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Ty's Take Money from somewhere else is flooding into the 154th District race, and if you've been watching the mailbox or your screen, you already know it. Outside groups are dropping real dollars on attack ads while locals are trying to figure out who's
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Ty's Take Looks like the county Democrats got their annual stump picnic in the books, which means somebody's running for something and somebody else is listening. These things matter in a place like Phelps County where every office from assessor on up decides what kind of
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Ty's Take A murder trial, a hunger report, and child abuse charges all landing in the same week tells you something about the weight that sits on a county seat, even one as small and tight as ours. Houston doesn't get the crime coverage that bigger
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Ty's Take Roads keep our region stitched together, and when Route VV goes down for pavement work, folks around Howell County adjust like they always do. Same week you've got Mountain View taking delivery of a new skid steer for their own maintenance needs, which tells
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Ty's Take Tom Hanks buying a typewriter from Clickety Clack is the kind of thing that happens when you run a business in a town with real character, and it's worth noting that he sent a gift back to the shop after the transaction. That'
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Ty's Take The commission's closed-door talk about a legal matter is the kind of thing that gets people wondering what they're not hearing, and fair enough. In a county seat this size, most folks figure things out eventually anyway, so whatever's
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Ty's Take Four funerals this week, and the back to school shot clinic running Fridays down at the health department. That's the rhythm of August in Howell County, the way summer starts letting go and you remember that the calendar doesn't care much about
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Ty's Take The August primary is almost here, which means the usual parade of forums and candidate nights is hitting full stride around the county. The Republican forum happening this week gives folks a chance to see who's stepping up for the local races, and that
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Ty's Take Downtown Lebanon's looking at itself in the mirror again, and that's not a bad thing. The city's calling a public meeting on sidewalk and pedestrian improvements, which tells you something about how Route 66 corridor towns have to think these
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Ty's Take Hutcheson Pharmacy closing its doors next month is the kind of loss that hits different in a town of 2,000, where Mr. Hutcheson wasn't just filling prescriptions but part of the fabric of Main Street for decades. These changes creep up on you
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Ty's Take Primary day is coming up fast, and voters are going to have their hands full sorting through candidates and those ballot measures everybody's been talking about. The Shield Maidens are asking hard questions about what some of those initiatives actually do, and meanwhile there&
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Ty's Take A man drowned at a local campground this week, which is the kind of call that doesn't sit right with anybody in a river town like ours. The details are still coming in through the sheriff's office, but deaths in the water