Due to information released by the City of Springfield at a recent press conference, organizers of the 2020 Corndog Kickoff are required to cancel the event which was scheduled for Saturday, June 6th.  Ticket holders who purchased tickets online will receive automatic refunds for ticket values.  If tickets were purchased in person with cash or…

Awareness campaign emphasizes danger of youth alcohol use. JEFFERSON CITY – The pomp and circumstance and prom-time glitz and glitter will be a little different for this year’s teens. Traditional graduations and proms may take on a modified or postponed celebration, but one thing hasn’t changed – the dangers of driving impaired. Preliminary 2019 data…

Submitted Photo Janice Lorrain presents a Rural Ozarks Heath Initiative (ROHI)  grant check for $2000 to Lance Stillings (left) and Dick Salgado (right).  The monies will be used by the Douglas County Long Term Recovery Committee to help victims who have had a disaster due to fire or flood.

A Mountain View man has been charged with murder in the disappearance of Brittany Gorman, age 29, of Texas County, Missouri.   According to the report, Dylan Hanger, 28, of Mountain View, led investigators to a site in the Mark Twain National Forest in Ozark County where it is believed the victim’s remains had been…

This column is provided to our readers free of charge to announce upcoming events that are free to the public. Publication of the same announcement will be limited to two insertions. Douglas County Republican Central Committee will meet Monday, June 8, 7 p.m. at their headquarters in the Show-Me Real Estate building in Ava. For…

JEFFERSON CITY, MO, MAY 27, 2020 – Missouri State Parks is now accepting nominations for three members to serve a three-year term on the Missouri Trails Advisory Board. The term period is Nov. 1, 2020 through Nov. 30, 2023. New board members are appointed based upon experience with trail use and trail construction, community involvement,…

The regulation change does NOT ban any specific make or model of firearm. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Conservation Commission approved an updated definition of a pistol/handgun from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) for the Wildlife Code of Missouri at its May 28 meeting in Jefferson City. The change provides a formal definition…

JEFFERSON CITY –– The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is proposing changes to the Wildlife Code of Missouri regarding coyote hunting and feral hog control. MDC is considering the changes in response to citizen requests to the Regulations Committee to use night vision, infrared, thermal imagery equipment or artificial light to hunt coyotes and from…

Missouri Conservation Commission met on May 28 for a closed executive session followed by its regular open meeting.  Commissioners attending were: Don C. Bedell, Chair; Wm. L. (Barry) Orscheln, Vice Chair/Secretary; Steven D. Harrison, member; Mark L. McHenry, member.  The Commission received the following presentations/reports: Director’s Comments — Sara Parker Pauley, Director; Report of the…

Herald Archives Five generations were present Thanksgiving Day when Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Hale entertained Mrs. Hale’s grandmother, Mrs. Amanda Huffman, and the latter’s ten children and their families. In the picture above, left to right on the divan, are Mrs. Denzil Barnes, her mother, Mrs. Hale; Mrs. Hale’s mother, Mrs. J. H. McDonald of…