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Missouri House backs bill requiring state research on psychedelics to treat depression, PTSD

2 years 7 months ago

The suicide rate among veterans in Missouri is nearly double the state rate and one of the highest in the country. In hopes of helping veterans and other Missourians facing mental health issues, the Missouri House advanced a bill Wednesday that would require the state to conduct a study on using psilocybin, also known as […]

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Rebecca Rivas

Kim Gardner and Andrew Bailey Get Their First Date in Court

2 years 7 months ago
A date has been set for the first hearing in Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey's efforts to remove St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner. Judge John Torbitzky has scheduled both sides to appear in court in St. Louis on April 18 for a hearing during which all pending motions in Bailey’s quo warranto proceeding will be heard. Quite a few motions are currently pending in the matter.
Ryan Krull

Information for Fairview Village Senior Living Apartments 

2 years 7 months ago

Rise’s staff is working diligently with the City of Jennings to rectify all outstanding issues and safety concerns at Fairview Village, and we have made significant progress toward our goal of getting our residents back to an environment that offers the quality of life they deserve.  St. Louis – May 23, 2023–On December 25, 2022, […]

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Weston Arnold

U.S. Senate clears measure to undo Biden WOTUS rule on wetlands

2 years 7 months ago

WASHINGTON — Both Republican and Democratic members of the U.S. Senate voted Wednesday to repeal the Biden administration’s intensely contested expansion of what qualifies as wetlands that the federal government can regulate. The Senate approved a resolution, sponsored by West Virginia Republican Shelley Moore Capito, that would revoke the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s definition of […]

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Jacob Fischler

St. Francis/Holy Ghost Sixth-Graders 'All Hands On Deck' As They Race Cardboard Boats

2 years 7 months ago
JERSEYVILLE - St. Francis/Holy Ghost sixth-graders were “all hands on deck” as they recently raced their cardboard boats in a regatta at the JCH Wellness Center. Students raced across the pool in cardboard boats they designed and built based on their recent lessons on buoyancy and Newton’s Laws of Motion. The boats can be made only from cardboard and duct tape but can be any design or dimension. Crew members of one cardboard boat, Allison Militello and Sophie Winters, shared their experience: “We started off with not much experience with cardboard. Our design was good, but the cardboard didn’t agree, so we had to rebuild three times and get some help from our classmates, but we worked together, learned, and didn’t give up.” This project forms part of a larger student effort to learn about local recycling. Students obtained their cardboard in a fun and educational field trip to the cardboard processing center in Jerseyville, operated by the

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U.S. Ambulances for Ukraine Marks One-Year Anniversary

2 years 7 months ago
March 29 will mark the one year anniversary of the first shipment of an ambulance from the United States full of medical supplies being shipped to Ukraine. This effort, which was conceived and led by an OSF HealthCare executive, has resulted in 28 ambulances and 1 fire engine being delivered to Ukraine during the past 12 months. All vehicles are filled with supplies and ready to go into service upon arrival into Ukraine. Most of the vehicles donated are serving on the front lines as Ukraine defends itself against Russian forces. To mark this milestone, U.S. Ambulances for Ukraine will accept its 5th donated fire engine at its warehouse in Schiller Park, Illinois on Wednesday March 29. The fire engine, from Muscatine, Iowa, will join four additional fire engines and 10 ambulances that will be included in the group’s 8th shipment to Ukraine which will leave in mid-April. This will bring the total of donated ambulances to 38 and the total number of donated fire engines t

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