Trenton city sales tax receipts are down more than 1% for general purposes and capital projects. In addition, there’s a decrease of 2% for fire department needs and a decline of 2.47% for parks. All of those are comparing the first eight months of this fiscal year to the same period a year ago. Revenues total […]
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Mosaic Life Care finalizes St. Francis Hospital purchase terms With SSM Health
Mosaic Life Care, a health-care system based in St. Joseph, Mo., and St. Louis-based SSM Health, have finalized the purchase agreement to transfer ownership of SSM Health St. Francis Hospital – Maryville. The agreement includes St. Francis Hospital and its affiliated outpatient, home care, hospice, and medical group services and locations, as well as SSM […]
Missouri kids are eager to solve food insecurity
Missouri school kids were so eager to participate in the “No Kid Hungry Innovation Challenge” that it was a full house when they pitched their ideas for reducing child hunger and food insecurity. The challenge distributed $14,000 in grants to students who had the most innovative ideas for increasing access to, or participation in, school […]
Slick roads cause two accidents in Sullivan County
Two traffic accidents happened on Highway 5 in Sullivan County Thursday morning that injured drivers. The first accident was at 7:15 when a car driven by 34-year-old Joni Ussary of St. Joseph was northbound on Highway 5 when it slid off the road, struck a tree, and a fence. She was taken by private auto […]
Galt women hurt in Highway 65 crash in Pettis County
The Highway Patrol reports two Galt women sustained minor injuries when the driver of a sports utility vehicle lost control on a wet and partially ice-covered portion of U. S. Highway 65 in Pettis County Thursday morning. Driver 44-year-old Mary Sawyer and passenger 20-year-old Breanna Sawyer were transported by private vehicle to Fitzgibbon Hospital of […]
Macon men injured in crash on Highway 63
The Highway Patrol reports two Macon men sustained injuries when a sports utility vehicle lost control on a snow-covered portion of U. S.Highway 63 two and a half miles south of Macon Thursday morning. An ambulance transported driver 42-year-old Damon Mason to the Samaritan Hospital of Macon with what the Patrol called serious injuries. The […]
Auditor Galloway releases review of home and community based services for disabled and elderly Missourians
Auditor Nicole Galloway has released her review of the state’s home and community-based services program to assist disabled and elderly Medicaid-eligible Missourians. The report examined the effectiveness of recent cost-saving measures approved by the legislature and recommended continued improvement to processes for determining and authorizing individual need. The Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) […]
Audio: Right to Work proposal will return to the Missouri Legislature in 2019
Despite the failure of a Right-to-Work ballot measure this year, a bill will return to the Missouri Legislature in 2019. The state legislature will be asked next year whether to bar Missouri businesses from requiring workers to pay mandatory union fees. The bill is being sponsored by Republican Senator-Elect Eric Burlison of Springfield. […]
Trenton woman injured in Route Z crash
The Highway Patrol reports a Trenton woman sustained minor injuries when she lost control of the sports utility vehicle she drove on a snow-covered portion of Highway Z in Grundy County Tuesday morning. Emergency medical services transported 42-year-old Brandy Knapp to Wright Memorial Hospital of Trenton. Knapp traveled north on Highway Z when she lost […]
Two Trenton men transported to hospital after icy roadway causes crash near Spickard
Two Trenton men were transported to the hospital following a sports utility vehicle accident caused by slick road conditions three miles north of Spickard Tuesday morning. The Highway Patrol reports 52-year-old Ross Elrick and 27-year-old Andrew May were transported to Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton by emergency medical services. Elrick sustained minor injuries, with May […]
Livingston County Health Center to offer flu shot clinic
The holidays are almost here, and that means family gatherings and holiday parties where people tend to be in close personal contact. It’s also time to remember that you don’t want to be the one to bring flu to the festivities. During National Influenza Vaccination Week, the Livingston County Health Center would like to announce […]
Audio: Former Missouri Senator Kit Bond reflects on President George H.W. Bush’s legacy
A former Missouri senator who spent 24 years on Capitol Hill praises former President George H.W. Bush, who died Friday at the age of 94. Former Missouri Senator Kit Bond describes President Bush as a “special person.” Bond describes former President George Herbert Walker Bush as a “true statesman” and an outstanding president […]
Longtime Trenton educator and author, Thomas Brown, dies at 94
Longtime Trenton educator and author Thomas Virgil Brown died Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, in Trenton of natural causes. He was 94. Mr. Brown, Tom to his family and many friends, was born Aug. 9, 1924, on his parents’ farmstead just north of Melbourne in Harrison County, the son of Thomas Armfield Brown, a state legislator, […]
New report on the Health Insurance Market in Missouri released by Missouri Department of Insurance
A new report on the health insurance markets in Missouri was recently released by the Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions, and Professional Registration. The report, which focuses on major medical coverage, makes use of diverse data sources to provide an overview of Missouri’s health insurance market. In addition to data possessed by the DIFP, […]
Weather summary for November indicates snowfall totaled 6-1/4 inches
The National Weather Service, entering last month, had predicted November would be colder than normal, with a moderate chance for above normal precipitation. The long-range forecast turned out to be accurate for temperatures, however, November had less than average moisture despite measurable precipitation on ten dates, including measurable snow on four of those dates. Snowfall […]
More than 250 attend Living Nativity at Wright Memorial Hospital
More than 250 visitors attended the Living Nativity at Wright Memorial Hospital of Trenton Thursday evening. Hospitality Services Manager Corey Wallace says it was a “great way to start the Christmas season”. Wallace expressed appreciation to the community for its support and hopes everyone has a Merry Christmas.
Audio: Missouri House Majority Caucus Chair is disappointed about transportation vote
One of the top GOP lawmakers in the Missouri House is disappointed that voters rejected a ten-cent gasoline tax increase this month. Odessa State Representative Glen Kolkmeyer, who serves as the House Majority Caucus Chair, tells Missourinet talks are happening “behind the scenes”: Kolkmeyer says he’s “very disappointed” that voters rejected a ten-cent […]
Callao teen crashes on Highway 3, arrested on Macon County warrant for stealing
The Highway Patrol reports a Callao resident sustained moderate injuries when the sports utility vehicle he drove lost control on an ice-covered area of Highway 3 north of Callao Wednesday afternoon and was later arrested. An ambulance transported 18-year-old Tyreese Mills to the Samaritan Hospital in Macon. Mills traveled south on Highway 3 when he […]
Number of uninsured children grows in Missouri
About 75,000 children in Missouri lacked health insurance in 2017, or about 5.1 percent, according to a new report from Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families. That’s a small increase over 2016 and is just above the national average, which increased from 4.7 to 5 percent. Amanda Schneider, director of the Medical-Legal Partnership at Legal Services […]
Audio: Missouri House Ethics Committee meets behind closed doors again
The Missouri House Ethics Committee met yesterday (Wednesday) for the second time this month, but it’s still unclear what they discussed. Brian Hauswirth was at the Capitol for the meeting. The Missouri House Ethics Committee met Wednesday morning at the Statehouse in Jefferson City. After a roll call vote, the committee met for […]