Tuesday is election day in the Ozarks.
The biggest issue is for those in the Springfield city limits and has to do with increasing the Springfield hotel/motel tax to fund a new convention center.
Nixa and Cassville are voting on issues regarding fire districts.
Voters in Bolivar will be voting on a franchise agreement with Southwest Electric Cooperative.
Tuesday is election day in the Ozarks.
The biggest issue is for those in the Springfield city limits and has to do with increasing the Springfield hotel/motel tax to fund a new convention center.
Nixa and Cassville are voting on issues regarding fire districts.
Voters in Bolivar will be voting on a franchise agreement with Southwest Electric Cooperative.
Behavioral health care provider Brightli officially completed its merger with Nashville, Tennessee-based Centerstone today.
The combined organization will serve about 250,000 people annually, and Centerstone will be the largest nonprofit provider of mental health and substance use disorder care across the U.S.
David Guth, Jr., CEO of Centerstone, says that the completion stage helps Centerstone team members put aside the “maybe” aspects of the merger and move forward with a mission to make behavioral health care more accessible and powerful than it has ever been.
“These are two very well-known, well-respected organizations in our space,” Guth said. “We still feel that we’ve been under-scaled for the opportunities that sit in front of behavioral health today.”
Former Brightli CEO Dr. C.J. Davis is the CEO-elect of Centerstone, meaning that he will become CEO of Centerstone after Guth’s planned retirement in 2027.
“What makes this merger historic isn’t just the scale; it’s the opportunity to reach more people, invest in innovation and ensure no one faces behavioral health challenges alone,” Davis said. “Together, we are building a future where access, quality and compassion define behavioral health care in this country.”
Davis stresses there will be no disruption to patient care resulting from the merger. Over the next 14 months, Brightli subsidiaries Burrell Behavioral Health, Preferred Family Healthcare, Places for People, Southeast Missouri Behavioral Health, Adult & Child Health, Clarity Healthcare and Comprehensive Mental Health Systems will rebrand and start doing business under the Centerstone name.
“The service, that personal touch that local administration over local care will remain unchanged,” Davis said. “Providing care that’s convenient has to be the central focus of our partnership. Our clients need convenience; they need seamless, coordinated care. Addressing the access challenges will be important.”
Centerstone has more than 360 outpatient, inpatient and residential locations across nine states, and has clinical staff serving the mental health needs of students in more than 1,500 K-12 schools across the nation.
They also maintain a network of more than 2,000 clinical providers to meet the needs of U.S. veterans and military families.
Executives from Centerstone and Brightli also raised a Centerstone flag on one of the flagpoles at the former Brightli Administrative Campus on West Battlefield Road earlier today, confirming the completed merger agreement.
Photo courtesy of Director of Media Relations at Burrell Behavioral Health.
An 83-year-old man has died following a drowning in Benton County on Friday.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the incident happened around 9:55 a.m. at Osage Bluff Marina on Truman Lake when the man fell into the water underneath a boat lift.
A family member reportedly jumped into the water to retrieve the man but was unable to exit the water themselves.
Witnesses attempted to aid in the retrieval of the two individuals, but the MSHP incident report states that the 83-year-old man drowned. His next of kin has been notified of his passing.
According to the report, MSHP Troop A and the Benton County Sheriff’s Office aided in the incident.
Photo courtesy of Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.
An 83-year-old man has died following a drowning in Benton County on Friday.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the incident happened around 9:55 a.m. at Osage Bluff Marina on Truman Lake when the man fell into the water underneath a boat lift.
A family member reportedly jumped into the water to retrieve the man but was unable to exit the water themselves.
Witnesses attempted to aid in the retrieval of the two individuals, but the MSHP incident report states that the 83-year-old man drowned. His next of kin has been notified of his passing.
According to the report, MSHP Troop A and the Benton County Sheriff’s Office aided in the incident.
Photo courtesy of Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.
A man has suffered serious injuries following a shooting in Springfield on Saturday.
Springfield Police officers responded to the 1700 block of E. Commercial Street after a report of shots fired.
Law enforcement found one man with a gunshot wound, and he was taken to the hospital with critical injuries. He is reportedly in stable condition.
SPD officials say that no one has been arrested following the shooting, and they believe that it was an isolated incident.
Photo courtesy of Springfield Police Department.
A suspect has been arrested in connection with a body found in a ditch over the weekend.
Court documents say Paul Ray Sartin has been charged with abandonment of a corpse.
The body of 50-year-old David Costlow was found with gunshot wounds in a ditch near Brighton on Sunday, Oct. 26.
Sartin’s vehicle was identified on security cameras in the area.
He is currently in Greene County Jail with no bond set.