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Ty's Take School's back in session and the new HHS volleyball team is taking the court with fresh faces leading the way, which means we're sliding into that stretch where the social calendar starts running the town the way it always does. Before the
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Ty's Take School starts in a few weeks and the Highway Patrol is out front with the reminders, which tells you something about how serious things get once the buses roll again. Meanwhile, the Senior Resource Fair coming up on the 11th will draw folks who've
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Ty's Take Road accidents that end with the injured party facing charges are usually the ones that stick with a community, and this one out of Raymondville won't be any different. When the person hurt in the wreck is the one law enforcement decides to prosecute,
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Ty's Take Road conditions around here have been rough enough that we've had more accidents than usual in just the past few days, from Raymondville to Southfork to right here in West Plains, and a couple of them serious enough to land folks in the hospital.
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Ty's Take Somebody around here is always reading the signs, and this week they're reading onion skins and the thickness of a walking stick's bark to figure out what winter's bringing. That's the kind of forecasting that doesn't
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Ty's Take Nothing says small-town success like coming home to work alongside the person who taught you the trade. A new veterinarian setting up shop here with their former mentor isn't just filling a business need, though Lord knows we've got cattle operations
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Ty's Take The Lindeman case sitting in front of Judge Prewitt carries the weight of this whole county's understanding of when a man can defend what's his, and that's not something to rush through paperwork on. Meanwhile, the scholarship created for Kamie
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Ty's Take Recorders offices don't usually move the needle on a Tuesday, but come August 28th, the folks at the Phelps County Recorder's office will be charging you more for the paperwork that keeps land deals and property lines straight around here. It'
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Ty's Take When a pharmacy starts turning people away because the prescription line won't quit, you know something upstream broke. Forbes Pharmacy in town has been slammed since Hutcheson closed their doors, and old Jim and his crew are doing what they always do, which is
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Ty's Take Oregon-Howell R-III just caught a break that doesn't come around often. A state grant to replace a diesel school bus, no cost to the district, means that money stays in the classroom instead of going to a mechanic. Around here where school
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Ty's Take St. James got itself a new chamber director, which might not seem like much until you remember that wine country doesn't run on good intentions. The viticulture operation down there in Osage County draws tourists, supports tasting rooms, and keeps that whole stretch south
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Ty's Take A drowning at a local campground and a parking lot loitering call might seem like separate problems, but they tell the same story about what happens when summer kicks into high gear around here. The warm months bring more people to our rivers and parks, more