Stories from Wednesday, May 21, 2014

JEFFERSON CITY- The Office of Administration, in conjunction with the Missouri Department of Revenue, has awarded the management contract for the Chaffee License Office to Ernst & Sadler Licensing Inc., in Chaffee. All license office contracts in Missouri are awarded through a competitive bid process...

There will be a free skin screening for New Madrid County residents on Friday, June 6th, 2014. This screening is being offered free of charge by the New Madrid County Health Department, St. Francis Medical Center and Dr. Hal Brown, Dermatologist. Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States. 1 in 5 Americans will develop skin cancer in the course of their lifetime. With careful inspection of the skin, though, most skin cancer can be found early and treated successfully...

Residents in nursing homes have rights mandated by federal and state law. The Ombudsman Program was established by the Older American's Act to be a 'voice' for residents in long term care facilities, assuring that resident rights are upheld. The Ombudsman Program seeks to advocate for individual residents as well as inform the public regarding nursing home issues...

NEW MADRID - The New Madrid County Sheriff's Department is seeking the public help in locating a missing one-of-a kind barbecue grill. On Monday the United Steelworkers Union Hall in Marston reported a grill, mounted on a trailer was missing. The grill was chained and locked to on of the buildings columns, however both locks were reported cut and the grill was pulled away...

JEFFERSON CITY---The Missouri Public Service Commission will hold local public hearings in June in complaint cases filed by Noranda Aluminum, Inc. and 37 individual customers against Union Electric Company d/b/a Ameren Missouri. The local public hearing schedule appears below...

SENATH, Mo. -- For the second time in as many days, the Portageville Bulldogs found a way to get a walkoff win. Portageville and South Pem traded the lead six times Tuesday, The Bulldogs got a popup from Derrick Priggle that turned into a game-winning base hit that scored Cameron West in the bottom of the seventh inning to give Portageville a 5-4 win over South Pemiscot in the Class 2, District 1 Tournament championship game here Tuesday...

JEFFERSON CITY- Maybe your teen's brain doesn't work the same way yours does - but a childhood behavioral expert says new research can help parents better understand their adolescent son or daughter.
Jim Harris, who works at Marshall University to improve behavioral practices in schools, said research suggests the risky experimentation kids seem drawn to from puberty is partially the result of biological changes in their brains. ...

McCaskill Staff to Hold 'Office on the Road" in New Madrid County to Hear From, Assist Constituents Senator's staff set to meet one-on-one with area residents NEW MADRID -- As members of U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill's staff travel throughout the state to hear directly from Missourians, representatives will be bringing their office to New Madrid to provide local residents an opportunity to meet one-on-one about opportunities and challenges they face every day...

Laura Rosetta Campbell, 78, formerly of Sikeston, Miner and Portageville, died May 14, 2014, at her home in Huntsville, AL. Born November 28, 1935, in Vanduser, to the late Lee and Dora Strickland Walker, she was a homemaker. On October 30, 1949, she married Jackie Joe Campbell, who preceded her in death on February 22, 1997...