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TRENTON, Mo. — Wright Memorial Hospital will once again offer free sports physical exams for area students who plan to participate in athletic/cheerleading activities during the 2026-2027 school year. Sports physical exams will take place at Trenton High School and Trenton Middle School on Feb. 18, Pleasant View R-VI on Feb.

In the U.S., one in three children live in a home with a firearm, posing a risk for gun-related violence and accidental shootings.

To help prevent tragic incidents, Saint Luke's has been giving away free gun safety locks at more than 20 of its convenient and primary care facilities throughout the metro.

Megan remembers when her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer—Megan was 6, her mother was in her mid-30s. It seemed too early for both of them to experience that trauma.

Tracy Stevens, MD, cardiologist and Medical Director of Saint Luke's Muriel I.

For decades, heart disease was widely viewed as a man’s disease. That misconception lingered until the early 2000s, when research found that heart disease kills more women than all forms of cancer combined.

Pancreatic cancer is the third leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, comprising 8% of all cancer mortalities, according to the American Cancer Society.

Heart disease is the number one health threat for women, killing more American women than all forms of cancer combined, according to the American Heart Association.

When a sharp stomach pain stopped 12-year-old Kaylee in her tracks earlier this year, her mother, Franklin County resident Carissa Melvin, knew something wasn't right.

Carissa brought Kaylee to the Emergency Department at Anderson County Hospital. She thought the pain in her daughter's side was likely something minor. However, it turned out to be serious. 

"The staff did blood work and a CT scan," Carissa says. "We were told it was her appendix and it would have to be taken out."