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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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Why Can’t I get a Lump Sum Death Benefit from my Wife?
Dear Rusty: My wife passed away in September 2025 at age 64. We had been married for 43 years and started collecting benefits when I turned 62 and she was 63. She did not have enough work credits to claim her own SS and thus collected on my record. SSA told me that I was…
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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…