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Extra charges filed against Nudles on the Growl Manager

By Gregory Orear General Manager/Editor TROY – The Lincoln County Prosecutor’s Office recently charged the manager of a Troy business with three more felonies involving credit card fraud. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Jessica Geiger filed the additional charges May 13 against Ericka Baldwin, 37, who manages Nudles on the Growl, a pet grooming service in Troy.…

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Lincoln County Democrats award scholarship

Lincoln County Democrats awarded their annual $1000 Youth in Government scholarship to Aleks Harman on Tuesday, April 12 at the Elsberry High School campus. Harman will be attending Missouri Valley College in the fall majoring in Mass Communications and Broadcast Journalism. Harman’s winning essay spotlighted freedom of speech and freedom of the press, “Together, freedom…

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MDC: Total turkey harvest tops 50K in spring season

JEFFERSON CITY – Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows turkey hunters checked 45,475 birds during Missouri’s 2026 regular spring turkey season, April 20 through May 10. Top harvest counties for the regular season were Macon with 979 birds harvested, Callaway with 926, and Franklin with 879. Young turkey hunters also harvested…

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Beyond Reason: The Scary World of Yacht Rock

I had just climbed out of the shower, thrown on some duds, and wandered downstairs to see our friends had just walked in. There were more on the way. We had appetizers out. Drinks ready….