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Joplin High School is in need of food donations for Christmas baskets

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JOPLIN, Mo. — Joplin High School could use some help with its annual Christmas food basket program.

Officials say they’re in need of turkeys, hams and canned foods.

Next week, they’ll prepare the food baskets and then give them to 15 families of high school students as a way to help them over the holiday break.

“With the rate of poverty that we have in Joplin anyway there’s always families in need of extra help especially around the holidays. Its that business of providing for your family and not only making it the best that you can,” said Dr. Stephen Gilbreth, Joplin High School Principal.

Donations can be dropped off at the high school through Friday.

Police say turkey hunter accidentally shot hiker Saturday

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WELDON SPRING, Mo. (AP) – Authorities said a hiker was accidentally shot by a turkey hunter in the St. Louis area on Saturday. St. Charles County Police Department spokeswoman Val Joyner said the shooting appears to be “a really bad accident.”

The shooting happened around 12:30 p.m. Saturday on the Lewis and Clark Trail in the Weldon Spring Conservation Area near Highway 94. The male hiker was taken to a hospital after the shooting, but his condition wasn’t immediately available.

Joyner said the hunter cooperated with police as they helped the Missouri Department of Conservation investigate the shooting.