(KFVS) - Missouri has been named the top state for camping in the United States.

About.com announced the results Friday of their annual Readers' Choice Award for Favorite State for Camping, and Missouri took top honors with the website's gold award. Other states that placed include: Montana with the silver award and Colorado with the bronze award.

“The First Lady and I are proud that Missouri has been selected as a renowned camping destination,” Gov. Nixon said. “Missouri is the perfect place to enjoy the great outdoors, so plan to experience our quiet hills, deep woodlands, wide open prairies, and clear Ozark streams on your next camping adventure, and you'll see why the readers picked Missouri as their favorite camping state."

Missouri Division of Tourism Director Katie Steele Danner credited Missouri’s State Parks and privately-held campgrounds for helping Missouri secure the top spot on About.com’s Readers’ Choice Awards.

PERRY COUNTY, MO (KFVS) - Perry County Solid Waste Committee, city officials and county officials are offering some help for citizens after an Illinois law was passed that landfills can no longer accept e-waste after Jan. 1.

The committee says after Jan. 1, the Perry County Transfer Station can no longer accept e-waste or any item that has a power cord or is powered by batteries. The committee says the landfill that accepts solid waste from Perry County, Mo. is located in Illinois.

Residents with e-waste can dispose of it in a couple of different ways. The committee says for county residents, they can personally deliver e-waste to the recycling center or ask their waste hauler if they run a recycling pick-up. For city residents, they can personally deliver the e-waste to the recycling center, put e-waste except TVs and monitors in curbside recycling or deliver TVs and monitors to the recycling center or city's bulk trash procedure.

PERRYVILLE, MO (KFVS) - Perry County Memorial Hospital dedicated their Auxiliary Stone Garden on Oct. 6.

PCMH says the stone garden offers a tranquil entrance to the Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Department. They said the landscaping provides the same welcoming feeling as do the inspirational volunteers.

“In dedicating the Auxiliary Stone Garden we honored those who serve PCMH,” commented Patrick Carron, President/CEO at PCMH.

Present for the dedication were Rev. Thomas Handrick, Administrative Pastor at Immanuel Lutheran Church; Patrick Carron, President/CEO at PCMH; Lee Clinton, VP of Operations at PCMH; Shearry Kridelbaugh, Director of Gerontology at PCMH; as well as, Auxiliary members, their guests and personnel.