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Crash in Braymer injures one driver

A Braymer woman sustained injuries when one car hit another near Second Street and Route A in Braymer the afternoon of October 22. Emergency medical services took 50-year-old Tammy Claerhout to the Hedrick Medical Center with minor injuries. No injuries were reported for the other driver, 35-year-old Michael Minnick of Wheeling. Minnick drove a car […]

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Mooresville teenager injured in crash on Route D

The Highway Patrol reports a Mooresville teen sustained minor injuries when the car she drove ran off the road and overturned two miles south of Mooresville on Friday morning October 1, 2021. A private vehicle took 18-year-old Ilyce Peel to Hedrick Medical Center of Chillicothe. The car traveled south on Route D before it went […]

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Man from Kentucky injured in crash on Highway 36

The Highway Patrol reports a Kentucky man sustained minor injuries when a Volvo truck overturned at the Chillicothe city limits on Saturday, September 18. A patrol vehicle took 23-year-old Benjamin Mujovic of Bowling Green, Kentucky to Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe. The truck traveled west on Highway 36 before it ran off the north side […]

Audio: Two hundred plus attend vaccine mandate protest at Wright Memorial Hospital

It is estimated more than 200 people attended a rally near Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton on Tuesday, September 7, 2021, to show support for personal choice involving whether to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Spokesperson Nathan Rorebeck said the rally was for the vaccine mandate involving employees for the Saint Luke’s Health System, which includes Wright […]

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Doctor Maureen Weber receives Service Excellence Champion Program Award

A hospitalist at Wright Memorial Hospital of Trenton and Hedrick Medical Center of Chillicothe received the Saint Luke’s Physician Group Service Excellence Champion Program Award. Doctor Maureen Weber was chosen for the award based on how she communicates with her patients and family members. The Service Excellence Champion Program recognizes Saint Luke’s Physician Group employees, […]

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Wright Memorial Hospital and Hedrick Medical Center revise visitor guidelines

St. Luke’s Health System, including Wright Memorial Hospital and Hedrick Medical Center, have adjusted level three visitor guidelines in emergency departments. One visitor will be allowed per patient in the emergency departments. Previously two visitors were allowed. Elsewhere, there’s a continuation of level three visitor guidelines, allowing two visitors per patient per day in the […]

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Chautauqua in the Park seeking volunteers

The 36th Annual Chautauqua in the Park will be held September 11-12, 2021 at Simpson Park in Chillicothe, Missouri. This annual event, sponsored by the Chillicothe Area Chamber of Commerce and the Chillicothe Area Arts Council, and presented by Hedrick Medical Center, has a wide variety of entertainment, activities, artists, crafts, and food. “This annual […]

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Leadership Northwest Music Jam, with Sunny Sweeney and Salem Croy, set for September 25 at Black Silo Winery

Country music star Sunny Sweeney will be headlining the first Leadership Northwest Music Jam presented by Wright Memorial Hospital and Hedrick Medical Center. The show will be hosted at Black Silo Winery in Trenton on Saturday, September 25, 2021.  Ticket proceeds benefit Leadership Northwest Missouri and are on sale now.  Trenton local, Salem Croy, will […]