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Northland Coalition plans to conduct prevention conference virtually

5 years ago By News Staff

LIBERTY – Northland Coalition prevention volunteers, with Tri-County Mental Health Services support, will host their first-ever virtual prevention conference from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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MU Extension strength training for older adults provided online

5 years ago By News Staff

LAMAR, Mo. – University of Missouri Extension’s Stay Strong, Stay Healthy program for older adults is offered online at 1 p.m.

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Mo. to reclaim COVID vaccine sent to pharmacies

5 years ago By Jack ‘Miles’ Ventimiglia

JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Mike Parson said he plans to reclaim COVID-19 vaccine distributed to pharmacies, expects lawmakers to go all in on sports betting and would not mind getting a raise.

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NOV. ABSENTEE VOTING SUCCEEDS, BUT…

5 years ago By Jack ‘Miles’ Ventimiglia

JEFFERSON CITY – No support from the top for noexcuse absentee voting and full support for photo voter identification are among takeaways from Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s session with media members during Missouri Press Day at the Capitol last week.

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Gov. Parson addresses ongoing opioid abuse issue in Missouri

5 years ago By Jack ‘Miles’ Ventimiglia

JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Mike Parson said he supports a statewide prescription drug monitoring program to help combat the opioid epidemic.

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Shooting Death in Polo

5 years ago By Jack ‘Miles’ Ventimiglia Editor-in-chief

POLO – At the side of a woman dying from gunshot wounds, Greg Baker, 55, Polo, said he called 911 and then waited more than 20 minutes for help, gave the first deputy to arrive “an ass chewing” and went hunting for the shooter.

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Poll finds rural residents resist taking virus vaccine

5 years ago By Tim Marema

WHITESBURG, Kentucky – Rural residents are more hesitant than their metropolitan counterparts to get a COVID-19 vaccination, though rural areas have higher infection and death rates from the virus, a new report states.

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Tea? Totally

5 years ago By Jack ‘Miles’ Ventimiglia

Nearly half of the U.S. population drinks tea daily.

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State unemployment rate approaches 6%

5 years ago By News Staff

KANSAS CITY – The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate jumped 1.3% from November to December, going to 5.8%, the Missouri Economic Research and Information Center reported. The estimated number of unemployed Missourians hit 180,137 in December.

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Missouri prepares for mass vaccinations

5 years ago By News Staff

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri National Guard will assist the Department of Health and Senior Services and others at COVID-19 vaccination sites statewide. Vaccine demand exceeds the state’s supply.

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