Chillicothe is a regional hub for several communications, utilities, and transportation companies, and our community is very service oriented.

COMMUNICATIONS

• Regional distribution center for the U.S. Post Office.
• District terminal for UPS.
• District Federal Express Center.
• District office for Southwestern Bell (full fiber and digital switching capabilities).

TRANSPORTATION

• Municipal airport (lighted runways with corporate jet capabilities).
• Rail services: Norfolk Southern I&M Rail Link, Burlington Northern/Santa Fe; plus our community-owned short-rail line.
• Barge capabilities from Missouri River.  Pick up from barge in Brunswick, and ship to Chillicothe by short-line railroad.

LOCAL MEDIA

• Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune - published daily.
• KCHI AM/FM - 24-hour radio broadcast.
• The Weekly News & The Ad Page

We have a daily newspaper, weekly newspaper, radio stations and cable TV.

HEALTH CARE

The Board of Directors of Grand River Health System is comprised of 12 individuals, including five community members: Mike Palmer, John Cook, Dean Herring, Rollie Stadlman, and Darrel Rinehart; and five physicians: Larry J. Dickinson, D.O.; Roger Fraser, D.O.; Cal Greenlaw, M.D.; Donald Metry, Jr., M.D.; and Daut Gjoni, M.D.. The community members are nominated by the Chillicothe City Council, and the physicians are nominated by the medical center's active staff. Joseph P. Stasi and Don Sipes of the Saint Luke's Health System occupy the remaining two seats of the board. Both groups are elected by the Board of the medical center.

Hedrick Medical Center
100 Central
Chillicothe, MO
660-646-1480
(pictured above)

Livingston County Health Center
800 Adam Drive
Chillicothe, MO
660-646-5506

Hedrick offers a variety of inpatient and outpatient services, including:

• 24-hour emergency service
• Inpatient and outpatient surgery
• Newly renovated "New Life Center" OB unit
• Radiology (including CT, mammography, ultrasound, MRI, and nuclear medicine)
• Cardiopulmonary services
• Rehabilitation services, including physical, occupational and speech therapies
• Leading edge ICU/PCU unit
• Inpatient and outpatient lab services
• 17 local physicians on staff
• Specialty clinics in more than 20 specialties with 30+ physicians rotating through each month
• Pharmacy with two full-time registered pharmacists on staff
• Home Health, Private Duty, and Hospice services covering nine counties
• Diabetes Education Center
• Dietary services and instruction by our in-house registered dietitian
• Community Wellness programs
• Occupational Medicine services
• Urgent Care - located in the Chillicothe Medical Clinic

• Empire District Gas supplies natural gas for business and residential customers at low rates.  Large industrial users may purchase directly from the well head when applicable.  Industrial businesses do not pay franchise fees.

ELECTRICITY

• Electricity in Chillicothe is provided by Chillicothe Municipal Utilities and powered by the Keith D. Beardmore Energy Center. The FEC Companies Energy Division provides electricity in the Industrial Park and areas surrounding the city at one of the lowest electric rates in Missouri, and in the United States. No franchise fees are charged to industrial businesses for electric utilities.

WATER/SEWER

• The Chillicothe Water Department is owned by the City of Chillicothe with available water plant capacity that exceeds 3,000,000 gallons per day. Available waste treatment plant capacity exceeds 4.6 gallons per day.

TELEPHONE SERVICE

• Our local telephone service is provided by Southwestern Bell. Chillicothe is served by a DMS 100 switch, a state-of-the art digital switch providing the city with the latest telecommunications service. With regard to fiber optic capabilities, Southwestern Bell is able to provide two-way audio/video communications to your facility. Southwestern Bell has both an installation/repair crew and a network maintenance crew located in and serving the Chillicothe area.

LOCAL INTERNET ACCESS

• Local Internet dial-up access is available through Chillicothe Municipal Utilities or Green Hills Telephone Corporation of Breckenridge.

UTILITY TAXES

• All utilities are available to industry free of city franchise taxes.

POLICE DEPARTMENT

• The city of Chillicothe has a fully staffed, professionally trained police department consisting of 14 full-time officers, three reserve officers and five civilian officers.

FIRE DEPARTMENT

• The city also provides a professionally trained fire department of 18 full-time and part-time firefighters.  The department is unique for a community of its size in that the firefighters are cross-trained as either Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) or Paramedics.
  
• Chillicothe Rural Fire Protection is a membership required non-profit organization for rural citizens.

HUNTING CHECK STATIONS

• MITCHELL 66
  720 South Washington, Chillicothe, MO, 660-646-1622
• MEDICINE CREEK TRADING COMPANY
  801 Elm Street, Chillicothe, MO, 660-646-0155