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Ty's Take When a House candidate gets arrested for trying to plant cocaine on his opponent, you're looking at the kind of story that makes you wonder what happened to the old rules of engagement. Politics has always been rough in these parts, but framing somebody
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Ty's Take Couple of rough days on the roads around here, with accidents piling up north of Willow Springs and over toward Birch Tree, which reminds you that summer's heat and end-of-season hurry don't mix well with these curves and narrow stretches.
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Ty's Take When you're reading down a list like this, you notice what the week is really about: people getting hurt and communities showing up anyway. A moped wreck, a side-by-side accident that pulled a 10-year-old girl into a helicopter ride nobody
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Ty's Take When a state representative candidate ends up facing federal charges for conspiracy to distribute cocaine, you stop and think about what kind of shape things are in. Not just politics, which Lord knows runs hot and cold depending on the year and who's talking,
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Ty's Take The Zizzers are running on fumes and momentum at the same time, which is about the only way a program stays competitive in the state tournament hunt. Cross country's eyeing more hardware while football squares up with Mountain Grove tonight, and meanwhile the athletic
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Ty's Take The burn ban's here, which means the dry spell isn't something we're just talking about anymore, it's something we're living inside of. Howell County's been added to the restriction list while Izard County down
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Ty's Take Dry conditions have the Ozarks locked down tight, with burn bans now covering Oregon County and most of Arkansas, which means anybody thinking about clearing land or burning off brush needs to hold off for now. The fire danger this time of year sneaks up on
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Ty's Take Nobody wants to see a chase end the way this one did, but when it comes to what matters most in a small county, this week's real news is what's happening at Ozarks Medical Center and the justice center planning. You'
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Ty's Take There's a rhythm to September in Howell County that doesn't need much explaining to folks who've lived it. School's back, homecoming's coming, the Zizzers are in full swing, and somebody's always closing a street
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Ty's Take Two motorcycle wrecks in two days, one involving a visitor from Alabama and another just down the road in Desloge, leaves you wondering what's got into people this weekend. You don't have to ride long in this country to know the roads
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Ty's Take Howell County just rolled back its general revenue property tax to zero, which sounds like a headline writers dream until you start asking the follow-up questions. The commission made the move based on fund balance, meaning they've got enough in reserves to cover
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Ty's Take Some weeks the news comes at you all at once, and this is one of them. We've got officers involved in shootings, privacy charges against locals, a disbarred attorney we all knew, and enough courthouse trouble to keep the talk going down at the