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Ty's Take Fourth of July weekend's coming in hot around here—literally, with the heat index and the fireworks talk that always follows—but before anybody's loading up the boat with coolers and sparklers, take a hard look at that Highway Patrol warning about
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Ty's Take When your sheriff and prosecutor can't agree on body camera footage, somebody's credibility walks out the door—and it's usually the public's faith in both of them. The standoff brewing down here over those videos isn't
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Ty's Take That truck went down at the boat ramp near Bagnell Dam, and by now most folks around here know it—the water's been running high and fast, and the Osage doesn't forgive carelessness or bad luck the way the lake sometimes does.
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Ty's Take Three separate powerboat incidents during Saturday's Shootout races, a boating death under investigation in Miller County, and two missing kayakers who thankfully turned up safe—it's the kind of weekend that reminds every lake regular why we drill it into visitors'
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Ty's Take Three motorcycle gang members pleading guilty to charges stemming from a 2021 gunfight on the Strip is the kind of story that reminds you how fast things can turn ugly around here, even in a place built for fun. The lake draws all kinds—families towing
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Ty's Take Summer around the lake means kids home from school, renters flooding in, and everybody scrambling to keep up—which is exactly when things fall apart if you're not paying attention. The folks at Bacon and other outfits reminding homeowners to get their A/C
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Ty's Take Busy weekend on the water and off it—an Illinois visitor in the hospital after a boating incident, a wreck that sent someone to Morgan County Medical, and fire crews rolling on a condo complex over in Osage Beach that turned out to be containable. Nothing
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Ty's Take High-speed chase on the lake this weekend ended with a teenager thrown from his vehicle, and you can read the details in today's paper—but what strikes you is the timing. We're heading into the busiest season the Ozarks sees all
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Ty's Take Anybody who's been around the lake long enough knows that summer here moves fast—one minute you're pulling the boat out for Memorial Day, the next you're calling the funeral home because somebody's kid didn't make
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Ty's Take A seven-year-old from Stover is gone, killed in a utility vehicle accident that'll sit heavy in this county for a long time—the kind of loss that makes you look at your own kids different, makes you think twice about what we
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Ty's Take Three powerboat incidents in one Saturday afternoon at the Shootout races, a rescue from the Community Bridge, a fatal crash on a county road—that's the kind of weekend that reminds you the lake doesn't care how many boats are registered or
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Ty's Take The Fourth of July looked different this year before it even got here—Osage Beach dropping the parade but keeping the fireworks, which is its own kind of statement about what matters most when the calendar fills up and the crowds roll in. But underneath the