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The flooding hit during the high season for summer tourism in the area.
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Without a contested statewide candidate primary, Amendments 4 and 5, along with congressional primaries, are the main attractions for voters. If past trends hold up, the controversial ballot measures will add hundreds of thousands of votes to primary totals.
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A Request for Information, which allowed firms to submit proposals for development, was issued by Mizzou last October.
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The airport is asking travelers who will return after Aug. 1 not to leave their vehicles in the future construction area.
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The new clinic on Commerce Street replaces the health system's previous Glasgow location with a larger, more accessible facility
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Scott was convicted of causing the Great Flood of 1993 more than 30 years ago, and faced his first parole hearing this week.
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Former President Joe Biden is declining to appeal a court ruling that allows the Justice Department to publicize recordings of conversations between him and a writer collaborating on his memoir.
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