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• Missouri’s Most Neighborly Cities Announced as 84,398 Acts of Neighboring are Reported in 2026 10/10/2026
  Article From UM Extension David Burton: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Missourians reported 84,398 acts of neighboring during 2026, shattering the statewide goal of 50,000 and more than doubling the number reported during Missouri Good Neighbor Week in 2025. The results were announced on Friday, October 9, following Missouri Good Neighbor Week, (Sept. 28–Oct. 4), along with […]
  James Hurtt
• Willow Springs Bus Involved in Minor Accident Friday 10/10/2026
  From Willow Springs Schools:   This morning one of our buses was involved in a minor accident. While running a morning route, a driver partially left the roadway and struck a mailbox. Students were on the bus at the time of the incident and the parents of all students involved were contacted promptly.   All […]
  James Hurtt
• Ava man sentenced to 12 years for meth possession 10/10/2026
  AVA, Mo. —  On September 29, during a Wright County criminal docket, Circuit Judge Craig Carter sentenced Kevin H. Hansen, 56, Ava, to 12 years in prison for the class D felony of Possession of Methamphetamine as a prior and persistent drug offender in case 26WR-CR00453 after Hansen entered a plea of guilty.  This case […]
  Quinn Ziliak
• Many Missouri Seniors Won’t Qualify For Trump’s Medicare Payment, Aging Advocate Says 10/10/2026
  (This article comes courtesy of MissouriNet, via author Mathew Pilger.) President Donald Trump’s plan to send some Medicare recipients a one-time $90 payment could leave out a large number of older Missourians, according to the Missouri Council on Aging. The payment is intended to help eligible Medicare recipients cover Part B premiums. Anna Thompson with […]
  Daniel Williams
• MU Extension specialist to visit Ava Growers Market 10/09/2026
  Ava, MO. — Area livestock producers and farmers will have an opportunity to visit with University of Missouri Extension livestock specialist Elizabeth Picking during the Ava Growers Market on Saturday, Oct. 10. Picking, a field specialist in livestock with MU Extension, will be available from 10 a.m. to noon at the gazebo on the Ava […]
  Quinn Ziliak