Jefferson City, Missouri - The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reports that hunters harvested 11,025 deer during the Alternative Methods portion of the 2014 deer hunting season, which ran Dec. 20-30. Top harvest counties were Oregon with 269, Franklin with 248, and Howell with 244. The total harvest for last year’s Alternative Methods portion was 11,967.

For 2014 harvest totals by county and season portion, and for past season totals, visit the MDC website at http://mdc.mo.gov/node/29442.

This season’s deer hunting continues with archery hunting through Jan. 15 and the firearms late youth weekend Jan. 3-4.

The alternative methods portion replaced the muzzleloader portion of firearms deer season in 2012. Hunters are allowed to use muzzle-loading firearms, center-fire pistols, air-powered guns, bows, crossbows, or atlatls during the alternative-methods hunt.

Conservation makes Missouri a great place to hunt deer for about 520,000 hunters. Deer hunting is also an important economic driver in Missouri. It supports more than 12,000 jobs and gives a $1 billion annual boost to state and local economies. Many businesses rely on deer hunting as a significant source of revenue, such as meat processors, taxidermists, hotels, restaurants, sporting goods stores, and others.

For more on Missouri deer hunting, go online to www.mdc.mo.gov.

Cape Girardeau, Missouri – The Show Me Center will present “No Limits Monster Trucks and Hot Rod Truck & Tractor Pull” the weekend of February 20^th and 21^st in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. 

Gates will open at 6:30 p.m. and racing begins at 7:30 p.m.  The Monster Truck competition will be side-by-side racing and car-crushing freestyle.

Monster Medic, Wicked Sickness, Twisted Addiction and the Defender will be on hand to delight the crowd with their powerful engines!

Heavy Hitting Hot Rods with mega horsepower will there and just might knock a few shingles off the roof!

Tickets are on sale now!

Front row seats are just $50 with all other seats $25 for adults.  Children 12 and under are $15.00. 

This is an indoor motorsports event with loud noise and some exhaust fumes.  Not recommended for children under two years old.  No video cameras or professional extended lens cameras are allowed.

Tickets can be purchased by clicking HERE, by calling 573-651-5000 or in person at the Show Me Center Box Office.

Washburn, Missouri - The Barry County Sheriff's Office in Missouri has issued an AMBER Alert for a child abduction in Washburn, Mo.

The sheriff's office said the abduction happened at 23233 Farm Road 1055 at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 5.

Alli Anne Paschall, a 2-year-old white female, was abducted. She has brown hair.

They say the suspect is believed to be Christopher Lee Paschall, a 37-year-old white male, 5 feet, 6 inches tall and 150 pounds. He has brown hair and hazel eyes, and a barbed wire tattoo on his right arm.

The suspect vehicle is a dark blue 2013 Nissan Rogue with Arkansas license 052 PZL.

Anyone who has seen the the victim or vehicle, or anyone with information related to the abduction, should immediately call 911.

Washburn, Missouri is southwest of Springfield near the Rogers, Arkansas border.

Cape Girardeau, Missouri – Dinosaurs will invade the Show Me Center in January!  Jurassic Quest brings you a Dinosaur Adventure for the entire family.

The main dinosaur exhibit features ultra-realistic, life-size animatronic dinosaurs; over 50 life-size dinosaurs in all!!  Visitors can interact with these huge creatures, learn about them and even ride a few.

It features realistic scenes, enormous dinosaurs, cute baby dinosaurs and lots of fun activities for kids of all ages.  There are huge T-Rex and Triceratops fossil digs were young paleontologists can uncover long hidden dinosaur bones, the “Dino Bounce” area with several towering dinosaur theme inflatable mazes, face painting, Dino crafts and much more!

Jurassic Quest exhibitions have opened to great success around the country and have delighted audiences in convention centers, fairgrounds, and other venues. 

Event times are Saturday, January 24^th from 9:00 a.m. 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, January 25^th from 9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.  For ticket information click HERE.

United States – Blue Light Week is a national campaign to honor police officers that have died in the line of duty.  YOU can participate by flipping a switch!

This is the first ever “Blue Light Week” and it is the hopes of many that it will become a annual nationwide event.  From January 1^st through January 7^th change out your light bulb on your porch to blue!  Turn it on at night and leave it on each night. 

A former Virginia policeman who wanted to start something positive for the law enforcement community created the campaign.

Please join them throughout the week and support your local law enforcement as well!