by admin | May 14, 2020 | Business, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
(Reporter Monte Lyons at Missourinet Kennett affiliate KBOA contributed to this story) A Georgia-based company announced Thursday that it plans to renovate and re-open a hospital in southeast Missouri’s Kennett, a hospital that’s been closed since 2018....
by admin | May 12, 2020 | Business, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
A congressman who represents 30 counties across southern Missouri thanks the Trump Administration for reversing decisions involving rural hospitals and telehealth. U.S. Rep. Jason Smith, R-Salem, describes the two reversals as major wins for rural Missouri and rural...
by admin | May 5, 2020 | Business, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt, Transportation, Weather
(Missourinet Cape Girardeau television partner KFVS and Missourinet Portageville affiliate KMIS contributed to this story) UPDATE ON WEDNESDAY AT 11:55 AM: Missourinet Portageville affiliate KMIS reports power has been restored to all of Portageville, and that 75...
by admin | Mar 4, 2020 | Business, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
A congressman who represents 30 counties in southern Missouri has seen five hospital closings in his sprawling district since 2016. U.S. Rep. Jason Smith, R-Salem, describes the rural hospital closures as unacceptable. “Just because you live in a zip code...
by admin | Feb 13, 2020 | Business, Crime / Courts, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
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...
