Stoddard County, Missouri -  Route K in Stoddard County will be closed as contractor crews replace a bridge.  

This bridge is located over the Castor River between County Road 267 and Route V.

Weather permitting, work will begin Monday, Oct. 30 about mid-day and expected to re-open Tuesday, Jan. 23.

Missouri - Remember that Friday, Oct. 20, 2017 is "Buckle Up/Phone Down Day." The challenge is simple: when you get into any vehicle, buckle up your safety belt. If you are a driver, put the cellphone down. Turn it off if you have to. No texting and no talking unless hands free. By buckling up and putting your phone down - even for one day - you will be doing your part to make Missouri's roads safer. Let's save lives and turn this day into a week, a month and eventually every trip, every time. 

Texting increases the risk of car crashes by 50 percent. Sixty-seven percent of this year's fatalities involved unbuckled drivers or passengers that may have survived if they were only properly restrained. The loss of one life is too many.

Join the movement - stand up and be counted on Buckle Up/Phone Down Challenge Day Friday, Oct. 20. 

 Route 51 and Route B between Fisk and Poplar Bluff, Mo., will have various closures as contractor crews perform bridge repairs. The crew will be working on a total of 10 bridges located between US 60 and Business 60.  

Improvements are already underway from Route 60 Outer Road to Route FF in Fisk, Mo. The repairs in this location are expected to be completed Oct. 23, weather permitting.

Crews will progress from east to west, with each bridge remaining closed for several weeks as repairs are underway.

Completion of the 10 bridges is anticipated in March 2018, weather permitting.

The work zone will have message boards and signs in place. Motorists are urged to use extreme caution while traveling near the area.

Route 51 and Route B between Fisk and Poplar Bluff, Mo., will have various closures as contractor crews perform bridge repairs. The crew will be working on a total of 10 bridges located between US 60 and Business 60.  

Improvements are already underway from Route 60 Outer Road to Route FF in Fisk, Mo. The repairs in this location are expected to be completed Oct. 23, weather permitting.

Crews will progress from east to west, with each bridge remaining closed for several weeks as repairs are underway.

Completion of the 10 bridges is anticipated in March 2018, weather permitting.

The work zone will have message boards and signs in place. Motorists are urged to use extreme caution while traveling near the area.

Cape Girardeau, Missouri - Saint Francis Healthcare System named Wayne Floyd, CISSP, the new cybersecurity officer for Information Technology. 

In this role, Floyd is responsible for the implementation of Information Technology security policies, procedures, standards, technical safeguards and solutions in response to ongoing assessment and evaluations as well as other identified business exposures. 

Floyd has over 20 years of experience in information technology and has focused on cybersecurity for the last five years. 

He earned his undergraduate degree from Southern Arkansas University and his MBA from University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Floyd is a certified information systems security professional through (ISC)², which is the world’s leading cybersecurity and IT security professional organization. 

 

Saint Francis Medical Center is a 308-bed facility serving more than 713,000 people throughout Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas. Guided by its mission to provide a ministry of healing and wellness inspired by its Christian philosophy and values, the Medical Center has become a progressive, innovative regional tertiary care referral center. Saint Francis’ major service lines, which have received national recognition, include the Neurosciences Institute; Orthopedic Institute; Family BirthPlace, featuring the region’s first Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; Heart Hospital; Emergency and Level III Trauma Center; Cancer Institute; and Fitness Plus. 

Missouri - MoDOT cautions motorists to watch out for slow-moving vehicles

                                                           

It's harvest time on Missouri farms, and MoDOT wants to remind motorists to pay extra attention to farm equipment using and crossing state roadways.

"Harvest season is a busy time of the year for Missouri's farm families, and MoDOT wants to make it a safe time of year too," said MoDOT Highway Safety and Traffic Engineer Nicole Hood. "Farm equipment vehicles can be slow-moving, and motorists may be surprised when they come up behind one on a Missouri highway."

Missouri's 34,000 miles of state roadways pass alongside the fields of thousands of farms throughout the state. Farm equipment vehicles were involved in 582 crashes in the three years of 2014 through 2016.  These crashes resulted in 17 people being killed and 199 injured. 

"Contrary to what some may believe, these crashes do not just occur on county roadways," Hood said.  "While the majority of these crashes occurred on letter routes and county roads, some crashes also occurred on interstates and other high-speed roadways."

Motorists are advised to slow down when approaching farm vehicles. Be patient as the farm vehicles travel to their field entrances. In passing zones, please wait until it is safe, and pass at a safe distance and speed.