Business

TELL CITY – Mallory Cochenour of the Edward Jones financial services firm in Tell City recently received the firm’s Ted Jones Entrepreneurial award for her exceptional achievement in building client relationships and the “TNT” Client Development award for her outstanding service efforts over the past year.

TELL CITY – Apparel and home décor retailer Gordmans, a division of Stage Stores, will debut its new store in Tell City with a grand opening celebration, beginning with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 9 a.m. on Thursday, March 7.

The new Tell City store is part of a company-wide expansion which includes 38 new locations across the country. As part of the festivities, the new and current Gordmans stores will be offering giveaways and other fun surprises.

Michael Hicks

Guest Columnist

As 2019 begins anew, economists suggest a softening national economy. Industrial production is in decline and retail sales dropped in December. Consumers even shifted their purchases to Wal-Mart, signaling lowered expectations about the economy. Much of Europe is sliding into recession, and China may already be in a slump. The sole unambiguous piece of good news is found in the unemployment rate, but that is a lagging economic indicator.

BRISTOW – Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center is pleased to announce the addition of Nurse Practitioner S. Tia Keller to the staff of Memorial Health Bristow.

Nurse practitioners are advanced practice registered nurses who are educated and trained to provide health promotion and maintenance through the diagnosis and treatment of acute illness as well as chronic health conditions.

Nurse practitioners conduct patient history and physical exams, and may order diagnostic tests and medical treatments, including prescribing medications.