Daily Digest
Ty's Take Some weeks the scanner traffic tells you everything you need to know about what people are doing wrong. High-speed wrecks scattered across three counties, folks getting airlifted out of ditches, names showing up on the blotter for debts and warrants they thought might've
Daily Digest
Ty's Take Property lines and right-of-way disputes have a way of turning neighbors into adversaries out here, and this week's arrest over a county road squabble in Ava is a reminder that some arguments don't cool off once they get hot. Meanwhile,
Daily Digest
Ty's Take The Senior Resource Fair hitting town this week is the kind of thing that doesn't make noise but ought to. Most folks don't think about what comes after the paycheck stops until they're already standing at the edge of it,
Daily Digest
Ty's Take Seems like the scammers are getting bolder these days, which is exactly why the sheriff's office is reminding folks to stay sharp about who's calling and claiming to be law enforcement. Out here, we still tend to trust a uniform and a
Daily Digest
Ty's Take Ozarks Healthcare's push to bring low-cost lab screenings across the region this September, paired with their new commitment to the Show-Me High Value Network, amounts to something worth noticing. Out here, a lot of folks put off the blood work and basic
Daily Digest
Ty's Take Twenty-five years ago this week, we all stopped and watched the same terrible thing unfold on screens across the country, and the weight of it didn't lift for a long time. What strikes you now, looking back from this distance, is how small
Daily Digest
Ty's Take Holiday Lane's getting tore up this week, which means if you're heading that direction you'll want to find another route and settle in for it. Meanwhile, the community's rallying around a Texas County family with a fish and
Daily Digest
Ty's Take Motorcycle season in the Ozarks always brings a stretch where the news gets harder to read. A teenager from Licking didn't make it home Saturday, and up near Ellington another one-vehicle accident claimed a life while leaving someone else to carry that forward.
Daily Digest
Ty's Take Leonardo DRS landed a ninety-six-million-dollar defense contract for launching system electronics, which means there's still federal money flowing into the Ozarks economy through manufacturing work that doesn't make the evening news back in the cities. Meanwhile, HOBA's
Daily Digest
Ty's Take West Plains High School's recognition as a National Banner Unified Champion School for Special Olympics says something true about this town that doesn't always make the news cycle. We can point to the fundraisers and the sports briefs, sure, but when a
Daily Digest
Ty's Take The Missouri Department of Conservation is asking hunters and landowners to keep an eye out for hemorrhagic disease in the deer around here, and that's worth taking seriously as we head into fall season. This isn't the first time we've
Daily Digest
Ty's Take Homecoming week lands different when you're in a town this size. The schools go half-day Friday, which means somebody's already thought through the logistics of getting kids to the stadium, and the Zizzers swimmers have already given the whole week some