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Baseball Bears Clinch SCA Title
Bears Beat Thayer & Houston for SCA Title; Drop No-Hit Shutout to Mansfield Tuesday
The Ava Bears held off a rally by Thayer at home last Thursday, then beat the Tigers at Houston on Monday to win the SCA title outright with an undefeated conference record. Tuesday was a different story, however, as Mansfield’s Curtis Carnal threw a no-hitter against the Bears and shut the home team down 6-0…
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 MoreBaseball Bears Win 3 More; Host Thayer Today for ‘Senior Night’
The Ava High School Baseball Bears won three varsity games during the past week, stretching their season record to 9-3 and going to 5-0 in conference play. The Bears will host Thayer today (Thursday) in SCA action in hopes of protecting their unblemished SCA record. The conference season will wrap up next Monday at Houston.…
Read MoreAva Lady Bears Open Track Season at Lebanon
The Lady Bears started the track season off right with a nice showing at the Lebanon track meet on March 30. Bringing home gold medals in 3 events, the Lady Bears were led by senior Payton Lakey who not only won the high jump but also the long jump. Payton who has been focusing on…
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 MoreAva High Student Among Finalists In Washington, D.C. National Youth Tour
BRANSON–Three area Ozarks youth will represent White River Valley Electric Cooperative and travel to Washington, D.C., with the national Youth Tour from June 16 to 21. Kylie Tannehill, Reeds Spring High School; Cody Watson, Forsyth High School; and Sarah Copeland, Ava High School were chosen from 11 finalists at a banquet on March 30 at…
Read MorePregnant? Need Help? Consider the “Options”
By Keith Moore – Managing Editor “When I came to Options I didn’t know what to do,” said one lady who recently found the help she was looking for at Options Pregnancy Clinic of Ava. “I was pregnant with our second child. That would mean two babies under a year.” Another says: “I was scared…
Read MoreArkansas Couple Arrested Here For Drug Violations
On April 6, Cpl. Brad Loveless and Deputy Nathan Long of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department, arrested Cody B. Bowers and Emily A. Kasinger, both 18 and both of Mtn. Home, Ark., for several drug violations. The arrests came after Cpl. Loveless made a traffic stop on the vehicle for going the wrong way around…
Read MoreCommission Awards Contract To Change Signal at Hwys. 5 & 14
Flashing Yellow Arrows to Ease Traffic Flow The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission awarded a contract during its regular meeting on April 3 to retrofit a signal in Ava with flashing yellow arrows. The signals are located on Route 5 at the Route 14 intersection. The $227,241 contract was awarded to Ewing Signal Construction, LLC,…
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