Vehicle Crash

Teen injured after striking animal with dirt bike

A boy riding a dirt bike was injured early last evening at McFall when according to the highway patrol, an animal entered the street and was struck by the dirt bike. After impact, the dirt bike overturned throwing the operator off. Fourteen-year-old Chavez Roeder of McFall was taken by private vehicle to the Harrison County […]

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Audio: Missouri Congressional member proposes enhancing VA doctor recruitment measures

(Missourinet) – West-central Missouri Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler is proposing to let VA hospitals recruit and hire doctors during their residency. She tells Missourinet doctor offices and hospitals practice such recruitment measures.     Hartzler, whose district includes Columbia, goes on to say she thinks failing to recruit doctors during the residency period has contributed to […]

Wright Memorial Hospital

Wright Memorial Hospital Sleep Lab receives accreditation

Wright Memorial Hospital’s Sleep Lab recently received program accreditation from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.  “The American Academy of Sleep Medicine congratulates Wright Memorial Hospital on meeting the high standards required to earn accreditation as a sleep disorders center,” said Dr. Douglas Kirsch, AASM president. “Wright Memorial Hospital’s Sleep Lab is an important resource […]

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Dr. Wyatt Pickering named medical director for emergency department at Wright Memorial Hospital

Wright Memorial Hospital began working with a new group of emergency medicine providers, Emergency Medical Services,  in its emergency department. EMS is part of ENVISION Physician Services, a high quality, nationwide team of providers, which Saint Luke’s Health System uses to staff emergency departments at some of its other facilities. “Through EMS’ positive partnership with […]

Rollover Accident

Rollover crash in Worth County injures driver

A rollover accident in Worth County Tuesday afternoon injured a resident of Sheridan, Missouri. William Teager was transported by ambulance to the Saint Francis Hospital in Maryville. Teager was southbound when the vehicle he was driving began to travel off the west side of Route F. He overcorrected causing the car to cross the center […]

Wright Memorial Hospital

Blood drive to be held at Wright Memorial Hospital

The Community Blood Center is the primary supplier of blood for local hospitals and has been serving Missouri and Kansas hospitals for more than 50 years. The blood center needs to collect 580 pints of blood every day and over 140,000 pints annually to meet the needs of our local hospitals. An individual within the area […]

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Bevier woman hospitalized after crashing near Macon

A Bevier resident received serious injuries late Saturday morning when the car she was driving overturned west of Macon. Twenty-four-year-old Morgan Kidd was transported to Samaritan Hospital in Macon. The accident happened one mile west of Macon on the south outer road when the eastbound car went off the left side of the road and […]

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Tractor overturns on Macon man

The Highway Patrol reports a Macon man sustained serious injuries when a tractor overturned on top of him one mile east of Macon Friday afternoon. Sixty-one-year-old Robert Polys reportedly attempted to remove a tree with the tractor on private property off Lariat Avenue when the tractor overturned. Polys was transported to the Samaritan Hospital in […]

Health News

Department of Health and Senior Services working to to ensure continuation of the Time Critical Diagnosis System

The Department of Health and Senior Services is working with partners, including hospitals, providers, and emergency medical service professionals to ensure funding for the Time Critical Diagnosis System will remain steady moving forward. The TCD System is a statewide system that brings together the 911 response system, ambulance services, and hospitals in a coordinated way […]