Senator Jason Smith
Declawing the Deep State In 2016, the James Comey-led Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) obtained warrants to spy on the Trump Campaign using highly questionable and provably false evidence. While we’ve known that this was little more than a partisan witch hunt, a government report published at the end of last year exposed the Comey-led…
Read MoreGary Lee Nokes
Gary Lee Nokes was born September 3, 1948, in Springfield, MO to parents John A. and Maxine (Barnum) Nokes. He departed this life on March 13, 2020, at Heart of the Ozarks Healthcare Center, Ava, MO. He married Theta Clayton and to this union two children were born. After growing up in Idaho, Gary graduated…
Read MoreDouglas County Community Foundation Offers Up To $10K for Local Health-Related Projects
Have a health-related project in mind for Douglas County, but need some funding to get off the ground? The Douglas County Community Foundation (DCCF) is making $10,000 in grants available for local health related projects. The funds came to DCCF via the Community Foundation of the Ozarks and Missouri Foundation for Health. They awarded $10,000…
Read MoreHey Readers: Help Us Tell The Positive Stories
by Michael Boyink / [email protected] Empty shelves. Canceled events. Restricted access. Online classes. Working from home. Our world has shifted in the past two weeks – more than at any time in recent history. As a local news source, it puts us in a difficult spot. How do we continue to perform our mission of being…
Read MoreBypassing Ava: Sales Receipts Go Up
(Editors Note: This article is reprinted from the 1963 Missouri State Highway Commission Annual Report, investigating how the Route 5 bypass had affected Ava. A block south of the square on Old 5 Fred Lethco added his view of the new highway. Lethco is mayor of Ava and owner of Lethco Sales Company, selling trucks…
Read MoreWhat About This?
by Wayne Cipriano We got some very bad health news concerning a fellow who has been very important to our farming business and a good friend besides. He’s done a lot for us and gone well beyond what we expected on many occasions. Sure, we paid him and everything, but these days when you get…
Read MoreAcademic Students of the Month
Ava High School students Karcee McFarlin and James Smith were recognized recently as academic students of the month. According to school officials, Karcee, the daughter of Will and Summer McFarlin and Alicia McFarlin and Russ Lawson, is a member of National Honor Society and Tri-M Music Honor Society. Karcee is involved in Band, Anchor Club,…
Read MoreThese Are the Times That Try Men’s Souls
by Michael Boyink / [email protected] “‘Tis surprising to see how rapidly a panic will sometimes run through a country. All nations and ages have been subject to them. Britain has trembled like an ague at the report of a French fleet of flat-bottomed boats; and in the fourteenth [fifteenth] century the whole English army, after…
Read MoreLetters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor Okay Ava, here is your chance to ask yourself “How can I be of use?” Governor Parson has issued a State of Emergency as of 4:30 pm. March 13th, 2020.That is fact. What is also factual is that this is a situation in which we cannot isolate ourselves from reality. Instead…
Read MoreBLM Offers Wild Horses, Burros for Adoption or Sale at Carthage, Missouri Event
MILWAUKEE—Wild horses and burros from public rangelands in Western states will be available for adoption or sale at an event managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), on April 24 – 25, 2020, at The Civil War Arena, 11838 Civil War Road, Carthage, Missouri. The adoption, which is free and open to the public,…
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