Heisinger Bluffs and the St. Joseph’s Bluffs Center will be under new owners in October. Green Tree Health Care is buying the two care facilities from Lutheran Senior Services. Heisinger offers long term living options while St. Joseph Bluffs is a skilled nursing facility. The sale becomes effective October 1st.
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(AP) — President Joe Biden says that a tentative railway labor agreement has been reached, averting a potentially devastating strike before the pivotal midterm elections. Railroads and union representatives had been in negotiations for 20 hours at the Labor Department on Wednesday to hammer out a deal, as there was a …
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(AP) — Missouri lawmakers on Wednesday returned to the Capitol for a special session aimed at cutting taxes. Republican Gov. Mike Parson called on lawmakers to cut the top income tax rate from 5.3% to 4.8%. He also wants the GOP-led Legislature to increase the standard deduction by $2,000 for …
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Missouri Governor Mike Parson (right) and Missouri Pork Association executive vice president Don Nikodim (center) speak to a farmer in Columbia on August 25, 2022 (file photo courtesy of the governor’s Flickr page) The Missouri House will gavel-in Wednesday afternoon at 1 in Jefferson City to begin the special session …
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Senate Majority Leader Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia) presides over the Missouri Senate in Jefferson City on January 28, 2021 (file photo courtesy of Harrison Sweazea at Senate Communications) Missouri lawmakers are returning to Jefferson City today (Wednesday) morning for their annual veto session, which is required under the state Constitution. Both …
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This is an artist’s rendering of the new Ronald McDonald House that will be built near Columbia’s Stadium and College intersection (2022 graphic courtesy of Lindsay DuCharme of the Ronald McDonald House) Emphasizing that parents should be within steps of where their child receives treatment, Ronald McDonald House Charities of …
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(AP) — Missouri business and government officials are bracing for the possibility of a nationwide rail strike at the end of this week while talks carry on between the largest U.S. freight railroads and their unions. The railroads have already started to curtail shipments of hazardous materials and have announced …
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The transgender policy for the Wardsville school is dropped. The Blair Oaks Board removed the policy at last night’s meeting. It allowed students to pick a name and dress according to their gender status. They were also able to choose which bathroom they could use. The board hired a search …
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(AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court won’t take up a lawsuit challenging a ballot proposal to legalize recreational marijuana. Supreme Court judges on Tuesday refused to take up a case seeking to knock the issue off the Nov. 8 ballot. The proposal would allow those age 21 and older to …
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Boone County prosecutors have charged 26-year-old Xavier Blake Gee with 11 felonies, including kidnapping and four counts of sodomy or attempted sodomy (2022 photo courtesy of the Boone County Sheriff’s Department website) A Boone County jury has heard graphic opening statements from prosecutors in the trial of a Columbia man …
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