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Month: February 2025

Senate staying up all night to push GOP budget over objections from Democrats

By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING and MATT BROWN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators kept chugging through an all-night budget “vote-a-rama,” a crucial, if dreaded, step toward unleashing a $340 billion package President Donald Trump’s team says it needs for mass deportations and security measures that top the Republican agenda. If ever there was a

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Benton's Lincoln Goodwin goes in for a lay-up against Bishop LeBlond on Thursday at Benton High School.

Lincoln Goodwin’s milestone, Benton’s defense lead to blowout victory over Bishop LeBlond

Local high school boys basketball teams are making their mark this season, with multiple programs gaining recognition across the state. Thursday night featured a marquee matchup between two of the area’s best, as Class 3’s third-ranked Bishop LeBlond Golden Eagles made the short trip to the South Side to face Class 4’s third-ranked Benton Cardinals.

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It’s Your Call for Feb. 20

What is happening? What in the world are we allowing to happen? Pardoning criminals who assaulted police officers on Jan. 6 and then now we are purging the dedicated employees who make our government function. Lives are being destroyed. Central services to our citizens are disrupted. This is not a reality TV show. These are

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Late Notices, Feb. 20, 2025

Late Notices Jeanette I. Brown Jenette Irene Brown, 82, of St. Joseph, died Feb. 18, 2025. Visitation 4 to 5 p.m. Feb. 23 at the Rupp Funeral Home. Graveside Services and Interment will be at at later date at Crown Hill Cemetery, in Denver, Colorado. www.ruppfuneral.com Connie J. Lockhart MAYSVILLE, Mo. -Connie Jean Lockhart, 78,

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