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Ty's Take Good week to be a dog around here—one saved a family from a house fire while another got himself permanently affixed to church property, which pretty much sums up the range of outcomes you get when you're the smartest creature in the room.
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Ty's Take When a July Fourth storm knocked out power to half the region, the linemen showed up anyway—same ones who fix the lines after ice storms, who string cable through timber so a family on Shady Glade can watch the news. That's the invisible
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Ty's Take Water and whiskey—two things that've always demanded respect around these lakes, and two things we keep learning the hard way never to mix. A man dead at Truman, another fighting for his life after a DWI wreck in Miller County, all in the
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Ty's Take Two house fires in two days—one in Stover where a dog did what neighbors sometimes don't, and another in Barnett where three firefighters got trapped when the ceiling gave way—is the kind of stretch that reminds you this region runs on volunteer
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Ty's Take Two shooting deaths in Miller County in a week will do what nothing else can around here—it'll empty out the docks and quiet down the marinas faster than a summer storm rolling across the water. We don't like to think of
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Ty's Take There's something worth watching in the noise today: while the expo crowd rolls out new sunroom finishes and coffee roasters tout their freshness, the real story underneath is that folks around here are still building, still spending, still betting on tomorrow even as Missouri&
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Ty's Take An alderman facing cocaine charges, a tanker full of ammonium nitrate flipped on a county road, and talk of putting a curfew on kids downtown—that's the kind of week that reminds you the lake's not all sunshine and vacation rentals. Sure,
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Ty's Take A kid nearly drowns at the lake, and instead of a tragedy, this community shows up—boat captains cutting engines, strangers diving, someone's quick thinking with CPR. That's the kind of story that reminds you why people stay in places like this,
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Ty's Take There's been a shift around here you can feel in the parking lots and on the docks—folks aren't just looking to unwind anymore, they're looking to fix what needs fixing. The spa business booming tells you something about what
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Ty's Take When the rain comes hard and fast around here, you learn real quick who shows up. The state emergency declaration across Missouri is the official word, but what matters is that OBFD pulled an older man out of the water, that Lake Regional opened weekend express
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Ty's Take Fuel prices dropping is always good news for anybody running a boat around here, and Lord knows we need a break—but it's worth remembering that the lake's drawn all kinds over fifty-nine years, the ones looking for a weekend getaway
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Ty's Take Camdenton's data center dream died quiet, the way a lot of big promises do around here—somebody else's vision that didn't quite fit the place we already have. But while that developer was backing out of annexation agreements, real work