Animals

A lot of times it's easy to forget what great exhibits the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) provides each year at the Missouri State Fair. This year will be no different!

That's a stock photo, I couldn't put him on blast like that.

When Queso the Parrot escaped, it led one mother on a neighborhood search to find her son's helper.

She'll latch herself to the living room window to let me know she's back and would like to be let back in, please.

Like so many local, county and state fairs that didn't run last year across not only Missouri but also the U.S., this year's Smithton Town and Country Fair is back, and revised!

They'll have vendors, a bounce house, pony rides, cow pie bingo, a kid's scavenger hunt, petting zoo, western games, a photo booth, and food trucks.

Elk, the second largest member of the deer family (after the moose) are the subject of hunters in Missouri. Five names were drawn for the managed hunt this fall and winter. The five lucky Missourians randomly drawn were from 9,714 permit applications, including one drawn from 84 resident-landowners who applied and 9,630 from other Missourians.

The Gentle Barn is Missouri's best, most wholesome livestock rescue. And you can go there!

My favorite time of the year is Fall. I like the cooler air, the crisp mornings and usually, the freeze that helps to annihilate the mosquito population! With that being said I also like the Spring and Summer months because you can get outside and grill your favorite foods but the one thing I despise when outside during that time are mosquitos. We may have the answer to help you out if you're suffering through the same dilemma.

A Versailles man was killed in a two-vehicle accident that occurred Saturday afternoon in Moniteau County.