Stories from Saturday, December 5, 2020

State Sen.-elect Holly Rehder (R-Scott City) will be sworn in to the upper chamber of the Missouri General Assembly Jan. 6, and said Thursday she has “pre-filed” legislation for the coming regular session on her signature issue: a statewide prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP)...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — The pager sounds a high then a low note followed by a series of beeps. The emergency medical service staff stops to listen closely to the dispatcher’s words: male, positive PUI. Those words tell the ambulance crew their next patient is a Patient Under Investigation for COVID-19...

It was nice to see president elect Joe Biden give a supporting and uplifting Thanksgiving address to the American people. I guess Trump was too busy planning for his Thanksgiving golf day and contemplating which of his crony criminal friends and pals he will pardon before he leaves office.

Winter sports are underway in the area and while the whistles are being blown, not everyone will be able to hear them. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most schools are putting restrictions on the number of spectators attending games and enforcing some sort of masking policy...