Starting at 8 a.m. on a beautiful Wednesday, 12 vans began moving residents of Centre Crest nursing facility in Bellefonte to their new home, Centre Care Rehabilitation and Wellness Services in College Township.
The new $45 million facility, located on Persia Road off of Benner Pike, welcomed residents for the first time after about five years of planning and a year and a half of construction.
“It’s a great home for us and the new people that come in,” Charlie Myers, president of the facility’s Residence Council, said. “I think we’re going to be happy with it.”
With a capacity of 240 beds, the new 135,000-square foot Centre Care facility is about twice the size of the 83-year-old Centre Crest on East Howard Street. A central building is flanked by two wings and in addition to traditional long-term care, it has three specialty “neighborhoods” for memory care, high acuity care and short-term rehab. It also includes an on-site dialysis suite and a larger therapy gy
Sedalia Police Reports For December 11, 2020
This article is compiled from the Sedalia Police Department reports. Wednesday morning, Officers performed a traffic stop on a brown Ford truck, as the vehicle had improper license plates. The traffic stop took place in the area of South Engineer Avenue and East 4th Street. Officers spoke to the driver, who attempted to provide a false identity. His correct identity was soon discovered as Jorden D. Wehmeyer, 30, Homeless. Wehmeyer had an active Parole Violation warrant with no bond. Wehmeyer also had two active Pettis County warrants, one felony with a $400 cash only bond, and the other a misdemeanor with a $1,500 cash or surety bond, and an expired driver s license. The investigation revealed that the truck had a forged 2022 expiration sticker, designed to give the impression the plate was valid, when it was actually expired. In addition to the warrants, Wehmeyer was arrested for Forgery, Identity Theft, and Driving Without a License. H