Wright Memorial Hospital

Senior Life Solution program raising awareness during National Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month

September is National Suicide Prevention and Awareness month and Wright Memorial Hospital’s Senior Life Solutions program is working to raise awareness.  According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, an average of 129 deaths by suicide occur per day and there are an estimated 1,400,000 suicide attempts per year. Talk of suicide should never be […]

Phone Scam

Social Security scam hits area residents

Chillicothe police say a scam is circulating again in which a telephone caller claims to be with the Social Security office. Police indicate the caller may claim there’s a warrant or other issue that will result in the suspension of the social security number of the person answering the phone if payment is not made. […]

Water Rescue

Authorities rescue family of 7 near Lock Springs

First responders from Lock Springs and Jamesport worked with the Daviess County Sheriff’s Office to rescue a family from floodwaters north of Lock Springs Thursday night. A representative from the sheriff’s office reports the creek near Highway 190 and Route V flooded, and a vehicle drove into floodwaters at the railroad bridge. The mother, father, […]

A field of soybeans

Audio: Soybean fields looks surprising clean

(Brownfield article by Mark Dorenkamp) Many farmers have been surprised by how clean their soybean fields look given the challenges this spring. Jeff Moon with Corteva Agriscience says while planting delays and the corresponding late fieldwork was frustrating, it did help suppress weeds. “When we can delay that tillage pass, we take out a lot […]

School Safety news graphic

Students will be safer as required background checks on school volunteers becomes state law

A new state law will help protect children at their schools as beginning August 28, school volunteers will be required to undergo criminal background checks before being left alone with children. Auditor Galloway pushed for the new law after her audit of the state’s sexual offender registration program found background checks were mandatory for school employees, […]

NCMC Geyer Hall

NCMC Board of Trustees set tax levy at Tuesday meeting

Five National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Excellence Awards were presented at the North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday evening. The NISOD Awards went to Cory Cooksey with Business Technology for Teaching, Health Sciences Program Coordinator Kristi Cutsinger for Academic Support, Admissions Director Kristie Cross for Student Affairs, Senior Database Administrator […]