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Low-income families struggling to find daycare providers in Missouri
MISSOURI – Some foster parents and low-income families are struggling to find daycare providers. The issue, according to parents and providers, is that some of these daycares are not receiving the money they are supposed to get from the state of Missouri. That money comes in the form of subsidy payments from the Department of […]
Forum for Republican gubernatorial candidates held at Parkway West
On July 11, a governor candidates forum was held in the theatre of Parkway West High School in Ballwin. Attendees heard from three candidates in the race: Bill Eigel, Jay Ashcroft and Chris Wright. Mike Kehoe did not attend the event. The forum was structured so each candidate had a...
UP Employee Repurposes Downed Trees After Tornados in Missouri
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. – After tornados in Missouri, a Union Pacific employee processed downed trees to turn into rail tie-ready logs for local mills. Track Supervisor, Tod Spradley, said, “I hated to see all of those trees go to waste,” after tornados hit the town of Poplar Bluff in Missouri. UP reports the track supervisor collected oak, hickory, and gum logs on and around his property to cut more than 40 logs into tie length. (Notably, there are an estimated 40 to 60 logs to collect on his 42-acre property.) The 8-foot, 6-inch logs were then loaded into Spradley’s large dump trailer with an excavator and tractor.
Missouri woman serving life sentence for murder freed from prison
A Missouri woman who served 43 years in prison on a murder conviction has been freed after her attorney had established evidence of “actual innocence.” 64-year-old Sandra Hemme was released from the Chillicothe Correctional Center this week after her sentence was overturned in June by a judge who threatened to hold Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s office in contempt if they continued to try to stop the ruling. Hemme had been serving a life sentence after she was twice convicted of the murder of Patricia Jeschke in 1980. Due to her long incarceration, she is not eligible for social security.
Where Missouri Republican candidates for governor stand on personal property taxes
Missouri Republicans running to win the governor’s race are trying to harness frustration over 2023’s property tax assessment fiasco with varying promises of cuts. State Sen. Bill Eigel, a member of the far-right Freedom Caucus, has made eliminating personal property taxes on things like cars, farm and business equipment a top priority as a lawmaker […] The post Where Missouri Republican candidates for governor stand on personal property taxes appeared first on The Beacon.
Woman facing felony charge for 2023 truck theft, police chase
After declining to be screened for the Franklin County Court Alternative Program, a St. Clair woman will be arraigned in August on a felony vehicle theft charge stemming from an incident last year. On Oct. 30, 2023, deputies with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office were on their way to a...
New Haven police service contract extended by county
The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office will continue to provide law enforcement services in New Haven for at least another six months. “This extends the contract,” Presiding Commissioner Tim Brinker said Tuesday after county commissioners approved an agreement providing a dedicated patrol deputy to New Haven from Aug. 1 through Jan. 31, 2025.
Alliant Energy workers return from providing aid in Illinois
Workers from Alliant Energy are able to return the favor so to speak. Alliant Spokesperson Tony Palese says 71 employees, including some from Janesville, just returned from helping to restore power in northern Illinois where 25 confirmed tornados left 430,000 ComEd customers in the dark. Palese says Alliant was able...
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