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On Saturday February 26, Saints Peter and Paul Catholic School will host their 36th annual Home and School Auction. This year’s event will be an in-person event and starts at 5:30 pm with a steak dinner available for purchase for just $20. The full menu includes steak, baked potato, salad, green beans, roll, and dessert. During and following dinner there are four different silent auction item tables that will close at various times throughout the evening. A live auction will commence at 7 pm. Over 75 items have been generously donated by the community for the live auction including but not limited to; a 12-weekold Golden Doodle puppy (who will be present at the auction), a two-night stay at Paradise Point in Branson, two Cardinals Club Tickets with a VIP Parking Pass, and a Travis Kelce & Tony Gonzalez Autographed Football Helmet.

Jordan Hoecker has been selected as the new superintendent for the Prairie Home R-V School District. Mr.

Boonville, Missouri – The rules have changed. Now, more Missourians can get low-cost or free health insurance through Missouri’s Medicaid program, MO HealthNet. This includes many Cooper County residents. Many adults who have not qualified before, including those without children, are now eligible. For example, a single adult making up to $1,482 a month or a family of four making up to $3,048 a month can now get covered. Medicaid coverage includes doctor visits, mental health care, dental services, prescription medication, and more.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Meeting in a rare Saturday session, Missouri senators searched for what the chamber’s leader described as a “magic path” toward resolving a weeklong filibuster against a plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts.

Sedalia, Missouri – Feb. 11, 2022 – State Fair Community College and extended campus locations (Boonville, Clinton, Eldon, Lake of the Ozarks, and Whiteman Air Force Base) will close Feb. 21 in observance of Presidents Day.

The statewide gas price average in Missouri is $3.16 for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel, according to the AAA Missouri Weekend Gas Watch. That price is five cents more compared to this day last week and is 94 cents more per gallon compared to this day last year. Of the major metropolitan areas surveyed in Missouri, drivers in St. Louis are paying the most on average at $3.20 while drivers in St. Joseph are paying the least at $3.09 per gallon. The national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded is $3.48, which is six cents more compared to this day last week and $1.00 more than the price per gallon at this same time last year, according to AAA Gas Prices.

Following the Boston Tea Party on December 16, 1773, King George III approved a series of four Coercive Acts which were known as the Intolerable Acts to the colonists. These Acts were passed between March 31 and June 2, 1774. But what were these Acts and what effects did they have on Massachusetts and the rest of the colonies?