Route W in Wright County Reduced for Partial Overlay
WILLOW SPRINGS – Route W in Wright County will be reduced to one lane as Missouri Department of Transportation crews partially overlay the roadway. The section of roadway is located from Route 95 to the end of state maintenance. Weather permitting, work will be performed Wednesday, Aug. 2 through Thursday, Aug. 10 from 5:30 a.m.…
Read MoreRoute FF in Wright County Reduced for Partial Overlay
WILLOW SPRINGS – Route FF in Wright County will be reduced to one lane as Missouri Department of Transportation crews partially overlay the roadway. The section of roadway is located from Route 95 to the end of state maintenance. Weather permitting, work will be performed Tuesday, Aug. 1 through Thursday, Aug. 3 from 5:30 a.m.…
Read MoreArea Wrecks Result In Serious Injuries To Passengers, Drivers
A one-vehicle crash west of Ava last Thursday afternoon resulted in moderate injuries to an Ava man. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Syrl K. Ferguson, 76, was taken to Cox South Hospital, Springfield, by Cox Ambulance-Ava, after he lost control and flipped his car on Highway 14, seven miles west of Ava. The wreck…
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The Snoop 8.3.2017
1967 and “The Summer of Love:” A Half-Century Later by Dr. Mark Hendrickson (Used by permission) For the baby-boomer generation (or at least the counterculture segment within it) the summer of 1967 became known as The Summer of Love. Actually, most of us boomers never experienced it. Certainly, 1967 wasn’t a blissful, carefree summer of…
Read MoreColton Skyles Plays in Grin Iron Classic All-Star Football Game
OMC Offers Living and Hospice Support Group
Ozarks Medical Center (OMC) has begun offering monthly meetings of the Living and Hospice Support Group. Each group meeting is designed with a different monthly presentation of topics related to being a caregiver and the world of hospice. After a 15-minute presentation, a peer-to-peer bereavement support group is available for those interested. Light refreshments are…
Read MoreSweet Nellie’s Ice Cream Parlor Opens in Mansfield
Throughout the years, most of us became familiar with a phrase that originated from a novelty song first published in 1927. It went something like this –– “I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream.” And, that refrain lives on today, as folks still get excited about the prospect of eating cold, sweet…
Read MoreThree Marching Band Students Selected To Perform In Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
By Sue Curry Jones Musical talent abounds in the Ava school district, and this year, three outstanding members of the Ava High School marching band program “made the cut,” as they have been chosen to perform with the Great All-American Marching Band in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the world’s largest parade. Successfully vying against…
Read MoreLooking Backward 7.27.2017
25 Years Ago July 23, 1992 Dr. Floyd Hennan is in Ava this week preparing for the opening of his general family practice on Monday morning. The Ava native will open his practice in the medical offices leased from Dr. C.E. Harlan at 301 S.E. 2nd Avenue, just east of the Douglas County Sheriff’s…
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