More than 350 ICE detainees have spent time in the Phelps County jail this year, and more of them are on the way after a two-month pause.

The airlines serving regional airports without other air service options receive federal grants that will be suspended starting Sunday.

Smaller rural hospitals are closing or in danger of shutting down, regional facilities like Phelps Health are looking to expand to pick up the slack.

The hospital’s involvement is a partial lifeline to the facility that has faced financial struggles, but questions about the aquatics area remain.

The senator from Missouri said the large military installation with a long history of training soldiers and military law enforcement should be used to help ICE.

Abide in Love volunteers say their goal is to provide basic aid to immigrants detained in a Ste. Genevieve jail.

A Phelps County official said the $85 a night the federal government paid per detainee wasn’t covering the increased costs of transportation and additional paperwork.

An increase in Army recruitment and enlistment has led to five more basic combat training companies at Fort Leonard Wood and a 30% increase in soldiers training there.

The new hospital at the Army post in the Ozarks was rumored to be under consideration to be downgraded to a clinic.

The goal is for the new facility to offer more specialty medical services and reduce travel times for veterans who would have to go to St. Louis or Columbia.

The team of more than 100 students beat out international competition with a machine they took an entire school year to design and build.

The storefront location of U.S. Route 63 will be part meeting space and part resource repository.