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Hartsburg Pumpkin Festival sees plentiful pumpkin supply this year after ‘devastating’ last two years

HARTSBURG, Mo. (KMIZ) The 33rd Annual Hartsburg Pumpkin Festival began Saturday, bringing organizers hope after what they called a devastating past two years. A state-wide drought racked Missouri for months last year, leaving several Mid-Missouri counties in “extreme drought” conditions. According to Missouri Soybean, from April to Nov. 2023 was the seventh driest growing season

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11 in Amish family, including 1-year-old, hospitalized after eating ‘toxic mushrooms’

By Jordan D. Brown and Nic F. Anderson, CNN (CNN) — Eleven members of an Amish family – including a 1-year-old – were hospitalized in Pennsylvania Friday night after ingesting wild, “toxic mushrooms,” local authorities said. A member of the family in southeastern Pennsylvania’s Peach Bottom Township told authorities they became sick after eating wild mushrooms

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Paxton DeLaurent throws 4 TD passes, becomes SEMO’s career leader in 34-3 win over Tennessee Tech

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — axton DeLaurent threw four touchdown passes to become Southeast Missouri State’s career touchdown passing leader, and the Redhawks rolled to a 34-3 victory over Tennessee Tech. DeLaurent entered with 46 career touchdown passes, tied with Daniel Santacaterina (2018-19). DeLaurent set the record on a 13-yard connection with Tristan Smith late

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America First Policy Institute, a group advising Trump, says its systems were breached

Associated Press The America First Policy Institute says “hostile foreign actors” breached its systems. AFPI is a group helping to lay the groundwork for a future Donald Trump administration. It says it discovered the breach last week but would not disclose what materials were compromised. AFPI has been publishing policy guides and penning executive orders

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Toronto police open hate crime investigation after Jewish girls’ school hit with gunfire in 2nd incident this year

By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Police in Toronto, Canada, are opening a hate crime investigation after shots were fired overnight into the window of a Jewish girls’ elementary school – the second time this year the school was targeted by gunfire, officials said. The incident occurred around 4 a.m. Saturday at the Bais Chaya

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Walz tramps through tall grass but bags no birds as pheasant hunting season opens

Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz tramped through tall grass with a shotgun in hand on the opening day of Minnesota’s pheasant hunting season. Saturday’s event gave the campaign a chance to highlight the governor’s rural roots and love of outdoor sports. Neither Walz nor Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan managed

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Harris helps pack aid boxes for North Carolina hurricane victims ahead of Sunday campaign push

Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris helped pack diapers on Saturday for North Carolina hurricane victims. The Democratic presidential nominee flew to Raleigh for campaign appearances on Sunday, including going to church. After arriving, she went to a barbecue restaurant to meet with Black elected, religious and other leaders and join

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