Registration is still open for a series of running events set in and around Silver Dollar City next weekend. Adam Slate is the director of Virginia-based company Roller Coaster Race… http://mp3/template_maxi/player_mp3_maxi.swf The half-marathon takes place next Sunday, October 12th starting and finishing at Branson Landing. The other events will be staged inside the theme park. …
MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. – Fly fishing enthusiasts from over 30 states are expected to attend the annual Fly Fishing Fair in Mountain Home starting today. The Fly Fishing Fair is the premier event of the Southern Council Federation of Fly Fishers. Michael Kyle is the chairman for the Fly Fishing Fair and says the festivities …
The Hollister Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying those responsible for breaking into several homes in the Maple Street and Walnut Street areas during the months of June and July. The city is offering up to a 500-dollar reward for the arrest and conviction of individuals responsible for the break-ins. Police …
BRANSON, Mo. – The One Million Meals Campaign reaches its halfway point with Arvest Bank announcing over 500-thousand meals have been provided in the Ozarks. At the beginning of September, Arvest launched the campaign and teamed up with local organizations such Christian Action Ministries in Branson, Hollister and Forsyth, and Christian Associates in Branson West. …
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The City of Springfield reaches a pre-lawsuit settlement of 700-thousand dollars to the man who was shot by a police officer on May 9. Former Springfield Police Officer Jason Shuck shot Eric Butts in the lower back near a Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market on Glenstone. Butts, who was allegedly panhandling nearby, was questioned …
A man from Branson charged with robbing Family Pharmacy at gunpoint on Tuesday made his initial court appearance Thursday and has a criminal setting hearing scheduled for October 21st. Thirty-three-year-old Gregory Johnson is accused of entering the pharmacy, displaying a handgun and demanding pills. An armed employee reportedly fired one shot at Johnson, striking him …
BRANSON, Mo. – The Branson Public Works Department will make asphalt street repairs to College Street beginning Wednesday. According to the news release, the repair will be made on the block between Veterans Boulevard and Second Street. The intersection will remain open at the stoplight, as well as College and Second Street, but the one …
BRANSON, Mo. – The Branson Tri-Lakes Kiwanis holds a mini-golf fundraiser with proceeds going to the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Ozarks. Kiwanis members presented a check of 1-thousand dollars to the non-profit youth development organization. The Boys & Girls Club of the Ozarks accepts memberships for kids ages 6 to 18 with memberships …
FORSYTH, Mo. – A man from Hollister is in the Taney County Jail following his arrest earlier this morning. The Missouri Highway Patrol reports the arrest of 32-year-old Michael Bowman who faces several drug charges. According to the arrest report, Bowman was arrested just after midnight this morning and charged with felony possession of a …
MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. – A man from Mountain Home is sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to two different theft cases in Boone and Baxter Counties. Fifty-three-year-old Rory Gregory loaded a new Arctic Cat ATV onto a trailer from Strope’s Motorsports on August 16 when a Mountain Home Police Officer attempted to …