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Nexstar Media Group, Inc. Enters into Definitive Agreement To Acquire TEGNA Inc. for $6.2 Billion in Accretive Transaction

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Enhances Nexstar’s Position as a Leading Local Media Company Preserves High-Quality Local Journalism and Diversity of Opinion Strengthens Ability to Compete with Big Tech and Big Media Expected to Drive Increased Profitability and Returns for Nexstar Shareholders IRVING, Texas and TYSONS, Virginia (Aug. 19, 2025) – Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST) (“Nexstar”) and TEGNA [...]

The unseen harvest: Pesticides, cancer and rural Missouri’s health crisis

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Nestled in Missouri’s Bootheel is the small town of Kennett, the Dunklin County seat. With just over 10,000 residents, it’s a close-knit community where good-natured teasing is a common show of affection. Once a sprawling swampland, it has since been transformed into an expanse of flat, fertile fields where agriculture stands as the backbone of […]
Alex Cox, Adeleine Halsey, Kyla Pehr, Savvy Sleevar

From overlooked to NFL prospect: Moline’s Matthew Bailey ready to make the leap

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MOLINE, Ill. — Once under-recruited and overlooked, former Moline High School standout Matthew Bailey now finds himself on the doorstep of the NFL – with his college head coach leading the charge of believers. Illinois head coach Bret Bielema didn’t sugarcoat it when reflecting on Bailey’s journey. “We were the only ones who offered,” Bielema [...]
Nick Couzin

The New CBS Already Promising Major, ‘Painful’ Layoffs

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U.S. media mergers always follow the same trajectory. Pre-merger, executives promise all manner of amazing synergies and deal benefits. Post-merger, not only to those benefits generally never arrive, the debt from the acquisition spree usually results in significant layoffs, lower quality product, and higher rates for consumers. The Time Warner Discovery disaster was the poster […]
Karl Bode

Pacific issues boil water advisory after water main break

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FRANKLIN COUNTY, Mo. - A Precautionary Water Boil Advisory has been issued Tuesday morning after a water main break in Pacific. According to the Pacific Emergency Management Agency, the advisory was issued after a 'major water main break' on Jefferson Street near Graphic Packaging International. The advisory has been issued for all City of Pacific [...]
Nick Gladney