Grant given to MU will help nurses boost confidence in COVID vaccine
Grant aims to help nurses talk with people hesitant to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
Continue ReadingGrant aims to help nurses talk with people hesitant to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
Continue ReadingBoone County Republican Central Committee is hosting its annual Lincoln Days banquet Friday evening at the Courtyard by Marriott.
Continue ReadingMissouri hit its first week of the endemic phase of the COVID-19 pandemic Friday but health experts say Influenza and Norovirus cases are on the rise.
Continue ReadingCurrent Missouri law allows for those 21-years or older to text and drive at the same time, but several transportation agencies, lawmakers and some victims are trying to change that.
Continue ReadingThe state of Missouri has limited the amount of coronavirus case information it publishes compared to earlier periods of the pandemic.
Continue ReadingA panel tasked with hearing and deciding on state campaign and lobbyists’ issues does not have enough people to decide on cases before it.
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Continue ReadingThe State of Missouri has issued an endangered person advisory for a missing 9-year-old.
Continue ReadingVoters in Boone County have 99 polling locations to choose from, some of which might be different than voters’ former polling places.
Continue ReadingThe Department of Health and Senior Services’ new coronavirus dashboard is now in use for Missourians as the state is now considered in an endemic phase.
Continue ReadingPUXICO, Mo. (AP) — Two weak earthquakes rumbled in southeast Missouri over the weekend. Television station KFVS reports that the U.S. Geological Survey recorded both earthquakes Sunday evening near Puxico in rural Wayne County, just north of the Missouri Bootheel. The survey says the first was about 7 miles northwest of Puxico and registered a
Continue ReadingKINGSTON, Mo. (AP) — A former northwest Missouri teacher and coach has been charged with multiple sexual crimes. Online court records show that 29-year-old Zachary Douglas, of Utica, is jailed without bond pending an April 7 hearing on 11 felony and seven misdemeanor counts. The charges were filed in two batches over the past two
Continue ReadingMissouri Gov. Mike Parson said Thursday that Missouri is entering the endemic phase of its battle against COVID-19.
Continue ReadingNew data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show high school students have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic, and even before the pandemic, their mental health has been steadily declining.
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Continue ReadingSeveral Missouri lawmakers are working to pass a bill that would allow women in prison to stay with their newborn babies for up to 18 months.
Continue ReadingExperts in the energy sector say it’s too soon to tell exactly how President Joe Biden’s plan will affect gas prices, but nationwide they’re already starting to drop.
Continue ReadingThe state of Missouri will continue to prop up efforts to test for coronavirus and deliver vaccines and treatments for “as long as federal resources persist,” according to a presentation linked from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services website.
Continue ReadingSewer districts across Missouri are opting out of the state’s Sewershed Surveillance COVID-19 tracking program.
Continue ReadingThe Missouri House has defeated a congressional redistricting plan passed by the state Senate — intensifying a stalemate that could lead to court intervention.
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