Located in eastern Douglas County is a ranch which is home to the largest seed stock herd of Polled Herefords in the United States. Since 1981, Marty Lueck has been working as ranch manager for the ...

Juanita was a 1944 Ava High School graduate and a 1945 graduate of Hopper Beauty Academy of Springfield. She worked as a beautician for many years before buying the Beauty Nook in the early sixties.

Congratulations to Thomas Brown for his acceptance and decision to attend Ole Miss – University of Mississippi. Thomas is the son of Jason & Rachelle Brown. While attending Ole Miss, Thomas plans to ...

Two people have been injured after a head-on crash near Ava. The Missouri State Highway Patrol report that this crash happened after the 25-year-old male Ava driver of a Dodge Ram struck a deer in the ...

Rockbridge Rainbow Trout & Game Ranch was a popular place Sunday afternoon. The parking lots were full of cars and several people were roaming the grounds taking pictures and movies. These two ...

Clayton William Rippee “Rip”, 91 years old, departed this life on September 18, 2023, at Cox South Hospital Springfield, Missouri with his family by his side. He was born on April 21, 1932, to Bill ...

Ordinance #1160- AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AVA, MISSOURI CODE OF ORDINANCES TO REPEAL CHAPTER 98 UTILITIES SECTION 46, SECTION 51, AND SECTION 55 AND ENACT IN LIEU THEREOF A NEW CHAPTER 98 UTILITIES ...

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) on Monday reported hunters had harvested 167,526 deer during the November portion of the firearms deer season. Of this figure 92,208 were antlered bucks.

Each month, Ava High School names two students as citizens of the month. The character word for September is Respect. The September Citizens of the Month are Caden Lee and Hannah Evans. Caden Lee is a ...

My name is Frederick (Fred) Dechow. I am a Christian Constitutional conservative who was born in a small town in the Midwest and, after a professional career with chemical, pharmaceutical and ...

DONATION: The Douglas County Community Foundation recently awarded $2,000 to the Ava Area Animal Welfare League, Jr. (AAAWL,Jr.). AAAWL, Jr. partners with local veterinarians to expand access to ...

Renewed attention has turned toward an Ava cold case after authorities in Wisconsin officially closed a 2006 homicide investigation three weeks ago, a case Douglas County Sheriff Chris Degase says ...