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Ty's Take Saturday was a hard reminder that these county roads don't forgive mistakes, and they don't care much about speed or experience either. Two separate accidents in one day, one south of Cabool and another near Success, left people hurt and families dealing
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Ty's Take Howell County just rolled back its general revenue property tax to zero, which sounds like a headline writers dream until you start asking the follow-up questions. The commission made the move based on fund balance, meaning they've got enough in reserves to cover
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Ty's Take Recorder's office fees don't move the needle often enough to make anybody's day, but when they do shift, it's worth noting who feels it. Starting next month, if you're filing a deed, recording a mortgage, or
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Ty's Take There's a particular stretch of road southwest of Licking where the deer seem to know exactly when to cross, which is to say they don't know at all. Happens every fall when the heat breaks and the animals get restless, moving between
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Ty's Take Some weeks the news comes at you all at once, and this is one of them. We've got officers involved in shootings, privacy charges against locals, a disbarred attorney we all knew, and enough courthouse trouble to keep the talk going down at the
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Ty's Take St. James has a new chamber director, which might sound like the kind of thing that gets buried in the back pages, but if you've watched what happens in these smaller county seats you know better. The chamber's the connective tissue between
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Ty's Take Two calls that say something about summer in a town like ours. A parking lot loitering complaint that tied up police time, and out at the campgrounds, a drowning that reminds us again how fast the water can turn serious. This time of year brings people
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Ty's Take Ten years of STEM grants and a new hospitalist at the hospital means somebody around the county office and the healthcare board has been doing their homework, and doing it well. But what really jumps out this week is how seriously the schools are taking their
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Ty's Take West Plains High School soccer has the makings of a real run this fall, and you can trace it straight back to the fact that these Zizzers are keeping most of their roster together. Experience in a sport like soccer is worth its weight in hay
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Ty's Take Moon's going to slip into Earth's shadow tonight, and if you've got the patience to stay up or step outside this evening, you'll see it happen in real time. A partial lunar eclipse isn't as dramatic