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Twelve Ava area veterans were honored Sunday afternoon with the presentation of quilts from the Peace and Friendship Patriots, the Ava affiliate of the Quilts of Valor Foundation. Connie Sherrill explained that the local affiliate was officially organized in August. Local quilt makers had made and donated 22 quilts last November, but those presentations were…

by Doug Berger For 35 years Joe Corum has been the Voice of Ava Bears football on KKOZ in Ava. Friday night was his last night as a regular in the football broadcast booth. Corum was honored for his work with a presentation by Ava athletic director Rex Sawyer at halftime of the Ava-Mountain Grove…

Ava Pro Wins by 3-pound, 2-ounce margin, Earns $32,552 BRANSON, Mo. (Nov. 8, 2020) – Toyota Series angler Cody Huff of Ava, Missouri, who also competes on the Abu Garcia College Fishing circuit for Bethel University, brought a five-bass limit to the scale Saturday weighing 15 pounds, 6 ounces to win the three-day Toyota Series…

The annual tradition of gathering wild black walnuts is coming to an end for this year. Numbers of processed nuts at hulling stations have been lower than anticipated in some areas. Hulling stations have been processing the gathered nuts since early October. Almost all the gathered nuts in Missouri are processed through hulling stations affiliated…

Jefferson City, Mo. — Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft is thanking voters, election officials and poll workers today for helping to make this year’s general election a success.  “The success of this year’s historic election is thanks to the tireless effort of Missouri’s voters, election authorities and poll workers,” Ashcroft said. “Election officials and…