Mental health struggles and rising suicide rates among farmers are becoming an alarming concern across rural America. A recent CBS News feature spotlighted the issue—and one of the voices in that report was Jolie Foreman, co-founder of Shelby County Cares. She told...
(Jefferson City, MO) — Dave Dunklee says he’s lost track of how many veterans have benefitted from the Healing Box Project, since it began 14 years ago, but he says its in the hundreds. He says for many veterans, learning to play the guitar sooths their...
After walking the streets of downtown Columbia following a deadly shooting, University of Missouri Chancellor Mun Choi told Missourinet that staying silent about crime in Columbia wasn’t an option—despite warnings from others to keep quiet. “Because it’s...
Missouri does not have enough hospital beds for mental health patients, and hundreds of them across the state are being housed in county jails. That includes northwest Missouri’s Buchanan County. Sheriff Bill Puett described a dire situation this week to the Missouri...
A bill being sponsored by Missouri Congressman Wesley Bell would require data collection from encounters between police and suspects suffering from mental illness. “As a son of a retired police officer, you know, our staff, myself, we’re always thinking about...
