For the resident monks used to quiet meditation, contemplation, and prayer, last Thursday at Assumption Abbey must have seemed like Times Square on New Year’s Eve. Cars from several states lined the ...

Located in eastern Douglas County is a ranch which is home to the largest seed stock herd of Polled Herefords in the United States. Since 1981, Marty Lueck has been working as ranch manager for the ...

DONATION: The Douglas County Community Foundation recently awarded $2,000 to the Ava Area Animal Welfare League, Jr. (AAAWL,Jr.). AAAWL, Jr. partners with local veterinarians to expand access to ...

Two people have been injured after a head-on crash near Ava. The Missouri State Highway Patrol report that this crash happened after the 25-year-old male Ava driver of a Dodge Ram struck a deer in the ...

Matthias Penn has been swinging a blacksmith hammer for over 14 years. He built his first shop at the age of 14. The 16×16 foot shop in Douglas County is still in use today, but Penn has expanded it ...

My name is Frederick (Fred) Dechow. I am a Christian Constitutional conservative who was born in a small town in the Midwest and, after a professional career with chemical, pharmaceutical and ...

Ordinance #1160- AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AVA, MISSOURI CODE OF ORDINANCES TO REPEAL CHAPTER 98 UTILITIES SECTION 46, SECTION 51, AND SECTION 55 AND ENACT IN LIEU THEREOF A NEW CHAPTER 98 UTILITIES ...

The fog is still clinging to the pines as the morning sun and Missouri’s infamous humidity begin to rise. Bees are buzzing around the zinnias. There are goats to be milked, tomatoes to can and seeds ...

Corey spent seven years traveling across the U. S. as a furniture mover before getting into welding four years ago. He said no one job is the same; they each have their own set of challenges, but what ...

Juanita was a 1944 Ava High School graduate and a 1945 graduate of Hopper Beauty Academy of Springfield. She worked as a beautician for many years before buying the Beauty Nook in the early sixties.

Clayton William Rippee “Rip”, 91 years old, departed this life on September 18, 2023, at Cox South Hospital Springfield, Missouri with his family by his side. He was born on April 21, 1932, to Bill ...

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) on Monday reported hunters had harvested 167,526 deer during the November portion of the firearms deer season. Of this figure 92,208 were antlered bucks.