Douglas County
Douglas County Museum
We invite everyone to come by Saturday at noon and bring your lawn chair. Free tours will be given from 10 to noon. Lonny Thiele, from Poplar Bluff, will be sharing mule stories from his book at 12:30. Then former students and friends of Bob Holt will play fiddle tunes beginning at 1:00 with some…
Read MoreAva Woman Dies In One Vehicle Crash May 3
A 65-year-old Ava woman, Joy L. Stainbrook, died last Thursday morning when the pickup she was driving ran off the road, hit a tree and overturned. The wreck occurred at 10:15 a.m., 12 miles east of Ava on Highway 76 in the Coldsprings area of Douglas County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the eastbound…
Read MoreAva Doctor Charged With Domestic Assault
An Ava doctor was arrested last Friday night and charged with domestic assault following an incident at the couple’s home east of Ava. Court records show Martin R. Sevrey, 70, is charged with domestic assault in the first degree and a second count of felonious restraint. Sevrey was arraigned in Douglas County Circuit Court Tuesday…
Read MoreSquires Man Dies From Injuries of April 12 Wreck
A Squires man has died from injuries suffered in a wreck south of Squires on April 12. Jesse L. (Leroy) Dry, 84, died Sunday in a Springfield hospital. Funeral services were held Wednesday, at Clinkingbeard Funeral Home in Ava. Dry was driving one of three cars involved in the wreck at the intersection of Highway…
Read MoreSpecial Trash Clean Up For Rural Douglas Co. May 4 & 5
Spring City Clean Up Is Also Next Week In an effort to reduce illegal trash dumping, the South Central Solid Waste Management District will hold a special trash clean up for rural Douglas County households on May 4 and 5 at the Douglas County Maintenance Shed off Highway FF just east of Ava. An attendant…
Read MoreAva Lions Club Walk/Run Event Continues to Build Support
Flowers, prime rib dinners, and show tickets are among the many excellent prizes and coupons for participants of the Lions Walk/Run event coming up on May 12. At this point, registration is down from previous years but prizes and coupons are plentiful and there are many very attractive items. This is going to be a…
Read MoreChild Abuse Awareness Day Celebrated on Ava Square Friday
Members of the community gathered on the Ava City square Friday afternoon, April 13, to recognize Child Abuse Awareness Day in Missouri. Students from the Ava Elementary School attended the event and planted a Pinwheel Garden north of the gazebo to remember victims of child abuse. Students from Ava Middle School recognized Mayor Eddie Maggard…
Read MoreArea Wrecks Send Motorists to the Hospital; Some Injured Seriously
The Missouri State Highway Patrol investigated a number of accidents during the past week, some of which resulted in serious injuries. A 17-year-old Ava youth and the 21-year-old driver were seriously injured Saturday, April 14, when the pickup in which they were riding ran off Highway JJ, 1½ miles west of Squires, and overturned. The…
Read MoreAva Man Charged After Standoff With Officers
On April 16, 2012 Cpl. Brad Loveless and Deputy Nathan Long responded to a residence on K Highway for a man allegedly hold his wife hostage. While Deputies and Sheriff Degase were en route, dispatch advised 2 neighbors and 2 more family members, who had went to the residence to help the wife, were now…
Read MoreDispute Between Neighbors Leads to Arrest; Gasek Faces More Charges in Pulaski Co.
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office was called to a dispute between neighbors that resulted in the arrest of one individual. On March 30, Deputy Nathan Long was dispatched to a location on Douglas County Road 525 for a dispute between neighbors. Upon arrival, Deputy Long met Kim A. Vaverka, 53 of Mansfield, on a 4-wheeler in…
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