by admin | Apr 13, 2021 | Crime / Courts, Education, Health / Medicine, News
Bipartisan legislation creating a hypodermic needle exchange program will be heard by a Missouri House committee Tuesday afternoon in Jefferson City. State Sen. Holly Rehder (R-Scott City), who has sponsored the bill for several years, will testify before the Missouri...
by Alisa Nelson | Apr 12, 2021 | Education, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
Missouri’s K-12 schools are getting a big chunk of change in the latest federal coronavirus relief package. The U.S. Department of Education says $1.95 billion total has been designated for Missouri schools. The plan also includes funding for a program to increase...
by Alisa Nelson | Apr 10, 2021 | Health / Medicine, News
For the first time since March 2020, Missouri’s seven veterans homes are once again accepting applications for new residents. Due to the pandemic, new admissions had not been allowed since then. The state-operated nursing homes caring for veterans are located in...
by Alisa Nelson | Apr 7, 2021 | Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
The state of Missouri is organizing its third mega vaccination event. Up to 10,000 total doses of coronavirus vaccine could be given Thursday and Friday at the Hammons Student Center on the Missouri State University campus. Dr. Russell Kohl is a colonel in the...
by admin | Mar 20, 2021 | Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
Missourinet Kansas City television partner KMBC Channel 9 contributed to this story. Missouri’s governor says more than 3,600 Jackson County residents were vaccinated on Friday at Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium, the largest state-supported vaccination...