For 47 years, Gary Herd has been in the woods near his Thornfield home during the spring and fall seasons hunting turkeys. But since 1987 he has gone hunting with calls he has crafted himself. Today ...

It has been over 110 years since the first railroad locomotive rolled into Ava. It was a time when the horse was still important to transportation of people and materials in the area. But today it is ...

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is launching a series of raffles and fundraising efforts to raise money for night vision and thermal imaging equipment for deputies, technology Sheriff Chris Degase ...

Cedar Gap is known to many people just by the highway sign along Hwy. 60 several miles west of Mansfield. A limited number of the travelers on Hwy. 60 have ventured off the highway to see what remains ...

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 ...

A traffic stop in Ava turned into a double arrest after deputies say a Nevada couple was caught driving the wrong way and found in possession of suspected methamphetamine. Read this week’s issue of ...

The Ava Police Department is warning residents about a new mail scam involving letters that appear to come from the Internal Revenue Service. The letter, which looks official and even includes a QR ...

Menu subject to change without notice. Friday, March 15: Douglas County to Ava/Ava in Town. Wednesday, March 20: Douglas County to Ava; Ava in Town. Friday, March 22: Douglas County to Ava; Ava in ...

Butch Stone’s interested in flint knapping was not for its artistic element, but for a desire to see if he could kill a deer with an arrow point he made for himself. Along with knapping out his own ...

Today, Audrey is a congenital heart disease survivor, heart transplant survivor and cancer survivor. Audrey is also 10 years old. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in Missouri, taking 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 ...

A Springfield woman was arrested after deputies say she threatened family members and a local pastor in a series of alarming messages following her mother’s death. Read this week’s issue of the ...