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Jim Baker with the Delta Children’s Home recently announced that with the help from some hometown heroes and icons, the Delta Children’s Home has already reached $10,000 in their fundraising efforts. “Ten-thousand dollars, as of this afternoon,” Baker announced earlier in the week. ...

On Monday night, prior to the regular meeting, Senath Council held a public hearing to discuss a grant. During this hearing, the council voted in favor of allowing Mayor Joe Lane to sign off on final documents with grant writer Mitsy Dell for the Missouri Department of Economic Development grant to repair several drainage issues, streets, and overlays...

On Monday, January, 17th, 2022, America will honor the birth, the life, the legacy and dream of the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day will show remembrance in celebrations throughout the nation and locally, there will be several committees, groups, organizations and individuals who are coming together to prepare free meals in an effort to promote King’s vision to “keep dreaming, believing and moving toward social and economic justice.”...

The weekend weather forecast has many locals rushing to the supermarkets and shopping stores ahead of what is expected to be a very hazardous travel weekend. According to weather stations across the country, the midwest is in for what may be the biggest snowfall accumulations seen or recorded in a few years...

Governor Mike Parson announced the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved his request for a major disaster declaration in response to severe storms and tornadoes in Missouri on December 10. Seven Missouri counties will receive federal assistance as a result of the Governor’s December 28 request, which included $27 million in identified qualifying disaster-related expenses...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL), representing more than 14,000 nursing homes and assisted living communities across the country that provide care to approximately five million people each year, released a report today showing that nursing homes in the U.S. ...

The two-year onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic, continuing with the rise of the Delta and Omicron variants, has taken center stage in every aspect of life, not the least of which is the consumer world. While vaccinations have helped re-open the door to public interaction, the virus still spreads, deaths mount, and many customers are more concerned than ever about infection prevention, says Tricia Holderman (www.triciaholderman.com), author of Germinator: The Germ Girl’s Guide To Simple Solutions In A Germ-Filled World.. ...

At the beginning of 2022, people living in southeast Missouri will have easier access to behavioral healthcare thanks to a grant awarded to FCCBH. This grant will help people acquire the help they need.  “It is a brand new grant that we have just received from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA),” said Rachael Ward, FCCBH Grant Development Officer. ...

The Oaks Nutrition Center in Kennett strives to provide all of their clients with tasty nutritious meals, helpful and informative programs, well-being clinics, and all sorts of fun activities. The Kennett Rotary Club made the generous donation of an elliptical machine to the Oaks Nutrition Center. Oaks Director, Laura Ford stated, “We sincerely appreciate this machine and would like to thank the Kennett Rotary Club for their donation.”...

During Monday night’s city council meeting in Campbell, the Council and Mayor dug into several topics which have been brought to their attention, as well as, how they can approach the problems to find long-term resolution to fix, not just manage the issues...

19th Annual Mardi Gras at Bootheel Youth Museum

On Monday, January 10, Senath-Hornersville Elementary school announced that they would be closed Tuesday, January 11 through Monday, January 17 due to elementary school staff out sick with COVID. Middle school and high school students will continue to attend school in-person as normal. The elementary school will be back in session on Tuesday, January 18...

Saturday is the open enrollment deadline for the federal Health Insurance Marketplace, an outgrowth of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as “Obamacare.” Aaron Griffin, policy director of Benton, Missouri-based SEMO Health Network, said “navigators” are ready to walk potential applicants through the process...

SEARCY, AR (01/11/2022)-- Chase Branum of Kennett is one of more than 300 students who received diplomas and were recognized as Harding University graduates for Fall 2021 during a commencement ceremony on December 18, 2021. Branum received a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting...

Jefferson City, Mo. — Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, looking back on last year, published a list of major accomplishments his office completed in 2021.  For the fifth consecutive year, Ashcroft reached his goal of visiting all 114 counties in Missouri. ...

Across the Cape Girardeau area, community organizations will be hosting celebrations in remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr. Southeast Missouri State University will hold its annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Dinner. This year’s theme is “CommUNITY: Justice. Equity. Love.” Keynote speaker for the dinner will be Judge Brian S. Miller of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas...

If things go as Poplar Bluff officials hope, residents of the city and surrounding areas may have a new place to fish in the future. On the drawing board is a potential fishing pond, to be constructed in what is expected to be called the Pike Creek Park. It would be located in the low, wetland area of the city’s new property between Roxie Road, Shelby Road and Kanell Boulevard, and adjacent to the under-construction police department...

Sunday, Jan. 9 was National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day is a day set aside to show support for law enforcement on the local, state and federal levels. This day was for the public to take a moment to recognize the challenges each local law enforcement community makes and to show their support...

Bootheel Youth Museum - Malden

SunSplash donates $300 to KPD

(JEFFERSON CITY, MO) – Today, Governor Mike Parson signed Executive Order 22-1 to consolidate Missouri’s early childhood advisory groups into one with the creation of the Missouri Early Childhood State Advisory Council.  “Last year, we streamlined services to Missouri’s children and families by consolidating the state’s fragmented early childhood programs into the Office of Childhood. ...

JEFFERSON CITY—January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, marking the anniversary of the passage of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000. The Missouri Department of Transportation has joined forces with the Missouri State Highway Patrol and local law enforcement to combat the crime of human trafficking in the Show-Me State...

On January 7, the Supreme Court held one of the most important hearings of my lifetime. They considered two challenges to rules that have been brought forth by the Biden administration to impose vaccine requirements on employers. Overturning these rules is absolutely essential to Americans’ freedom and liberty, and I will do everything in my power to support these cases and fight these rules as your representative in Congress...