Skip to contentPosted: Oct 5, 2023 / 07:43 PM CDTUpdated: Oct 5, 2023 / 07:43 PM CDTJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – For the first time in more than a decade, the Missouri Department of Transportation is gaining staff instead of losing it.Within the last month, through a new strategy of hiring events, MoDOT has hired 100 new people. At one point, the state’s transportation department was short 1,000 employees.“We were digging a hole that keeps getting deeper,” said Patrick McKenna, director for the Missouri Department of Transportation. “The first thing we had to do was stop digging, and I feel...…Skip to contentPosted: Oct 5, 2023 / 07:43 PM CDTUpdated: Oct 5, 2023 / 07:43 PM CDTJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – For the first time in more than a decade, the Missouri Department of Transportation is gaining staff instead of losing it.Within the last month, through a new strategy of hiring events, MoDOT has hired 100 new people. At one point, the state’s transportation department was short 1,000 employees.“We were digging a hole that keeps getting deeper,” said Patrick McKenna, director for the Missouri Department of Transportation. “The first thing we had to do was stop digging, and I feel...WW…

LAMPE, Mo. - Dozens of campers and counselors from the K-2 camp of Kamp Kanakuk have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.A communications director from the Missouri DHSS says 41 people, which includes campers and counselors, have tested positive.Previously, an email was sent out to all parents of the six Kanakuk camps to inform them of from two counselors at the K-2 site.Both counselors wore masks, but were symptomatic when they took the test last week. The positive results came back last Friday.In response, Kamp Kanakuk suspended...…LAMPE, Mo. - Dozens of campers and counselors from the K-2 camp of Kamp Kanakuk have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.A communications director from the Missouri DHSS says 41 people, which includes campers and counselors, have tested positive.Previously, an email was sent out to all parents of the six Kanakuk camps to inform them of from two counselors at the K-2 site.Both counselors wore masks, but were symptomatic when they took the test last week. The positive results came back last Friday.In response, Kamp Kanakuk suspended...WW…