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It soon could get a lot more expensive to drive without a seat belt while holding an open beer bottle and blowing through a stoplight.


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KAHOKA, Mo. –– A Kahoka, Mo., resident has been arrested for elder abuse by neglect, according to Clark County Sheriff Paul Gaudette.


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Bill Duey, 58, will retire April 2 after 36 years with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. For the last 24 years Duey has been the operations project manager for Rathbun Lake.

 
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KNOXVILLE — A huge boost for the proposed Hickory Ridge Wilderness Camp on Lake Red Rock has come from a leading statewide, non-profit conservation organization.


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Missouri's Attorney General predicts that Premium Standard Farms will violate a consent decree, which comes due on July 31. That consent decree came after a lawsuit was filed in 2001 by area residents, and PSF was given a six-year extension in 2004.


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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri environmental officials are warning of increased levels of bacteria in flooded rivers and streams.


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JEFFERSON CITY, MO. -- It's not even spring, but residents of some river towns in Missouri are getting a little jittery as minor flooding has begun early this year.


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