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School starts Aug. 17 in East Prairie dist.

School starts Aug. 17 in East Prairie dist.

EAST PRAIRIE, MO (KFVS) - The East Prairie R-II School District will begin classes on August 17 and have provided information including a school supply list on their website.

The school district has a new website available including a Back to School page.

 

Doyle Elementary school supply list includes:

Preschool (4 and 5 year old program)

  • Large backpack with zipper (No wheels)
  • Two boxes of crayons (24 count)
  • Two bottles of white glue
  • Two spiral notebooks (70 sheets)
  • One can Play-Doh (Must be Play-Doh brand)
  • Rest mat
  • Two boxes of Kleenex
  • Two boxes of baby wipes
  • Two packages of cookies
  • One bag of individually wrapped candy (No hard candy)
  • One packag

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SEMO Cyber Crimes Task Force receives more than $100K grant

The Southeast Missouri (SEMO) Cyber Crimes Task Force will receive more than $100,000 to fight Internet crime.

Last year, a U.S. Justice Department report ranked Missouri's cyber crime fighting efforts among the national leaders in the number of arrests made and the number of law enforcement officers trained.

The SEMO Cyber Crimes Task Force in Poplar Bluff will receive $105,206 to fight online criminals who often seek to entice children and deal in child pornography.

Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dunklin, Madison, Mississippi, News Madrid, Oregon, Pemiscot, Perry, Ripley, Scott, St. Francois, Stoddard and Wayne counties participate in the SEMO Cyber Crime Task Force.

The Department of Justice is required to report to Congress every two years on the effectiveness of the fight against child exploitation, according to the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008.

State Treasurer warns Missourians of unclaimed property e-mail scam

State Treasurer warns Missourians of unclaimed property e-mail scam

MISSOURI (KFVS) - State Treasurer Clint Zweifel announced Monday that Missourians should beware of an e-mail scam being sent nationwide claiming the recipient is owed $2.8 million in unclaimed property found in a metal trunk.

Zweifel says the e-mail will go on to request personal information. He says the current scam e-mail states a fake person, Jeff Smith, director of the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administration, is working with the FBI to return $2.8 million found with the recipient's e-mail address and name attached.

The e-mail will then ask for personal information such as: the recipient's full name, address, telephone number, age and occupation. If a person responds, he or she is then directed to call an attorney based in the United Kingdom to provide personal financial information.

Missouri sales tax holiday this weekend

Certain purchases like clothing, school supplies and computers will be exempt from sales tax for the three days in Missouri for the back-to-school sales tax holiday August 5 through August 7.

The sales tax exemption is limited to:

  • Clothing – any article having a taxable value of $100 or less
  • School supplies – not to exceed $50 per purchase
  • Computer software – taxable value of $350 or less
  • Personal computers – not to exceed $3,500
  • Computer peripheral devices – not to exceed $3,500

Section 144.049, RSMo, defines items exempt during the sales tax holiday as

Warren E. Hearnes Elementary school supply list

Warren E. Hearnes Elementary school supply list

CHARLESTON, MO (KFVS) - The school supply list for grades kindergarten through fifth grade at Warren E. Hearnes Elementary is available.

Kindergarten:

  • 1 Box - CRAYOLA colored pencils
  • 4 Boxes - 16 or 24 count CRAYOLA crayons
  • 1 8 oz.

Nixon asks agency to begin heat, drought damage assessments

Gov. Jay Nixon has asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency (FSA) to conduct damage assessment reports for all 114 Missouri counties and the City of St. Louis to determine the extent of damage to crops and livestock because of the excessive heat and severe drought conditions persisting throughout the state.

"The heat and drought will likely cause crop yields to decrease and livestock to be under greater stress," Gov. Nixon said. "This year, many Missouri farmers have undergone a number of hardships caused by weather conditions. Timely damage assessments by the Farm Service Agency will help those farmers who have been affected recover more quickly."

The Governor's request for damage assessments is the first step in the process of declaring counties as primary disaster areas.

Mississippi Co. cooling centers

Mississippi Co. cooling centers

MISSISSIPPI COUNTY, MO (KFVS) - The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has a list of local cooling centeres available.

The Mississippi County cooling centers include:

  • Charleston Senior Center - Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. (573-683-6115) 205 West Commercial St., Charleston, Mo.
  • East Prairie Senior Center - Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. (573-649-5805) 304 East Main St., East Prairie, Mo.

For more information, the department has an intereactive map of cooling centers available online.

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