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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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Fire destroys a home in downtown Meta, displacing family of seven
A small community in Osage County comes together to help a family who lost their home in a fire. Meta Fire and Rescue Chief Kenny Helton says it was around 4:30 on Wednesday afternoon when crews were called to a residential structure fire in the 100 block of West Fourth Street in downtown Meta. Helton says crews arrived to find fire showing from the front porch, front door and second story of a house. Helton says the house was an original, older building with a basement and two stories. That, along with very windy conditions, made fighting the fire difficult.
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Iberia's Kya Yoakum signs National Letter of Intent to Michigan State
IBERIA — Iberia's Kya Yoakum signed her National Letter of Intent to play softball at Michigan State on Wednesday. Yoakum produced eye-popping numbers at Iberia with 36 career home runs, hitting .617 this season, with an on-base percentage of .781. Check out and hear from Yoakum in the video...
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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...