Dear Editor, As we come to the close of 2023, we are gearing up for lots of free suicide prevention training in the community! FCC has partnered with 1st General Baptist Church of Malden, MO and Ely.
People in Kansas City, Missouri, can now get Narcan for free from the city’s health department. The medication reverses the effects of opioid overdoses.
From 2019 to 2020, Mercy Hospital saw pediatric patients with gunshot wounds go from three to nine cases. In 2021, they had six cases and in 2022, eight.
Miller County Sheriff Louie Gregoire announced this week the number of overdoses in the county has shown a dramatic increase this year compared to last.