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Fact Finders: Following the money from Missouri’s lottery and casinos to schools
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Stark Caverns breaks ground on $11M adventure park
Stark Caverns is launching an $11 million Lake of the Ozarks Adventure Park that will add new attractions, buildings, dining areas and more than 50 expected jobs near Eldon. The multi-phase project has broken ground, according to a community announcement, with its first buildings and attractions scheduled to open in late spring 2027 and an anchor attraction expected late summer 2027. Construction began Nov. 9 and is planned to continue through the winter and spring. The first phase will transform Stark Caverns' existing location with three additional buildings, family attractions, a snack shop and dining areas. The anchor attraction is expected to be announced within the next few months. Jeff Hargroves, founder and former CEO of ProPharma Group, and Amy Hargroves, a former Sprint executive, purchased Stark Caverns in 2017. Jeff Hargroves worked as a cave tour guide while attending high school in Eldon in the 1980s. Stark Caverns has been open to the public since 1950 and, according to the announcement, has averaged 25% annual growth since reopening in 2018. “The timing is right for this ambitious project. With several major new attractions in development and planned at the lake, continued growth in the amusement park industry, our proximity
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Unloaded gun found at Eldon Middle School
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) School officials found an unloaded gun at Eldon Middle School on Wednesday, according to an e-mail sent to families in the Eldon R-1 school district by the superintendent. In the e-mail, Superintendent Matt Davis said administrators learned a student may have had a gun in their locker. A search turned up the The post Unloaded gun found at Eldon Middle School appeared first on ABC17NEWS .
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City of Eldon moves forward with water rate increase
ELDON, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Eldon has approved the language for an ordinance for a water rate increase to cover the city’s ongoing E. coli water treatment costs during a public hearing. Four rate increase options were presented during Tuesday's meeting. Depending on if the resident lives inside or outside city limits, the city's The post City of Eldon moves forward with water rate increase appeared first on ABC17NEWS .
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Motherhood behind bars: Inside Missouri's first prison nursery
VANDALIA — Inside a women's prison in Vandalia, Missouri, incarcerated mothers are getting an opportunity many women before them never had, the chance to raise their babies behind bars. The Women's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center is home to Missouri's first prison nursery program and one of just...