Stories from Friday, November 8, 2024

The University of Missouri Extension hosted the 19th Annual Multi-County Women’s Health Conference Friday, Nov. 8 at Miner Baptist Church. This year’s conference highlighted resources on personal development, money management, legal issues and other topics. Right: Bobbie Sager speaks with Missouri Delta’s Whitney Montgomery and Melissa Kelley...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. —A woman was killed in a head-on collision Wednesday evening. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol at 6:08 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6, on Missouri Highway 25, one mile north of Bloomfield, a northbound vehicle driven by a 53-year-old Bloomfield woman crossed the centerline. The northbound vehicle then struck a southbound vehicle driven by a 77-year-old Bloomfield woman...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — The young mother was striving to create a better life for her family. She had gained needed skills, found a job, but one barrier remained – childcare. Dana Brown-Ellis, executive director of Caring Communities, is all too familiar with that nearly insurmountable barrier faced by families in Mississippi County...

On Saturday, Nov. 16, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) will be hanging donation bags on residents’ doors as part of the annual Scouting for Food campaign. All non-perishable items collected will remain at the local level, BSA Cherokee District Activities Chairman Amber Scudder said...