New $42 million hospital opens Friday in southern Missouri; rural residents urged to support local hospitals (AUDIO)

by admin | Jan 21, 2021 | Agriculture, Business, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt

A ceremony is scheduled for Friday evening in southwest Missouri’s Monett for a new state-of-the-art $42 million hospital. Monett, which has about 9,000 residents, is located between Joplin and Springfield. Springfield-based CoxHealth broke ground on the...

DHSS: Missouri’s coronavirus cases increase 1,138 from Monday’s total

by admin | Jul 21, 2020 | Business, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt

Missouri’s coronavirus cases have increased by more than 1,000 in the past 24 hours. The state Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) says Missouri now has 34,762 confirmed coronavirus cases, an increase of 1,138 from Monday’s number of 33,624....

Missouri governor: 250 new jobs coming to “small town pretty close to Bolivar” (AUDIO)

by admin | Jun 16, 2020 | Agriculture, Business, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt

Missouri’s governor says 250 new agricultural-related jobs are coming to southwest Missouri. Governor Mike Parson made the announcement during a briefing with Capitol reporters in Jefferson City on Tuesday. While the governor isn’t naming the town yet, he...

Missouri’s Hawley: It’s time for the Coast Guard to act on duck boats (AUDIO/VIDEO)

by admin | May 28, 2020 | Business, Crime / Courts, Entertainment, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt, Transportation, Weather

Missouri’s junior senator says the deadly 2018 duck boat tragedy which killed 17 victims on southwest Missouri’s Table Rock Lake should never have occurred. U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley (R) tells Missourinet that the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)...

La-Z-Boy to resume partial operations at large southwest Missouri plant next week

by admin | Apr 24, 2020 | Business, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt

(Reporter Ty Albright from Missourinet Joplin affiliate KZRG contributed to this story) One of southwest Missouri’s biggest manufacturers will resume partial production at its Neosho plant on Monday. Missourinet Joplin affiliate KZRG reports furniture company...