The Missouri Department of Transportation department today announced that it will extend its Motorist Assist Program further along Interstate 55 all the way to Route 67 in Festus.

The program has emergency response teams, which search highways in the St. Louis area in Missouri for any lane blockages caused by broken-down autos, debris in the road or car crashes.

The extended patrol will start on Wednesday, Oct. 1, and it will run each day from 5 a.m. until 7:30 p.m

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Library service is primarily funded through property tax in Missouri. So we are another one of those wonderful institutions like the public schools that you pay for whether you use it or not. In these tight economic times, we all like to get our money's worth so I am taking this opportunity to tell you about one of the library's resources you might not be aware of that can potentially be of great help to your business.

Have you found yourself wishing for a criss / cross directory at your fingertips so you can generate sales leads in a particular area?

ReferenceUSA's database of 14 million U.S. Businesses contains verified, accurate data and is updated monthly. Plus this is the only business database enhanced with more than 20 million phone calls per year.

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As students at Fox Middle School are taking the world by storm with the school's ongoing program dubbed "Storming the World with Character," they’re working hard to show their friends and neighbors how environmentally savvy they can be. And some of their teachers have come up with a very cool, creative idea to teach kids about the merits of reusable containers and make a lasting impression on the subject.

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