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Ty's Take You don't have to spend much time around the lake these days to see the tension playing out—development money knocking on the door hard, locals trying to figure out what they're actually saying yes to. Camdenton's decision to pump
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Ty's Take Somebody's having a rough spring out here. Between the boat fire that sent two men to the hospital, the string of vehicle accidents piling up across the county, and now a woman seriously hurt pushing a truck uphill—it feels like we're
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Ty's Take Drowning, fire, assaults, and a pedestrian hit hard enough to send someone to the hospital—that's not the weekend most lake towns want to read about come Monday morning. What matters now is that whoever was working that dock when the boat went up
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Ty's Take Water's running high this time of year, and the lake's been pulling hard on anybody fool enough to underestimate her—two drowning calls in as many days out on the Niangua arm tells you something about spring on the Ozarks. We'
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Ty's Take The data center fight that packed Camden County's commission chambers last week says everything about what this lake region is becoming—and what it's fighting to stay. You've got new outlet malls breaking ground, the boat gas report coming back
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Ty's Take That missing nine-year-old showing up safe is the kind of news that reminds you why people still call the sheriff when something goes wrong around here—and why dispatch operators who know the territory matter more than most folks give them credit for. The quick response
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Ty's Take A bomb threat at Lebanon High closed the school and drew heavy law enforcement response this afternoon—the kind of disruption that ripples through a whole community fast, especially when kids are involved. Meanwhile, down in Versailles, another predator's facing additional charges that push
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Ty's Take Jet skis and boats sharing the same water is nothing new around here, but when a teenager ends up hurt in a collision, it's worth asking what we're missing in how we use this lake. Every summer brings new faces, rental equipment,
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Ty's Take Harbor Hop's back this weekend, which means the docks are going to be packed shoulder-to-shoulder with people who either own a boat or wish they did—and around here, those two groups make up most of the town anyway. It's the kind
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Ty's Take Three tornadoes touched down in Morgan County Monday, and by some miracle—or maybe just the grace of people who know their landscape—nobody died. Firefighters sheltering from an EF-1 at a lightning-struck house fire, residents in basements, drivers who'd seen enough storms to
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Ty's Take Two stories caught my eye today that tell us something important about where our community's headed. First, congratulations to that Camdenton educator who just got named the state's best librarian — in an era where rural schools are fighting for every dollar and
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Ty's Take Those three tornadoes that tore through Morgan County last night, with one EF-1 packing 90 mph winds that forced firefighters to take shelter while battling a lightning-sparked house fire, remind us how quickly Mother Nature can turn dangerous around here. When your emergency responders have to