Douglas County
Ava Men Hurt In Separate Wrecks Here Last Week
An Ava man was airlifted to a Springfield hospital last Wednesday, Sept. 12, with serious injuries following a one-vehicle crash on Route O, 11 miles west of Ava. The Highway Patrol said Thurman R. Black, 44, of Ava, ran his 2002 Ford Ranger pickup off the right side of the roadway, overcorrected and ran off…
Read MoreHighway 5 Officially Named Missouri Fox Trotting Highway
A dedication ceremony for the Missouri Fox Trotting Highway was held Saturday, Sept. 8, at 5 p.m. to celebrate the naming of the Missouri Fox Trotting Highway on Route 5. The ceremony was held at the Missouri Fox Trotting Horse Breed Association headquarters and showgrounds just north of Ava on Highway 5. Speakers at the…
Read MoreCong. Jo Ann Emerson Visits Fox Trotters Wednesday Afternoon
Missouri’s 8th District U.S. Representative Jo Ann Emerson, of Cape Girardeau, made a stop in Ava Wednesday afternoon and visited with folks at the Show and Celebration of the Missouri Fox Trotting Horse Breed Association. Staff Assistant Heather Peugh, director of Emerson’s West Plains office, said Mrs. Emerson came to Ava on Wednesday because she…
Read MoreAmbulance District Donates Vehicle to Goodhope Fire Dept.
A 2006 Ford ambulance that has been taken out of service by Cox Health Systems and the Ava Area Ambulance District was donated to the Goodhope Fire Department this week. The Ava Area Ambulance District Board of Directors agreed to give the vehicle to Goodhope which will convert the vehicle into a rescue unit. In…
Read MoreDouglas County Museum
Mrs. Turner, who was born at Hartville shares that she moved to Douglas County at age 6. It was actually Ozark County then in 1855. One would travel for miles, she said, and not see a cabin. The first deer I ever saw were nine in one gang near Oswego. I got my first schooling…
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The checker games in the county courthouse boiler room begin here shortly after the roosters at the edge of town have greeted the sun. Men in ankle top work boots and bib overhauls amble inside past a sign that says “Do Not Spit on Floor $5 Fine.” So begins an article in the New York…
Read MoreInvestigation Continues in the August Shooting Death of David Phillips
The Office of Prosecuting Attorney Roger Wall has issued the following brief statement concern-ing the shooting death of a 42 year-old Hillsdale, Illinois man, David L. Phillips, by the Douglas County Sheriff Chris Degase. “This office has been in touch with both the Douglas County Coroner and the office of the Colonel of the Missouri…
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Even though there were 111 school districts in Douglas County, often children had to walk five or six miles to school, sometimes as much as ten miles. School only lasted three months as that was all they could afford to pay the ‘schoolmaster’. Early schools had spellin’, readin’ and ‘rithmetic because ink was hard to…
Read MoreDouglas County Sheriff Involved In Fatal Shooting Thursday Morning
Douglas County Sheriff Chris Degase is on administrative leave this week as the Missouri State Highway Patrol wraps up its investigation of a fatal shooting last Thursday morning. Although the Herald has spoken with Degase, all information about the incident is being released by the Highway Patrol which is in charge of the investigation. What…
Read MoreMoDOT's Southeast District Wraps Up Region's Safe & Sound Bridge Program
SIKESTON-Southeast Missouri now has 116 improved bridges thanks to the Missouri Department of Transportation’s Safe & Sound Bridge Improvement Program. “With the opening of the Route 142 bridge over Main Ditch in Butler County on Aug. 15, we concluded the Southeast District’s portion of the statewide Safe & Sound program,” said District Construction and Materials…
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