On Thursday, November 1st, Special Olympics Missouri will host a public dedication ceremony for the new Training for Life Campus at 305 Special Olympics Dr., in Jefferson City. Anyone from the public is welcome to come and see this world-class campus designed to improve the lives of people with intellectual disabilities in Missouri. Tours will […]
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Audio: Missouri’s New Medicaid Director Todd Richardson to Face Challenges
Missouri House Speaker Todd Richardson will resign his seat in the Legislature on Thursday to become the new MO HealthNet Director. Medicaid provides low-income families and individuals with health care coverage. Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS) Director Steve Corsi says Richardson will face challenges. Rural hospitals in Farmington, Kennett, Osceola, and Reynolds […]
Audio: Missouri Health Department admits personal information of 10,000 people breached
The state of Missouri mailed letters last week to 10,400 individuals informing them their personal information was breached almost two months earlier. The Department of Health and Senior Services issued a generic news release Friday noting the breach occurred sometime before September 30th. But the agency also says the state discovered the situation […]
Saint Luke’s Health System no longer to accept Ambetter Insurance beginning in 2019
Saint Luke’s Health System has announced it will no longer accept Ambetter Insurance beginning in 2019. Saint Luke’s Health System includes Wright Memorial Hospital of Trenton and Hedrick Medical Center of Chillicothe. Ambetter was the only option for health insurance in the area for 2018 on the Health Insurance Marketplace for residents who did not […]
Drug Take Back Day set for Saturday, October 27, 2018
Multiple law enforcement agencies in the area will collect unused and unwanted prescription drugs as part of the United States Drug Enforcement Agency’s National Prescription Take Back Day. Prescription drugs will be collected at various locations Saturday from 10 o’clock in the morning to 2 o’clock in the afternoon. Missouri locations include the Grundy County […]
Grundy County Health Department signs contract to provide WIC services
The Grundy County Health Department of Trenton announces that a contract has been signed with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to continue to provide Women, Infants, and Children services for the federal fiscal year 2019. Under the terms of the contract, the health department will serve 265 persons eligible for WIC every […]
Spickard Mayor resigns post
Spickard resident Jesse (Jess) Richmond has announced his resignation from two positions, that of Mayor of Spickard and as President of the Spickard Special Road District. Richmond said the resignations are due to health reasons with his resignation effective, he stated, as of Monday.
More than 1300 take part in annual Poosey Fall Driving Tour
On a beautiful fall afternoon, visitors came in transport old and new for the 32nd annual fall driving tour at the Poosey Conservation Area in Livingston County. Missouri Department of Conservation staff set up education stations along the tour route where visitors could stop and ask questions. More than 1,300 visitors drove pickups, guided wagons, […]
Audio: Missouri House Speaker Todd Richardson Appointed as State Medicaid Director
Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS) Director Steve Corsi has appointed House Speaker Todd Richardson as the MO HealthNet Director, effective November 1. Governor Mike Parson tells Capitol reporters the appointment highlights his priority of bringing stability to state government. Parson made the announcement Monday at the Statehouse in Jefferson City. Richardson says […]
Trunk or Treat set for October 27th in Princeton
The Mercer County Health Department of Princeton will join the Mother’s Club of Princeton and the Mercer Parent Teacher Organization for Trunk or Treat on the Princeton Square. Health Department Administrator Gina Finney says the health department will be one of the vendors at the free event the afternoon of October 27th from 3 to […]
Missouri Day Parade winners announced
The Missouri Day Parade in Trenton Saturday had nearly 80 entries plus 19 high school bands. Preferred Family Healthcare won the Spirit of Missouri Day award, which had prize money of $200. Sunnyview Nursing Home and Apartments was the Spirit of Missouri Day runner-up, but also won the Best Business Float award. Each of those […]
Hy-Vee voluntarily recalls six meat and potato products
Hy-Vee, Inc., based in West Des Moines, Iowa, is voluntarily recalling six of its meat and potato products across its eight-state region due to possible contamination with Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes. The potential for contamination was discovered after Hy-Vee’s supplier, McCain Foods announced it was recalling its caramelized mushrooms and fire-roasted tomatoes, which are ingredients […]
Missouri unemployment rate falls to 3.2%, lowest since the year 2000
Employment in Missouri grew by 3,300 jobs in September, and the state’s unemployment rate edged down another tenth of a point to 3.2 percent, the lowest it’s been since 2000. Nonfarm payroll employment in Missouri increased by 3,300 jobs in September, on a seasonally adjusted basis. With an upward revision of 1,800 in the August […]
Wright Memorial Hospital announces Senior Life Solutions service
Wright Memorial Hospital has announced the addition of a new service that will soon be offered to the citizens of Trenton and the surrounding region. Aging brings many joys, more time with family and freedom in retirement, but older years can also bring difficult life transitions including the loss of loved ones and stresses of […]
Red Cross blood supplies depleted; emergency donors needed
The American Red Cross urges healthy donors to give blood this flu season to ensure a blood supply for patients in need. The Red Cross reports donors of all blood types, especially O, are needed after hurricanes Michael and Florence forced the cancellation of around 200 blood drives, which caused about 7,000 units of blood […]
More than 250 flu shots administered during drive-thru flu shot clinic
The Grundy County Health Department of Trenton reports more than 250 flu shots were given to participants and volunteers at its drive-thru flu shot clinic in Trenton on Wednesday. Emergency Response Planner for the health department Kelli Hillerman reports the numbers were down from the previous drive-thru clinic in 2013. However, she says it was […]
Dodgeball tournament to benefit Backpack Buddies to be held at Trenton Middle School
Trenton Middle School Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America will host a dodgeball tournament Thursday morning to raise money for the Backpack Buddies Program. The tournament will be in the TMS gym from 8:15 to 11:30. Backpack Buddies provides free healthy food for children enrolled in the Federal Lunch Program for the weekend when […]
Audio: Mercer County Health Department to host Open Lab Day
Mercer County residents can have labs done without an appointment and without a doctor’s order during Open Lab Day at the Mercer County Health Department of Princeton next month. Administrator Gina Finney says several tests can be done the morning of October 19th from 8 to 10 o’clock. Each test costs about $50 […]
Audio: Rusty Black and Dennis Van Dyke participate in forum at NCMC
In a forum held at the campus of North Central Missouri College of Trenton Monday, the two candidates for the Seventh District State Representative in next month’s General Election shared their priorities and goals for entering into 2019. Incumbent Republican Rusty Black of Chillicothe explained his goals had not changed much since he was elected […]
Aging in Place Livingston County Needs Day set for October 24th
Livingston County residents at least 60 years old can have questions answered and gather information from three agencies at Aging in Place Livingston County’s Needs Day next week. Access 2 (II) Disability Services, the Community Action Partnership of North Central Missouri, and the Northwest Missouri Area Agency on Aging will be available at the event […]