Healthcare providers in Marion, Ralls, Pike, Lewis, Shelby, and Monroe counties recently conducted a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA). The results of this assessment, along with secondary research highlighting publicly available information regarding the health status of the region, will be explored at an upcoming town hall meeting on Thursday, June 20 at the Quality Inn in Hannibal from 5:30-7 p.m. All area residents are invited to participate in this
State Sen. Brian Munzlinger, R-Williamstown, wants to remind everyone about his upcoming “Northeast Missouri Local Government Day,” scheduled for June 25 at the Capitol. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in House Hearing Rooms 2 and 3, located in the basement of the Capitol. “My first priority as a state senator is to serve the people of my district to the best of my ability
Joyce Lewis, a member of the Clarksville Garden Club was recently installed as the president of the Federated Garden Clubs of Missouri at the annual convention held in St. Joseph. Lewis will serve for the 2013-2015 term. The Federated Garden Clubs of Missouri (FGCM) with approximately 2,500 members is affiliated with the National Garden Clubs, Inc. and the Central Region. Lewis has served her local club and the Northeast District
Both Louisiana and Clarksville are now in recovery mode from the Flood of 2013 but continue to keep a close eye on the swollen Mississippi River. Thunderstorms last week did not produce the torrential rains that caused the river to rise to high flood levels again in May after the initial crest on April 22. Although there is a chance of rain Friday, June 14 through Sunday, June 16, The
In 1979, Clay Logan was still running Stark Bro’s with his brother, Walter, and had just been married the year before to Sally Logan. He had been introduced to Sally by a Westminster College fraternity brother, Tom Thomas, who was also from Louisiana. Thomas was in the hospital business and during a conversation with Logan he suggested he run for the Pike County Memorial Hospital Board. “It sounded like an
Louisiana loan and check firm Cash Biz is alleging two former employees took trade secrets and urged customers to join a competitor they went to work for. West End Financial Services owners John Sitton and Eleanor Sitton and employees Jordahn Wirtz and Stephanie Bailey are named in the injunction to stop the allegations and get damages filed by Cash Biz corporate attorney Kathryn Haertel. “I have never nor shall I
Will little fanfare, the Louisiana City Council dropped an agenda item last week that I think put them one large step toward transparency. The board had previously agreed to drop a catch-all provision from their agenda that allowed them three different reasons to go into closed executive sessions at any time. Those lessons were litigation, real estate transactions and personnel. The action last week was the end of a long
I want to believe President Obama when he says that secretly obtained phone and computer records will not be abused to harass the general public. But I wonder. I fully understand the war on terrorism calls for deep searches into people’s backgrounds and that many potential attacks have been thwarted because of them. But what I’m afraid of is that we’ve taken one more step toward what George Orwell described
When I recently heard the Louisiana School Board vote to hire a person to instruct the elementary school teachers how to teach writing next year, I was pretty floored to be honest. Prior to joining the unanimous vote, board members Tony Gschwender and Lori Helkey said Louisiana students’ ability to write was far from where it should be. Overall, it’s my opinion the R-II district is doing a good job
Healthcare providers in Marion, Ralls, Pike, Lewis, Shelby, and Monroe counties recently
State Sen. Brian Munzlinger, R-Williamstown, wants to remind everyone about his upcoming
Healthcare providers in Marion, Ralls, Pike, Lewis, Shelby, and Monroe counties recently
State Sen. Brian Munzlinger, R-Williamstown, wants to remind everyone about his upcoming
Two Clopton baseball players and two Louisiana players made the Class 2,
The Louisiana Bulldogs recently had five players selected for the All-Clarence Cannon