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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
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Ty's Take One car, one moment, one family torn apart on a Camden County road—and somewhere tonight, people who knew this Illinois woman are trying to make sense of why she was here and why she isn't anymore. These accidents don't come with
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Ty's Take Offshore racing season out here brings the best and worst of lake culture into sharp focus—the skill and speed that draw thousands to watch, and the split-second decisions that separate a good day from a tragedy. Two separate powerboat crashes during last weekend'
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Ty's Take Two fatalities on our highways this week, a couple more serious injuries, and that's just what made the scanner before Friday morning—which tells you something about the stretch we're in. Summer weekends bring more traffic, more speed, more boats full of
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Ty's Take Highway 7 claimed another life this week—a head-on that left one dead and three hurt, the kind of collision that stops you cold when you see the emergency lights. We've had the conversations around here a hundred times about that stretch of
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Ty's Take Two people dead in the water this week—one trapped in a low-head dam, another in circumstances still being sorted out—and a sheriff's deputy nearly killed when a pursuit went sideways at a low-water crossing. That's the kind of
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Ty's Take The Rotary raised thirty grand for local causes, the Kiwanis recognized some good kids, and out at the Harley shop they're signing folks up to give blood—which tells you everything you need to know about a week when the real news around here
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Ty's Take You spend enough time around the lake and you notice the rhythm—seasons change, the water comes and goes, and people keep building, fixing, planning ahead. This week's got that feel, with the outlet mall TIF moving forward and folks finally getting their boil
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Ty's Take Sunday night's storms didn't leave much room for debate—folks around here know the difference between a scare and the real thing, and we got both. The water's running clear again in Eldon, which matters more than most folks realize
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Ty's Take Highway W claimed another life this week—a Versailles man dead in a rollover that reminds us these lake roads don't forgive distraction or bad luck the way city streets sometimes do. Meanwhile the water's acting up again: boil orders in Eldon,