Melancholy Roasting Holds Ribbon Cutting Friday
Located just off the south side of the Square at 232 S. Jefferson, Melancholy Roasting held a ribbon cutting ceremony Friday afternoon. Pictured above...
Ava Bass Club Anglers Headed to Regionals
The Ava Bass Club recently excelled at the Missouri Bass Nation State Championship which was held at Table Rock, October 27-28. Heston Fish,...
Onsite Health Care Clinic at Ava Schools Can Help Keep Students...
The telemedicine program offered by CoxHealth, and recently adopted by Ava R-I, is saving time and money for families in the Ava School District. ...
Douglas County Voter Turnout Exceptionally High
County Road Sales Tax Passes,
City Transportation Tax Rejected
Several important issues brought Douglas County voters to the polls on Tuesday as 60% of registered voters...
Beauty Will Save the World Art Show in Willow Springs
The Willow Springs Arts Council (WSAC) will host an exhibition of works by Natalya Kharitonova entitled “Beauty Will Save the World,” a quote by...
Show-Me-Select Bred Heifer Sale is Nov. 16 at Joplin Stockyards
MT. VERNON, Mo. - Does this scenario fit you? The dry summer forced you to sell cows. Then the rains of August and September...
Middle School Basketball Bears Open Season
The Ava Middle School Bears opened the 2018 basketball season by participating in the West Plains Middle School Tournament. The eighth grade Bears were...
Lady Bears Volleyball Season Wraps Up
By Emily Petty
The Ava Lady Bears finished their volleyball season 14-17-1 and 3-4 in SCA play. The Lady Bears faced the Willow Springs Lady...
What About This . . .? By Wayne William Cipriano
Television
Well, another television season has begun, and here comes another spate of hour-long drama consisting...
Ramblings of the Ole Parson – Robert E. Thompson. Sr.
Nov 15
Recently I was auditioning a ladies’ meeting when the speaker said something that really...
Looking Backward
25 years ago
Ava’s all-conference football selections are Scott O’Dell, Matt Turner, Reggie Stanifer, Tim Meyer,...
A Small Medium at Large
Nov 15, 2018 Galen Chadwick
“While some number of analysts have pointed to China and its...
The Snoop
While pulling tidbits of history from the archives for the Looking Backward column this week,...
What About This . . .? By Wayne William Cipriano
Colors! Reds and yellows and golds and browns and just enough greens. And, if we...
Calendar Of Events
This column is provided to our readers free of charge to announce upcoming events that are free to the public. Publication of the same...
