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Ava’s Football Season Ends With District Championship Game at Eldon Monday Night
The 2013 football season ended for the Ava Bears Monday night in the Class 3, District 3 championship game at Eldon. The Mustangs claimed the district plaque with a 19-14 win over the Bears. Ava has traveled to Eldon the past two seasons in district play. Last year Ava was eliminated in the first round.…
Read MoreAnnual Fall Champion Trail Ride Held Oct. 16
The Fall Champion Trail Ride led by Bud Hutchison, of Ava, began at the historical Champion Store on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 10 a.m. with a group of 16 riders. The riders traveled approximately eight miles to the Drury Store where they all enjoyed a wonderful lunch served by Jill and her employees in the…
Read MoreCross Country Headed to State
On the bus and headed to the state cross country meet in Jefferson City Friday morning are, from left: Bailey Ray, Megan Cooper, Jordan Dimirsky, Caleb Stillings, Jacob Luebbering and Coach Liz Kyger.
Read MoreBears Will Play Eldon Monday For District Championship
The Ava Bears scored a touchdown with a minute and a half left in the game here Wednesday night to keep their playoff hopes alive. The Bears will travel to Eldon Monday night, Nov. 11, to play the Mustangs for the Class 3, District 3 football district championship. The game begins at 7 p.m. The…
Read MoreAva Lions Club Holds 72nd Annual Halloween Costume Contest
The youngsters pictured above were winners in the 13-24 months category at the Ava Lions Club’s Halloween Costume Contest on Halloween night. In addition, the “Top Gun” pilots at left were named grand prize winners at the conclusion of the judging. Pictured from left are: 1st and 2nd places and grand prize winner, Chase Parker and…
Read MoreJensen Found Guilty Of 2nd Degree Murder In Kenny Stout Case
Nathan Jensen, 28, of Seymour, was found guilty of second-degree murder by a Pulaski County jury last week. Jensen, one of two men charged in the death of 17-year-old Kenny Stout, of Ava, in December 2011, was being tried on first-degree murder charges in Waynesville, on a change of venue. In addition to the conviction…
Read MoreAva Cross Country Teams Qualify for State Meet Saturday
Caleb Stillings Is District Champ Ava sophomore Caleb Stillings owned the day at the Class 2 District 6 Cross Country Championships as he set a new course record of 17:03 and won by 15 seconds over second place finisher, John Burd, from Mtn. Grove. Burd had previously beaten Stillings in five meets this year, including…
Read MoreCong. Jason Smith Visits Ava Manufacturing Plant
Eighth District Congressman Jason Smith (far right) was in Ava Wednesday afternoon for a visit and tour of the Emerson Climate Technologies plant. Joining Cong. Smith and conducting a tour of the plant were Emerson employees Steve Stiles and Jared Smith (from left). Ava Mayor Eddie Maggard (second from right) also met with Cong. Smith…
Read MoreOne Hospitalized After Wreck Sunday Morning; Rural Seymour Man Dies In Crash on U.S. 60
One driver was taken to the hospital by ambulance following a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Highways 5 and 14 in Ava Sunday morning. Ava Police reported that the wreck occurred at 9:35 a.m. as a westbound 2007 Ford driven by Junior Marriott, 47, of Ava collided with a southbound 2001 Pontiac driven by…
Read MoreNot As Bad As it Looks
This situation that occurred on Highway 76 west of Ava just after noon Monday looked much worse than it was, in reality. The vehicle that is upside down in the roadway was being hauled on the flatbed trailer parked at right, and fell off the trailer, landing in the middle of the roadway. There were…
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