Applications for Absentee Voting are Now Available Voters can request absentee ballots for their local election authority, usually your county clerk, in person, by mail, by fax or by e-mail. Relatives within the second degree (spouse, parents and children) may complete an absentee ballot application, in person, on behalf of the voter who wishes to…… Continue Reading
Voters With Disabilities or Illness Have Voting Options
Voters With Disabilities or Illness Have Voting Options Those with illness or limited mobility can vote “curbside” outside their polling place. Go to your polling place and ask someone to go in and ask poll workers to bring a ballot out to you. If you have physical disabilities, and your polling place is not accessible,…… Continue Reading
Audrain County Health Department Announces Inaugural Recipient of Award
Audrain County Health Department Announces Inaugural Recipient of Award The Audrain County Health Department announces that the first recipient of the William “Bill” Johnson Advocate for Public Health Award will go to Board Member and former Chair, Dr. Kathleen Weaver in recognition for her leadership and efforts during the pandemic response. Dr. Weaver will be…… Continue Reading
Information Technology Hiring Event In Jefferson City Friday
Information Technology Hiring Event In Jefferson City Friday The State of Missouri’s Information Technology Services Division within the Office of Administration will hold a hiring event from 1pm – 4pm this Friday at the Harry S. Truman State Office Building, 301 West High Street, in Jefferson City. There are vacancies at all seniority levels. Interviews…… Continue Reading
Texting Can Improve Health Care
Texting Can Improve Health Care The National Institutes of Health are exploring the possibility that texting could speed up decision-making in nursing homes and improve the quality of care, even reducing unnecessary hospitalizations. The NIH is granting $1 million to MU researchers. Speedy decision-making is critical in preventing further health complications or deteriorations that often…… Continue Reading
Hunger Action Month is Needed and Appreciated
Hunger Action Month is Needed and Appreciated Phillip Iman, the Director of the Laura Miller George Help Center in Mexico is full of praise for the Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri who provide most of the food distributed locally at no cost, not even for delivery. Iman tells us that the Help Center…… Continue Reading
Dukes’ Hearing Pushed to November – Civil Suit Waiting for New Judge
Dukes’ Hearing Pushed to November – Civil Suit Waiting for New Judge A hearing in the criminal case against Katrina Dukes, the physical education teacher at Eugene Field accused of child abuse and child endangerment, is this morning in Mexico according to court records. Her preliminary hearing is now pushed to November 22. Her attorney,…… Continue Reading
Information to Help You Choose Judicial Candidates this November
Information to Help You Choose Judicial Candidates this November You can access judicial reviews to inform your decisions on which judges to retain in November. See your sample ballot at ballotpedia.org to check which of the multiple judges, supreme and appellate, will be on your ballot. The Missouri Judicial Performance Review Committee, are announcing the…… Continue Reading
KWWR Sports Report 9/27/22
KWWR Sports Report 9/27/22 Tonight, the St. Louis Cardinals are up against the Milwaukee Brewers in Wisconsin at 6:40 – Miles Mikolas vs Adrian Houser. The Kansas City Royals are at Detroit to take on the Tigers at 5:40 – Zack Greinke vs Joey Wentz. In NFL Monday Night Football, the Dallas Cowboys beat the…… Continue Reading
Dangerous Longhorned Tick Detected in Northern Missouri by Mizzou Researchers
Dangerous Longhorned Tick Detected in Northern Missouri by Mizzou Researchers The University of Missouri announced that the Longhorned tick is discovered in northern Missouri by university researchers for the first time. This presents a real danger for cattle health in the Midwest. The Longhorned tick can cause significant loss in weight gain for cattle, similar…… Continue Reading
