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The Community Foundation of the Ozarks is committing an additional $1 million to COVID-19 grantmaking for its 2021 fiscal year, which began July 1. This new commitment is supported by the CFO’s annual discretionary grantmaking budget, Missouri Foundation for Health, the Louis L. and Julia Dorothy Coover Charitable Foundation managed by Commerce Trust Company, and donations made to the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund...

COVID-19 is hitting hardest for those with pre-existing health conditions such as diabetes, hypertension and obesity, and is also disproportionately striking minorities. A free course offered by Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine is helping people across the country to minimize their risk, simply by changing what is on their plate...

Our neighbor on Florence Street celebrates July 4th in an amazing way. ENJOY.

During the Covid-19 Pandemic our Lutheran Home campus has been closed for normal visiting. We continue to create different activities and celebrations to keep everyone’s spirits up in many ways. With yet another holiday happening during these crazy times we live in, we felt celebrating Independence Day with a parade would be a great way to make our residents smile. ...

A very special day for several second grade students from Guardian Angel Parish was on Saturday, June 13. Due to social distancing in church and having 10 First Communicants, a special Mass was held at 10:30 am that day to celebrate their First Holy Communion. ...

The original date of 8th grade graduation was Saturday, May 9, 2020 for Guardian Angel School. It finally got to happen on Saturday, June 6 at the 6 pm Mass at Guardian Angel Church. Although they finally had their graduation, they had missed their 8th grade retreat, AR trip to the Cardinal game, their last music program, their last class Mass in church,their graduation banquet hosted by the 7th grade class and the last 2 months of being the 8th grade class as a group. ...

I am a recent college grad , with a criminal justice degree. Who is eagerly waiting for the NFL to open up so I can get my opportunity. Meanwhile I am trying to make a difference in my community by hosting a event that will help mend the image of the black man. ...

MISSOURI BICENTENNIAL 2021----SCOTT COUNTY BICENTENNIAL 2021 Since March 16, 2020, the country has been in the throes of history making events that stimulate changes. More than 200 years ago, the territory of Missouri was heading toward statehood and a realization that this land would become part of the United States of America...

I read the story by Sarah Harp about the goat BBQ at Puxico Homecomers. I would like to tell the story of how it started at least 60 years ago because I’m 68. My grandma, as we called her Mawmaw, was from Puxico. When I was little I can’t remember a family get together that wasn’t held at my Grandma McClure’s house in Puxico. ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, June 17, 2020 To Halt Summer Melt, College Advising Corps Launches Virtual Advising Program In Missouri For Class Of 2020 CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA—High school graduation is no doubt one of the most exciting times in a teen’s life. ...

We have a frequent baby deer visitor in our backyard off Perry Ave.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 16, 2020 Contact: Nathan Morgan, University Relations, 731-881-7615 Editors: Below is a list of students who requested that your paper receive notification that they have been named to the Chancellor’s Honor Roll at the University of Tennessee at Martin. Each listing includes the student’s name, hometown and honors...

Due to COVID19 senior prom was canceled and graduation was postponed. My daughter, Emily Kellum was one of the many seniors who was affected by this pandemic- just to add a little happiness in her life a pop up mini prom and graduation walk was held in her honor. Thanks for all who help make this possible...

“If you sneeze, the guy on the radio says bless you,” my brother often quotes when describing the size and community of our hometown. That would be fitting if Puxico, Missouri was prominent enough to have a radio station. The town has one grocery store, one flashing yellow light, and more churches per capita than any place I have ever known...

June 12, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cadence Probst, a 7th-grade student at Nell Holcomb, was recently honored for achieving an exceptional score on the ACT, the same test taken by college bound high school students. Cadence took this above-grade-level test as a participant in the Duke University Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP). ...

The future can be uncertain. However, Social Security’s new Advance Designation program can help put you in control of your benefits if a time comes when you need a representative payee to help manage your money. Advance Designation enables you to identify up to three people, in priority order, whom you would like to serve as your potential representative payee...

You can apply for Medicare online even if you are not ready to start your retirement benefits. Applying online can take less than 10 minutes. There are no forms to sign and we usually require no documentation. We’ll process your application and contact you if we need more information...

The Missouri Public Transit Association (MPTA), in partnership with the National Rural Transit Assistance Program (RTAP), is hosting a free virtual event to educate transit industry leaders about their responsibilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as it relates to equal service for all passengers. ...

Submitted by Nancy Bahn Ramblewood Garden Club’s June Yard of the Month has been presented to Lisa Foster who has styled a beautifully landscaped front and back yards on Louisiana Street in south Cape Girardeau. Homeowner Ms. Foster has used bar harbor junipers, perennial phlox, monkey grass and ajuga on the front hillside to assist in low maintenance, and decorative rocks down the side of the driveway to alleviate erosion. ...

Press Release The Union County Museum, 118 S. Appleknocker, Cobden, Ill. has reopened after being temporarily closed. The shop for the benefit of the museum has also reopened. Regular hours will be Saturday/Sunday, 1-5p.m. and Friday afternoons by chance. The phone number is 618/893-2865. Visitors will be required to wear masks and practice social distancing when they come to the museum and shop due to the covid-19 virus. Your cooperation during these difficult times will be appreciated...

STE. GENEVIEVE HOSTING THE MISSOURI BICENTENNIAL QUILT DEBUT Missouri Bicentennial Quilt Debut STE.GENEVIEVE, MO - The Missouri Bicentennial Quilt will be on display for the first time this week, making its public debut at the Ste. Genevieve Welcome Center in Missouri's first permanent settlement...

Please share this with the appropriate supervisors. Today our family was eating at Dairy Queen when Officer Spala came in. My boys had taken an interest in policing, by which I mean watching the speedometer from the back seat and telling us when we were driving too fast. So I asked the boys if they wanted to ask the policeman how to write a ticket...

With $280,000 in grants from its COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund this week, the Community Foundation of the Ozarks has now granted $2,050,792 in response to the pandemic. Total discretionary grantmaking from the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund now totals $1,107,579, while grants from donor-advised funds tops $890,000. Funds established by businesses to assist employees have now provided more than $53,000 in relief...

Hey there! My band "Grand Opening" is hosting a social distancing friendly concert this Sunday 5/31 at 2pm We are also raising money for Life360, a local food bank feeding kids and families especially during school closings to make sure children have lunches...

My husband and I ride our bikes on the Cape LaCroix Recreation Trail and we noticed a group of vines that resemble a Woolly Mammoth.

Our 4th grade singers are coming together to sing We Are the World!!! We hope you enjoy this video!!! https://www.wevideo.com/view/1716252016

The John Guild Chapter, NSDAR met on Wednesday, May 20 at 1:00 PM at the home of Cheryl Cook. The meeting was held outside with everyone bringing their own chair. New member Jennifer Niedbalski was welcomed and installed as a new member. Cheryl Cook received a Thank You from the Nurses from St. ...

Dr. Don Davis has joined Hudson Chiropractic. Davis a native of Southeast Missouri and is a 2019 graduate of Logan University’s College of Chiropractic. Dr. Davis is a board-certified Chiropractor, Physical Therapist Assistant, and a Certified Medical Examiner for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Dr. Davis is an active member of the American Chiropractic Association, Jackson Kiwanis, and coaching youth sports...