The Laredo R-7 school has made an announcement about in-person attendance. Because of an increasing number of COVID-19 cases and quarantine involving students and adults, the Laredo school was not in session on Thursday, November 12, 2020. A decision was made Wednesday night to transition to distance learning for the Laredo Elementary School.
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed a response in Judy Doe v. Michael L. Parson, defending Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s faith after it was called into question by a member of the Satanic Temple. Judy Doe, a member of the Satanic Temple, filed a motion to disqualify Justice Barrett last week. Read the […]
The Trenton R-9 Board of Education Tuesday evening, November 10th approved a policy involving searches of students and hard surface bus routes in case of inclement weather. Superintendent Mike Stegman reported the policy involving searches of students was actually split in two, and part was adopted at the last board meeting. He explained he discussed […]
The Livingston County Health Center reports two more COVID-19-related deaths, which brings the total deaths to 15. Ten new COVID-19 cases have also been added for a total of 564. Seventy of the cases are active, with 13 in facilities, 46 in the community, and 11 in schools. The health center notes the active school […]
The Princeton R-5 Board of Education received a COVID-19 update during the meeting on November 9th. The district has a dashboard on its website that will be updated to reflect current active and recovered cases. As of the morning of November 10th, Princeton R-5 had four active cases and six recovered cases involving students and […]
The Grundy County Health Department on Tuesday, November 10, 2020, reports 25 new cases of COVID-19. Health officials in Grundy County say that this is the highest number of cases reported in a 24-hour period and are encouraging the public to wear masks when around others to curb the infection rate. As of Monday, November […]
An update Monday morning provided by the Grundy County Health Department shows 70 active cases of the corona-virus in Grundy County. The health department added over 200 Grundy County households have at least one person currently under quarantine as a result of close contact with someone who’s a positive COVID-19 case. Nine more positive cases […]
Missouri health officials say there have been about 21,000 new COVID cases in the past week, an average of 3,105 per day. State Department of Health and Senior Services Director Dr. Randall Williams will testify Tuesday morning before the Missouri House Special Committee on Disease Control and Prevention. Committee chairman Dr. Jon Patterson, R-Lee’s Summit, […]
Nineteen new COVID-19 cases were added for Grundy County on November 5th, which the health department reports bring the total to 407. Three hundred seven cases have been confirmed, and 100 are probable. Sixty-five cases are active. Seventeen COVID-19-related deaths have been reported for Grundy County. The Livingston County Health Center reports 17 new COVID-19 […]
Thirteen new COVID-19 cases have been added in Livingston County, bringing the cumulative total to 514. The health center reports 65 cases are active, with four involving facilities, 53 in the community, and eight at schools. The school cases are all students and staff who attend or work at Tina Avalon or Hale schools but […]
The latest federal information shows the coronavirus has killed more than 1,400 Missouri nursing home residents and 20 workers. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services report shows the figures make up nearly half of the state’s 3,100 COVID-19 deaths. Missouri has 521 federally licensed nursing homes. The report does not include assisted living centers […]
Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway today released an audit of the Department of Social Services’ (DSS) Medicaid Managed Care Program, which found system limitations that resulted in millions of dollars in potential overpayments on behalf of ineligible participants. “At a time when every dollar is being stretched to deliver vital services to Missourians, state government […]
The Grundy County Health Department announces another COVID-19-related death, bringing the total to 17. Twenty-five new COVID-19 cases were added November 2nd through 4th for a total of 388. Ten of the cases were added on November 4th. Two hundred ninety cases have been confirmed, and 98 are probable. Forty-eight are active. The Princeton R-5 […]
Eleven new COVID-19 cases have been added in Livingston County, bringing the total to 501. The health center reports 61 of the cases are active, with 54 in the community and seven at schools. All of the school cases are from Tina-Avalon or Hale, with several connected to a basketball tournament at Hale on October […]
COVID-19 cases among offenders at the Western Missouri Correctional Center of Cameron have increased by 34, bringing the cumulative total to 144. The Missouri Department of Corrections reports 83 of the cases are active, and 61 have recovered. Cases among staff have gone up by four to 93. Thirty of those cases are active, and […]
(Missouri Independent) – Republican Mike Parson has secured a full four-year term as Missouri’s governor, scoring victory Tuesday night over his Democratic challenger Nicole Galloway. Parson, 65, led Galloway, 38, by more than 442,000 votes with over 95 percent of the state’s precincts reporting shortly after midnight, according to the Secretary of State’s unofficial results. The […]
Sullivan County Health Department has confirmed seven additional positive cases of COVID-19 in Sullivan County. Currently, Sullivan County sits at a total of four hundred and thirty-three cases, with zero active probable cases, four deaths, and ninety-seven active cases. The positive cases have been determined to be community-related. To maintain confidentiality, no other information will […]
Princeton R-5 Superintendent Jerry Girdner reports classes will continue as scheduled November 4th after the district learned on Tuesday evening, November 3rd of a high school staff member testing positive for COVID-19. A high school student is also considered to be a probable case. Those are the fifth and sixth positive cases Girdner is aware of […]
The Livingston County Health Center reports it received word of another COVID-19-related death, bringing the total deaths to 13. Seven COVID-19 cases were also added, which brings the cumulative total to 490. Fifty-six cases are active, with one in a facility, 50 in the community, and five in schools. There are 15 hospitalizations. Seven COVID-19 […]
Classes are being held as scheduled on Tuesday in the Princeton R-5 School District after officials learned on Monday that an elementary staff member tested positive for COVID-19. Superintendent Jerry Girdner Monday night reported this is the fourth positive case that the school is aware of, noting three previous COVID-19 cases have seen a full […]
