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. Patty Morrow, vice president of behavioral health services for Mercy Health, testified during a legislative hearing Wednesday that “the problem is pervasive […]
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) -- More than 1,200 cities, towns and villages across the state will receive $371 million in federal funding. The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity announced a second round of COVID-19 relief from the federal American Rescue Plan Act will soon go to the small towns, cities and villages in the [...]
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Jean Eddy, 84, says thieves have stolen her 2018 Kia Optima LX three times this year. On February 2nd, her car was stolen from the parking lot of her apartment, near West Riverside. Police later found it crashed and heavily damaged, suffering $4,100 in damages. She purchased a steering wheel lock, [...]
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) -- Several lawmakers say abortion rights are undeniably on the ballot in November after one U.S. senator proposed a nationwide abortion ban. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-North Carolina) introduced a bill Tuesday that would outlaw any abortion in the U.S. after 15 weeks with exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the [...]
“Amazon cares very little about said injuries. Production is all they’re concerned with,” Justin Lopez, a process assistant at the fulfillment center said.
The first time Maureen Loyacono voted was in 1960, when she cast a ballot for John F. Kennedy. “And I’ve never missed an election since,” said Loyacono, 84, a Kansas City resident who also served as a poll worker for 40 years. But she’s worried this might be the first election where her vote won’t […]
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