Herval Porter, who operated Ava’s only taxi service in four decades from the 1960s into the 1990s, was honored with a Community Hero award at Ava City Hall last Thursday afternoon. Ava Mayor David Norman issued a proclamation, declaring June 15, 2017, to be Herval Porter Day, and Ellis Fischel Cancer Center and the University…

Your local Head Start Center, sponsored by Ozark Action, Inc., is now recruiting children to participate in the 2017-2018 program year. A child must be 3 or 4 years old on or before July 31, 2017. Other criteria used to determine a child’s eligibility include family income, location and special needs. Head Start is designed…

Members of the Douglas County Amateur Radio (DCAR) Club will be participating in the national Amateur Radio Field Day exercise, June 24 and 25 at the Ava Lions Club on North Jefferson Street in Ava. Since 1933, ham radio operators across North America have established temporary ham radio stations in public locations during Field Day…

Rick Rayburn’s “Build A Better World” concert at the Douglas County Public Library has been rescheduled for Monday, June 26, at 10 a.m. Rick has appeared in concerts, radio and television throughout the Midwest, and his interactive children’s concerts feature songs, some from his popular CDs, joins, stories and dances. Great fun for the whole…