ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Aug. 29 -- First Mid Bank and Trust issued the following news release: First Mid Bank & Trust (First Mid) is proud to announce it has been selected as the Small Business Administration (SBA) Central/Southern Illinois Community Lender of the Year. This award is presented to the community bank with the best overall performance record for lending to small businesses in Central and Southern Illinois throughout 2022. This year marks the eighth time First Mid has received this a  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Aug. 29 (TNSres) -- The University of Missouri issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2023: * * * Findings highlight new care coordination services that health care organizations are providing in rural areas, such as transportation, mental health, food and housing to better address Missourians' health. * * * Rural Missourians often face more disparities in health outcomes than their urban and suburban counterparts, in part from challenges accessing health care -- a  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Aug. 30 -- The University of Missouri's School of Journalism issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2023: The Missouri School of Journalism today announced the establishment of the Olive Lundgren Lecture on Press Freedom, funded by friends of the School interested in supporting a thriving global free press. It will be inaugurated by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa at a Sept. 5 National Press Club luncheon. Ressa, a former CNN bureau chief who co-founded the Fi  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Aug. 30 (TNSres) -- The University of Missouri issued the following news release: * * * Findings, which highlight the protective power of innate lymphoid cells and interferons, could lead to future improvements in diagnostics and therapies for neurobrucellosis. * * * Brucellosis is a disease, caused by the members of bacterial Brucella family, that mainly infects cattle, goats and sheep, leading to pregnancy loss, which has caused billions of dollars in economic losses fo  more

FULTON, Missouri, Aug. 29 -- William Woods University issued the following news release: Six new faculty members joined William Woods University (WWU) as fall semester classes began on campus last week. WWU welcomed Dr. Clinton Merrill Ramirez Stephens, Program Manager for the Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership; John Selburg, Associate Professor of Studio Art and Gallery Director; Kyle Anderson, Assistant Professor of Education; Dr. Lisa Nieuwenhuizen, Assistant Professor of Education; Alex Ki  more