenzel Road to “thru traffic” at Roach Road and at Seiler Road beginning Wednesday morning, 6/8/22 (for tree removal) then will close again Thursday 6/9/22 to begin the actual project. Wenzel will remain closed for approximately two (2) weeks with an expected reopening on Friday 6/17/22. Local residents on Wenzel will still have access to their homes. The repair project will be focused on replacing a drainage culvert that runs under Wenzel Road near the Fosterburg Water Tank. Sichra states that local first responder agencies and mutual aid companies (Fire, Police, EMS) as well as local

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The Legacy of the Dancing Schwartzmans (again)

3 years 3 months ago
What follows was my fourteenth post on the website, 40 South News.  It first appeared on January  6, 2014.  In the first few lines, I was worrying about running out of material.  I shouldn’t have.  This is post number 386 and I’m not done yet. DH For a bit longer than 4 ½ years, I […]
Doug Houser