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...
by admin | Dec 10, 2019 | Health / Medicine, History, Military, News, Politics / Govt
A southern Missouri congressman says all members of Congress should travel to war-torn countries to visit American troops. U.S. Rep. Jason Smith, R-Salem, who serves as the GOP Conference Secretary, visited Afghanistan and Kuwait just before Thanksgiving with five...
by admin | Aug 27, 2019 | Crime / Courts, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
A southern Missouri congressman who’s one of the top Republicans on Capitol Hill says communities are the answer to preventing mass shootings. U.S. Rep. Jason Smith, R-Salem, spoke to Missourinet recently at the State Fair in Sedalia. We asked him what role, in...
