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Confederate Railroad is slated to perform at 7 p.m. on Friday night.
The Fourth Annual Mountain Grove Heritage Festival will begin this Friday evening, Aug. 9. Some of the 200 vendors including the food vendors will be set up for the evening’s festivities.The Preston Ary Band will kick start the evening concert at 5 p.m. followed by The Confederate Railroad at 7 p.m...
Randall Redding
A Mountain Grove man was arrested in Douglas County for an incident that took place on July 2.According to a report from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, at around 9:42 p.m., it received a 911 call from a female resident on E. Washington Avenue in Ava regarding a male subject attempting to kick...
Group Shot: Urban Dogg, a Mountain Grove business, presented a donation of $500 to the Grove Community Cat Coalition. Shown, from left: Nick Felis, Patsy Worrel, Riley Todd with “Nala,” Urban Dogg co-owner Brad Taylor, Katie Reynolds, Marilyn Odneal and Animal Control Officer Jordin Vieths.
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Final story:The unofficial election results were all in for races both locally and statewide after votes were tallied on Tuesday, Aug. 6.With all 33 precincts reporting, Melissa Schmidt won the State Representative District 141 Republican primary. She had 4,128 votes. Zach Williams was second with...
Mountain Grove’s Caleb Dowden glides through the air on the “Double Twister” obstacle during the Season 16, Episode 5 of the hit television show, “American Ninja Warrior.”
For the third year in a row, Mountain Grove’s Caleb Dowden was a featured participant on the hit television show, “American Ninja Warrior” when the fifth episode of Season 16 aired Monday, July 15.During this run, Dowden managed to get past “Pole Vault,” “Double Twister,” and “Dangerous Waters”...
Tim Schook and Dean Tarzia cut the ribbon during a Mountain Grove Area Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting ceremony held at MO Eats, which is a New York Style Deli located on E. 20th St. in Mountain Grove. Schook and Tarzia were joined at the ceremony by several employees and Chamber members.
Billy D. Gleason
It was recently announced that on July 11, Wright County Circuit Judge Craig Carter sentenced Billy D. Gleason, of Norwood, to 25 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections (DOC).His charges were for trafficking drugs in the second degree and four years in the DOC for keeping or maintaining a...
Students show, from left: Timothy Norris, Licking; Hayden Riggs, Houston; Katelyn Redker, Mountain Grove; Olivia Park, Rolla; Ava Ennis, St James; and Joseph Cook, Plato.
There were 85 high school students from across Missouri who participated in the Missouri Electric Cooperative CYCLE (Cooperative Youth Conference and Leadership Experience) program.The conference was held July 16-19 at the DoubleTree Hotel in Jefferson City. They were sponsored by Intercounty...
An illustration of Jesus next to Hartville’s Jimmie Marler appears on a Marquis Who’s Who billboard at Times Square in New York City.
Jimmie Lee Marler, PhD, is a distinguished biographee of Marquis Who’s Who.He was recently spotlighted in New York City’s Times Square on a 22-story screen that is passed by an estimated 1.5 million people daily. As in all Marquis Who’s Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are chosen from...
Howes Barbershop last week received a certificate proclaiming them as the July Business of the Month as chosen by the Hartville Area Chamber of Commerce. Owner Kendal Howe received the certificate from the Chamber’s Sirrina Dunn. Howes Barbershop opened back in February 2022 and offers classic...