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Mid-Missouri can expect millions of dollars worth of new investments from the state under a budget advanced by the Missouri House.

The annual Callaway Chamber of Commerce Banquet honored several local businesses and groups, including the Fulton Rotary Club and the Fulton Afghan Resettlement Committee for their efforts in assisting Afghan refugees.

The Department of Mental Health has continued to grapple with steep vacancies among staff, causing access to care across its state-run mental health facilities to decline as wings are shut down.

Hospitals across Missouri are facing a “crisis” caring for patients in acute-care settings who can’t find long-term care through the Department of Mental Health due to the agency’s chronic shortage of workers.

The Department of Mental Health has continued to grapple with steep vacancies among staff, causing access to care across its state-run mental health facilities to decline as wings are shut down.

The Department of Mental Health has continued to grapple with steep vacancies among staff, causing access to care across its state-run mental health facilities to decline as wings are shut down.

The Missouri Department of Mental Health has continued to grapple with steep vacancies among staff, causing access to care to decline.

The Missouri Attorney General's Office will soon update the state's inventory of rape kits, a process that would unlock a new phase of the SAFE Kit initiative.

Missouri’s state employees saw a 5.5% raise after both the House and Senate passed a $4.5 billion midyear spending bill in February.

Outside medical help has once again been called in to care for patients at the Fulton State Hospital as it grapples with steep staffing shortages upwards of 80 percent for some positions.