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School Bond Issue Is Main Topic on Ballot Today
Today is election day for cities and school districts across the state. However, in Douglas County, not a lot of races developed, and the main issue for local voters will be a school bond election in the Ava R-1 District. Two aldermen will be elected to the Ava City Council, one from the East Ward…
Read MoreBaseball Bears Pick Up Wins Over Mansfield, West Plains
The Ava High School Baseball Bears picked up two more wins this week over Mansfield and West Plains, improving to 3-0 on the young season. The Bears are scheduled to open SCA play at Houston today (Thursday) at 4:30. At Mansfield last Thursday afternoon the Bears took a 12-4 win from the Lions. Zach Hunsaker…
Read More45-Year-Old Man From Squires Charged in Stabbing Incident On Bull Shoals Lake
On Thursday evening, March 13, Howard B. Gott, age 45, of Squires, was charged with first degree felony assault and armed criminal action. Gott, who is being held in Taney County Jail, reportedly stabbed his fishing partner, while in a boat on the lake. The victim was stabbed five times and airlifted to Cox South…
Read MoreSuspicious Device Found in Ava
The McDonald’s located in Ava was closed this afternoon when a suspicious device was found in the building. Patrons and workers in the facility were quickly evacuated. After finding the device, local law enforcement agencies established blockades and directed traffic away from the area, and Ava schools went into lock-down mode. The Springfield Fire Department…
Read MoreAva Superintendent Resigns, Board Fills Positions
The Ava R-1 School Board accepted the resignation of Dr. Brian Wilson on Thursday, Jan. 23, during the board’s closed session meeting. Wilson, who will finish his administrative year at Ava R-1, has accepted a job offer in Hollister, Mo. In response to Wilson’s resignation, the board hired Dr. Nancy Lawler as superintendent and Middle…
Read MoreBradleyville School Band Selected to Perform at State Music Educators Conference
The Bradleyville Screaming Eagle Band will perform at the 76th Annual Missouri Music Educators Association (MMEA) conference today (Jan. 23), at 12:30 p.m. at the Tan-Tar-A Resort in Osage Beach. Selection to perform at the conference is the state’s highest honor for performing groups. Last year 1,860 music teachers attended this four-day conference. It is…
Read MoreRock Slide Closes Highway 5 Monday Morning
MoDOT crews were called out around 4 a.m. Monday to clear Highway 5 north of Ava after a large section of a rock bluff came down into the roadway. Workers said one car apparently hit the fallen rocks in the darkness of the predawn hours. This is the same area just south of the Wright…
Read MoreDouglas County Budget Exceeds $4 Million; Expenditures Inflated by Rome Bridge Project
The Douglas County Commission approved and signed the 2014 county budget this week. This year’s budget calls for expenditures of just over $4 million. However, that amount, which exceeds last year’s budget by almost $600,000, is inflated by the Rome Bridge project that will involve replacement of the 100-year-old steel bridge across Beaver Creek. The…
Read MoreBears Beat Mansfield; Lose to Aurora, Conway
The Ava Bears traveled to Mansfield last Friday night and took a nonconference contest from the Lions, 54-44. The game had been postponed twice before due to weather. Ava was led by 18 points from Brandon Guengerich and 16 by Cooper Emerich. Also in double-digit scoring was Ben Loge with 11. Rounding out Ava’s scoring…
Read MoreEditorial Thoughts About the AIDC’s Stock Repurchase Offering Starting January 18
According to Oscar Wilde, Irish writer and poet “questions are never indiscreet…” Once again the Ava Industrial Development Corporation is running a legal notice in the Douglas County Herald. This notice is the firm’s second attempt to call folks into action by announcing an opportunity for stockholders to sell their shares back to the company…
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