Relief is coming for farmers who experienced excessive moisture and flash flooding this spring and summer in 12 Illinois counties. USDA reviewed the Loss Assessment Reports and determined there were sufficient production losses to warrant a Secretarial natural disaster designation. Secretary Tom Vilsack has issued a disaster designation for farmers in the following counties: Calhoun,…… read more »

Local workforce partners and employers shared ideas today to help get more Missourians into the workforce, and stay in the workforce during the ninth town hall event in a series offered by the Missouri Office of Workforce Development (OWD) within the Missouri Department of Higher Education & Workforce Development (MDHEWD). Today’s event was held at…… read more »

A rape investigation led to the arrest of a Wickliffe man Friday on numerous charges. On October 14, Ballard County deputies began investigating an alleged rape that took place in Wickliffe. Deputies say it was determined that Michael Nix held a woman against her will for several days, sexually assaulting and strangling her. An arrest…… read more »

  Missouri non-farm payroll employment increased from August 2021 to September 2021, and the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased by a two-tenths of a percentage point. Employment, seasonally adjusted, increased by 7,500 jobs over the month, with job gains in service-providing industries. The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.8 percent in September 2021, down…… read more »

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Help for roughly 100,000 teachers whose Social Security numbers were made vulnerable in a massive state data breach could cost Missouri as much as $50 million, House budget officials told Democratic lawmakers Tuesday. Budget officials, who said they got the information from Republican Gov. Mike Parson’s administration, told House Democrats in emails…… read more »