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A popular party game could soon have its own league in Union.
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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — American Airlines said Thursday that it lost $1.25 billion in the first quarter and continued to slash costs, including delaying delivery of new jets as it waits for air travel to recover from the pandemic.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Transgender girls would be banned from playing on girls' sports teams under a bill that advanced Wednesday in the Missouri House.
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DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines is the first major U.S. airline to report a profit since the pandemic started, as federal payroll aid helped boost the company to net income of $116 million in the first quarter.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri Senate budget committee on Wednesday voted against funding Medicaid expansion.
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After seeing mostly increases in monthly year-over-year sales tax numbers for nearly the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the city of Union saw its largest decrease since 2019 in February.
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Arbor Day might not be an important holiday to every American, but to the dozen volunteers who attended Saturday’s Arbor Day observance in Washington, it’s worth celebrating.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Tishaura Jones has called systemic racism the biggest obstacle to progress in St. Louis, and the city’s new mayor used her inauguration speech on Tuesday to pledge to fight back against all types of discrimination.
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In April of 1951, supported by a $200 loan from a girlfriend, Don Hillermann bought a load of pine trees. He stacked them in the back of his pickup truck, drove off to plant them and launched Hillermann Nursery & Florist.
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Some Union R-XI School District classrooms could see major technology upgrades by the start of the 2021-22 school year.
The National Weather Service in St. Louis has issued a freeze warning for the area from 1-9 a.m. Wednesday.
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Franklin County is trying to figure out what to do with land it owns that nobody wants.
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The Hoffmann Family of Companies announced Monday it has signed a letter of intent to purchase Mid-American Coaches as part of the company's $100-million Augusta winery development project.
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There will be no jury trials in the 20th Circuit Court until at least June 1, 2021, according to a statement from court officials.
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Districts are considering sports field updates, new storm shelters
Pending the approval of the Washington City Council, two rabies vaccination clinics will be held in Washington next month.
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A provision that would eliminate emissions inspection requirements in Franklin County and two other area counties has passed the state Senate but could still face an uphill battle.
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Mercy Hospital Washington has begun offering direct scheduling for COVID-19 vaccine appointments at mercy.net/MOVaccine. Those without internet access can make an appointment by calling 833-364-6777.
The Union High FFA will have one team compete Saturday, April 17, at the state convention in Columbia.
Sullivan Police Department officers are searching for Sullivan woman Jennifer Brozovich, who has been missing since the morning of April 14.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. housing construction rebounded strongly in March with home builders recovering from an unusually frigid February that shut down projects.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — American industry rebounded last month as the United States recovered from an unusually frigid February.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A gunman killed eight people and wounded several others before apparently killing himself in a late-night shooting at a FedEx facility near the Indianapolis airport, police said, in the latest in a spate of mass shootings after a relative lull during the pandemic.
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A group of Union High School parents is trying to put on a memorable night for their senior students in a fraction of the time they usually would have.
First responders were dispatched Thursday evening to Hickory Lane, west of Washington off of Highway 100, to search for an unidentified individual.
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A St. Clair man has died from injuries he sustained in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 30 near Route K, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
Last week, Pacific Mayor Steve Myers joined more than 30 other Missouri mayors and more than 500 mayors nationwide in signing the “Mayors United Against Anti-Semitism” initiative launched by the American Jewish Council and the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
A St. Clair apartment complex might soon nearly triple in size.
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Uber is offering sign-up bonuses and other incentives for drivers as it faces record demand for rides and meal delivery.
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St. Clair R-XIII School District Board of Education members continued conversations about facility upgrades at their meeting April 12. The projects will be funded by the nearly $13 million bond issued in September 2020 and March 2021.
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Pacific residents learned this past week that the city’s post office, which has been located at 324 W. St. Louis St. for many years, could soon move.
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Schroeder Insurance has hired account executive Austin Byrne, and commercial lines department manager Christina Meyer has received a Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) designation.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Energy utility Ameren is seeking to raise customer rates to cover billions of dollars recently invested in electric grid upgrades and new wind generation facilities.
With the city of Union’s approval, the Franklin County Fair is officially on for June 10-13.
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As a mother of two children with drug addictions, Christine Consolino has had to send her own son to prison. She had to watch her oldest daughter relapse into heroin addiction about four months after having a baby — until, Consolino said, she just couldn’t stand by anymore.
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From reviewing plans for a new municipal government building to hearing from Lime Scooters, the agenda of the New Haven City Council meeting Monday night was a busy one.
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The Catawissa man who is accused of raping three women and assaulting a fourth woman will have his fate decided by a jury this fall.
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With Saturday night’s announcement of country music singer Kip Moore as the final piece of the 2021 Town & Country Fair entertainment roster, the countdown to the start of the annual fair is officially underway.
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With the COVID-19 pandemic putting a strain on the judicial system, Franklin County is taking action.
A Washington man became the 15th person to win a Show Me Cash Jackpot prize when his ticket matched the winning numbers from the April 1 drawing, according to a press release from the Missouri Lottery.
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A Washington-based developer received approval from the Washington Planning and Zoning Board on Monday to construct two single-family villa-style homes as part of an expansion of Hanover Place.
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Employees at Union-based Volpi Foods’ will start slicing and packaging specialty cured meats in the company’s new $12.6 million addition on April 19.
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After 730 days, Tonya Miller, 39, would just simply like to know what happened to her mother.
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Among the issues discussed at Wednesday night’s Washington Parks and Recreation Board meeting were illegal vehicle parking in the grass during soccer games hosted by the Washington Soccer Academy, uncertainty over pool capacity and the need to add equipment to Main Park.
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A Franklin County judge will decide later this summer if there is enough evidence for the case to proceed against the Union man who was arrested in May as part of an ongoing narcotics investigation.
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Union is trying to get a nonprofit that provides rides on small trains to pull into town.
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More than 220 votes separated the winner of the Pacific police chief race from the second-highest candidate, and winner Scott Melies said he is “elated and honored.” The other candidates were Andrew “Drew” Whitman, who received 180 votes, and Greg Hurst, who received 124.
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Landscaping company owner Cozy Bailey will be the next mayor of St. Clair.
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A letter of demand was sent from the city of Washington to the unidentified property owner who paid two laborers to cut down approximately 150 trees along the eastern portions of the Rotary Riverfront Trail, according to statements made by two Washington City Council members who attended Wed…
Sullivan voters elected Sarah Steinbach its new city collector with over 70 percent of the vote Tuesday. Steinbach received 117 votes to Felicia “Lisa” Witt-Koepke’s 45 votes. The two were vying for the seat left vacant by Judy McPherson, who did not seek reelection.
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