Wallace Lau, a foreign exchange student from Hong Kong, joined two members of the Douglas County Republican Women’s Club to attend the Legislative Ball at the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City. The ball was in the evening on Jan. 7, ...

Ava High School Citizens of the Month for January were recognized  at the noon meeting of the Ava Kiwanis Club last Thursday. This month’s Citizens are Wyatt Gastineau and Jacey Swofford. Wyatt Gastineau is freshman at AHS.  He is the ...

Ava High School Hoopcoming for 2015 will be held this Friday night when the Bears take on the Mansfield Lions in basketball action. Basketball play will begin at 5 p.m. with a freshman game, followed by the junior varsity, then ...

FFA attended the National FFA Convention in Louisville, Ky., on Oct 29-31. The top 13 fundraisers qualified to go. Those attending were, from left, front row: Wes Davis (advisor), Kayla Cornett, Troy Herrell, Elizabeth Tucker, Hailey Herrell, Mark Blakey, Molly ...

Ava Kiwanis Club handed out Terrific Kids awards at Ava Elementary School Monday for the month of October. The Terrific Kids are, from left, front row: Luke Hamby, Ryan Adams, Romeo Gomes, Kaleb Merritt, Kelton Wiedmeier, Hunter Strunk, Molly Henry, ...

Ava Kiwanis Club and Ava High School kicked off the Citizens of the Month program for this school year on Thursday, Sept. 18. The presentation was made during the Kiwanis’ noon meeting at Pizza Hut. Citizens of the Month for ...

The Ava High School Construction Trades Class has been busy at Ava’s Bill Martin Memorial Airport. The students have built and installed a new swing for visitors (photo above), installed a white board for training and are currently preparing for ...

Delaney Sweeney, of  Souder, Mo., received a bachelor of science from Drury University at commencement on May 17, 2014. Sweeney graduated with a major in  biology, with minors in chemistry and global studies. While at Drury,  she was an active ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md.- The U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) invited a select group of approximately 2,550 young men and women from around the nation and abroad to attend the Naval Academy Summer Seminar program this year. Summer Seminar is a fast-paced leadership ...

Ava Head Start visited the Squires Volunteer Fire Department on Monday, May 19. Mrs. Doris Pinckney and her assistants brought 15 children to learn about fire safety. The children took turns going through the trucks and sounding off the sirens. ...