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U.S. Education Department pings states, schools to set policies on cellphone use

1 year ago
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Education Department called on every state, school and district on Tuesday to adopt policies on cellphone use in schools. The department asks schools to have well-thought-out policies on the matter, but does not dictate exactly what those policies should be. An accompanying resource for schools notes the risk social media can […]
Shauneen Miranda

Hiring falls by 270,000 in October

1 year ago
Hiring was down in October: To put this into context, hiring is still above its pre-pandemic average. At the same time, it's declined 1.1 million over the past three years. It's now down to about its 2017 level.
Kevin Drum

New MODOT Director Focused on Staffing, Keeping Projects on Track

1 year ago
From Fox:  Following a leadership change earlier this month, the new director of the Missouri Department of Transportation said the agency is still on track to increase staffing and finish construction projects on time. At one point, the state’s transportation department was short a thousand employees. Now, there’s only 200 vacancies. This transition comes at […]
Dede Hance

Florissant home-towners experience their first Miracle on Saint Francois

1 year ago

                   Text and photos by Nicole Fetters Saturday’s snowfall kept us from our annual day trek out west to launch us into Christmas (the rural roads were covered most of the way) so we chose to attend our own town’s annual Christmas Tree lighting for the first time! (About time, we’ve only lived here for […]

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Perryville man dead, another injured after fatal accident on I-55

1 year ago
CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY, Mo. - A 29-year-old Perryville man is dead and another man was left seriously injured Monday afternoon after a fatal accident on Interstate 55. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) crash report, the accident happened on southbound I-55, 9 miles north of Jackson, involving a Ford Ranger and Chevrolet Avalanche. [...]
Nick Gladney

Known for Engineering, MO S&T Looks to Build Its Biology Profile

1 year ago
From St. Louis Public Radio:  For most of its 150-year history, Missouri University of Science and Technology has been focused on and known for engineering and physical sciences. The campus in Rolla is looking to bring that same level of international profile to its biology and life science programs. Missouri S&T has approval to start […]
Dede Hance

Labeling error led to Missouri recall of cannabis gummies

1 year ago
Flora Farms took more than 3,000 Zen-brand cannabis gummy products off the shelves last month, after state regulators received a complaint the food-coloring ingredient wasn’t listed on the label. The food coloring is not a banned ingredient, said Sami Jo Freeman, spokeswoman for the Division of Cannabis Regulation, and the Flora Farms manufacturing facility in […]
Rebecca Rivas