Stories from Friday, April 6, 2018

JEFFERSON CITY, MO – The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) is celebrating National Public Health Week (NPHW) by highlighting the power of prevention, advocating for healthy and fair policies, sharing strategies for successful partnerships and championing the role of a strong public health system...

COLUMBIA, MO – Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett recently unveiled a new interactive feature on the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) rural opioid misuse webpage. Now, webpage visitors can tell USDA what prevention, treatment and recovery actions have been effective in addressing the opioid epidemic in their rural communities. ...

“In the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen… and Saul.” —Acts 13:1

  Local Farm Bureau members recently visited the State Capitol in Jefferson City to talk with legislators about the priorities of farmers, ranchers and rural Missourians. As part of Missouri Farm Bureau’s (MOFB) Capitol Connection program, farmers and ranchers from throughout the state are coming to the Capitol each week to emphasize the importance of issues such as transportation funding, rural broadband infrastructure and private property rights...

SIKESTON  Paula Jo Myers Powers, 52, died April 3, 2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

JACKSON, Mo.  James Ezra Riggs, 82, of Jackson passed away Thursday, April 5, 2018, at the Monticello House in Jackson.

JACKSON, Mo.  Clara Mae Daniel, 90, formerly of Chaffee, died April 2, 2018, at the Jackson Manor Nursing Home in Jackson.