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Sitting in an office at the Lutheran Family and Children's Services facility is Jessica Ruffin. She’s tall in stature, a little shy and has a smile that…
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There’s big change on the horizon for the public mental health safety net. The Excellence in Mental Health Act is being called the "biggest federal...
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Two local members of the Missouri House of Representatives have developed a plan to prevent the closure of the Cottonwood Residential Treatment Center.…
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Supporters of a failed sales tax proposal in Cape Girardeau County are weighing their options as they move forward.Proposition K, a quarter-cent sales tax…
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Missouri Governor Jay Nixon (D) has released plans to fund construction of a new state psychiatric hospital in Fulton. Nixon says his state budget for...
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As part of Gov. Jay Nixon’s mental health initiative program, two hundred Missouri K-12 teachers, counselors and administrators gathered in Columbia...
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Both of Missouri’s U.S. Senators want to see improved background checks for government contractors. This comes after a mentally ill contractor entered the…