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New meaning for “fill ‘er up”

REMEMBER THESE NUMBERS – 328/10 – 16 The Annual “Toys for Tots” Toy Drive is underway at Fugate Motors. This year there is a need for 328 gifts with most of them going to the 10 – 16 age group. Deadline to get your gifts to Fugate’s is Dec 7. Jamie Carpenter-McCullick, head Elf, will

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Missouri students invited to participate in No MOre Trash! contest

The Missouri Department of Transportation invites Missouri students in grades K-12 to help fight litter in Missouri – and to have creative and educational fun – by participating in the 2024 “Yes You CAN Make Missouri Litter-Free” trash-can-decorating contest. The contest is part of MoDOT’s annual “No MOre Trash!” statewide litter campaign, which is held

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Collins Man Faces Charges Following Home Invasion Shooting”

CEDAR COUNTY, MO. – A man suffered an injury to his lower back after he was shot during a robbery in his home in Cedar County. Additionally, the probable cause statement said that two children, ages two and five, were in the home in bed at the time of the robbery, although they were unharmed.

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Fatal Collision Claims Life of Rockville woman

TRAGIC ACCIDENT ON ROUTE H — A crash involving two vehicles which according to the MO Highway Patrol crash report, occurred 5 miles north of El Dorado Springs killing one woman from Rockville. Remi Johnson, 23, was traveling southbound on Route H when her vehicle struck another vehicle traveling northbound near the center of the

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CFO publishes Holiday Charitable Giving Guide for 2023

In advance of Giving Tuesday, the Community Foundation of the Ozarks has updated its Holiday Charitable Giving Guide for 2023 at cfozarks.org/giving-guide. Donors can find immediate needs and links to year-end campaigns for the CFO’s nonprofit agency partners, as well as tips for maximizing charitable giving. A few tips for donors include: Consider a recurring

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ROYALTY

Miss Merry Christmas 2023 Perry Allison and Miss Merry Christmas 1955 Earlene Wilson Allison share the spotlight with Karl Allison.

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Reminders of things to come

Dec 2 – 8 – 10:30 a.m. – Breakfast with Santa – Museum – $5 per person Dec 9 – Christmas Parade and Holiday Mart Dec 13 – (No later than) register with the city for Holiday Home Decorating contest

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Pledge now for Phase III of the ‘Sidewalk to the Future’

Because of the community’s support for progress, Phase I and Phase II of the “Sidewalk to the Future” are finished and it is now time to complete this valuable and needed project with Phase IIl. Phase III will bring the south side and north said of town together. The completion of the project will allow

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All in the Family

MISS MERRY CHRISTMAS CROWNED – Miss Merry Christmas 2023 Perry Allison, was crowned on Monday,  Nov 20, by the third Miss Merry Christmas, her great grandmother, Earlene Wilson Allison, who wore the crown in 1955. Perry was escorted by her father A.J. Allison.  The ceremony was held in the Old Community building because of wet

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