by Alisa Nelson | May 20, 2020 | Business, Crime / Courts, Health / Medicine, History, News
On June 1, the Missouri State Penitentiary will begin offering its popular ghost and history tours again at the 184-year-old prison. In a press release today from the Jefferson City Convention and Visitors Bureau, it says work is underway at the historic site to...
by Alisa Nelson | May 20, 2020 | Business, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
Thirteen hog farm employees in Audrain County have tested positive for the coronavirus. Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Director Randall Williams says the cases impact the overall food chain. Some Missouri meat processing plants have closed or...
by Alisa Nelson | May 19, 2020 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
At 6:10 p.m. today, convicted murderer Walter Barton, 64, was pronounced dead at the state prison in southeast Missouri’s Bonne Terre. Barton was convicted of first-degree murder for the 1991 brutal stabbing death of 81-year-old Gladys Kuehler of southwest Missouri’s...
by Alisa Nelson | May 19, 2020 | Education, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
Missouri families eligible for free or reduced price school meals can get a one-time pandemic electronic benefit transfer (P-EBT) payment. The state Department of Social Services says the benefit is available to each pre-K through 12th grade child in the household who...
by Alisa Nelson | May 19, 2020 | Business, Health / Medicine, News
BJC Healthcare says today that it temporarily laid off nearly 3,000 workers last week. June Fowler with BJC tells Missourinet the furloughs are expected to last eight weeks, but depending on patient volumes, some could return sooner. “All will have costs of...