In 2021, 1 out of 47 deaths statewide were attributed to an opioid-involved overdose, most of which was fentanyl. A Missouri legislative taskforce is working to get a grip on the state’s opioid crisis by studying the epidemic and the effect the overuse of...
U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-California, has appointed Third District U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Missouri, to a new Republican-only task force focusing on drug cartels at the Mexican border. Luetkemeyer told Missourinet affiliate KWIX in Moberly that the...
Missouri’s senior U.S. Senator, Republican Josh Hawley, continues to speak out on several topics. He visited by phone recently with Missourinet affiliate KDRO in Sedalia, where he talked to News Director Charlie Richardson about funding for Ukraine, immigration...
An extension of bipartisan legislation involving fentanyl has been signed into law by President Trump. Supporters say the legislation will decrease the number of opioid-related deaths. Longtime Poplar Bluff Police Chief Danny Whiteley had been calling on Congress to...
