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Ty's Take The obit pages today carry the names of people who built this place, and the fire fighters memorial honors those who ran toward the danger when others ran the other way. That matters and deserves to be said plain. But there's a different kind
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Ty's Take Bear City Festival wrapped up another year with the kind of turnout that reminds you why West Plains still functions as the real hub of this county. When a community event pulls that kind of crowd, it's not just about the festival itself, it&
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Ty's Take Halloween on the Square next year gives West Plains something to look forward to, and Lord knows we could use a few more reasons to gather downtown when the weather's decent and people aren't worried about the next thing. But the real
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Ty's Take You notice on a slow news day how much the real work of a town shows up in the smaller stories. A nurse who spent forty years taking care of people at TCMH finally gets to experience that care herself. The Kiwanis Club writes a check
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Ty's Take When a week's worth of news runs heavy on the accidents and arrests, you notice the other stories more. Willow Springs folks raised real money for cat rescue with three days of sales, the kind of thing that happens when people decide something matters
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Ty's Take Taney County Medical Hospital's recertification through CLIA tells you something about the work that happens inside those walls that most of us never see. The paperwork and compliance requirements that hospitals have to navigate just to keep their doors open legally would make a
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Ty's Take You've got a fair amount happening in and around Howell County this week, which is about right for early fall when people are still moving. The heritage fest over in Mountain View drawing folks to see how things used to be done, the Blue
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Ty's Take There's a missing girl out of Fulton County and a couple of teenagers hurt north of Licking, which reminds you fast how thin the margin is between an ordinary Monday and the kind of day that changes a family forever. Meanwhile, down at Ozarks
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Ty's Take Slow week for big headlines, which in October usually means everybody's got their mind on harvest and the fall hunting opener. But there's enough here to remind you that trouble doesn't take a season off, whether it's somebody
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Ty's Take Fall festivals are spinning up across the region, and that's the good news that usually leads the week around here. The bad news is what fills the rest of the police blotter: a string of charges that reads like a reminder that domestic trouble,
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Ty's Take There's a lot happening this week if you know where to look, and most of it says something true about who we are around here. The Blue Jean Ball and Dolly & Porter Days aren't just calendar markers, they're the
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Ty's Take That collision near Mountain Grove serves as a hard reminder that dry roads aren't the only hazard out here this time of year. With the drought tightening its grip and burn bans still in place, folks are right to be cautious around open flame,