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Eight Missouri State Park beaches open today for 2012 recreational season

May 11, 2012

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., – Today, eight Missouri State Park beaches opened for the 2012 recreational season providing its visitors an opportunity to cool off from the unusually warm temperatures Missouri [...]

Smithton student one of 12 winners in ‘Letters About ‘Literature’ contest

May 11, 2012

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Raya Aberbach of Smithton accepts her award

JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI – Secretary of State Robin Carnahan today announced that Raya Aberbach from Smithton Middle School is one of 12 winners in the 2012 “Letters About Literature” contest. [...]

Half-staff flag order given

May 10, 2012

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In accordance with Missouri State Statute 9.120, all flags at State and government offices will be flown at half-staff, statewide on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 from sunrise to sunset to [...]

More elk for Missouri restoration to arrive mid-May

May 7, 2012 State
Courtesy Missouri Department of Conservation

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) will soon add 35 wild elk to the Show-Me state’s recently restored herd at Peck Ranch Conservation Area. Peck Ranch [...]

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Regular spring turkey harvest totals 40, 447

May 7, 2012 State
Courtesy Missouri Department of Conservation

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo – Hunters checked 40,447 turkeys during Missouri’s regular spring turkey season, up by 2,120 from 38,327 last spring, or about 5.5 percent. The harvest of 4,319 turkeys [...]

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New hope arrives for endangered prairie chickens

May 4, 2012 State
Male greater prairie-chicken in courtship display. Courtesy Missouri Dept. Conservation.

Courtesy Missouri Department of Conservation By Bill Graham, MDC WAH-KON-TAH PRAIRIE, Mo. — Greater prairie chickens, missing for some years among the grasses at Wah-Kon-Tah Prairie, strutted and boomed again [...]

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Marshall woman killed when vehicles crash

May 1, 2012 State
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A 70-year-old Marshall woman died when her 2001 Volkswagen collided with a 1997 Freightliner at 1 p.m. April 30 at Highway 65 and Smelser Road. Dead is Helen I. Samuels, [...]

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