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Candidates for sheriff see role for volunteers
The four candidates running for Greene County Sheriff have said the department will need to do more with less in coming years, rather than rely on additional taxes from the public.
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Commissioner candidates eager to serve
An incumbent Republican faces a GOP challenger in the August primary election for Western District county commissioner in Christian County. The winner of that contest will face a Democratic opponent in the general election.
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Authorities hope newer technology can ID bones
Cape Girardeau -- For more than 20 years, parts of a skeleton have sat forgotten in a basement closet at Southeast Missouri State University.
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Several road projects under way this week
Area road work to be on the watch when the holiday weekend ends and work resumes on Monday:
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Couple injured in motorcycle crash
A Springfield couple on a 2003 Suzuki Intruder motorcycle suffered moderate injuries in a Friday afternoon accident on Taney County DD just south of Branson West, according to a report from the Missouri Highway Patrol.
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Branson Needs Volunteers to Deal with Flood Damage
The water is just starting to go down in Branson after it got between six and eight inches of rain last week.
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High gas prices deter volunteer firefighters from responding
With gas prices close to four dollars a gallon, it gets expensive for volunteer firefighters driving to the fire station, sometimes several times a day.
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2 Mississippi River locks reopen
ST. LOUIS — The last of the Mississippi River navigation locks that were closed to barge traffic because of flooding have reopened. Jennifer Godfrey with the Army Corps of Engineers’ ...
Columbia Missourian  –  18 hours, 29 minutes ago  ¦  comment?
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Hickman High School gains late-start Tuesdays
COLUMBIA — Since Principal Michael Jeffers has been at Hickman High School , starting classes later has been an ongoing faculty conversation, and the issue itself has been a topic ...
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Police persuade suicidal man to end a standoff peacefully
Kansas City police officers persuaded a suicidal man holding a gun to his head to release a woman and then surrender Saturday night in the Northland.
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