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Updated: Feb. 7, 2020 at 3:39 PM CST
Nellie Dunns was an eclectic shop of this and that on Commercial Street in Springfield, Mo. for a few years.
Updated: Feb. 4, 2020 at 1:55 PM CST
In 1990, 900 Springfield area girl scouts wrote the President of the United States as a project to get them involved in civic responsibility.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2020 at 6:20 PM CST
They are internationally famous for their Christmas fruitcake, shipped everywhere, they bake and pack them year-round.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2020 at 1:49 PM CST
Springfield's Brad Pitt Sunday won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for his role in "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood." KY3 followed a day in the life of Brad Pitt in the mid-1980s, before he became a Hollywood favorite. Ed Fillmer reports in this Ozark Life story.
Updated: Aug. 15, 2018 at 3:53 PM CDT
When they closed the general store in Bird Town decades ago, they left a lot of items on the shelves. Entering the store in the 1980's was like stepping back in time.
Updated: Jul. 30, 2018 at 4:02 PM CDT
It's a big business in Shannon County, Mo. This area is known for its horseback riding.
Updated: Jul. 9, 2018 at 11:44 AM CDT
Two families have held reunions on the Findley River south of Nixa, Mo. every year since 1890.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2018 at 4:24 PM CDT
Ed Fillmer shares more flashbacks of the 1989 Marshfield Fourth of July parade.
Updated: Jul. 3, 2018 at 4:27 PM CDT
Ed Fillmer explains why Marshfield's 4th of July Parade is so popular.
Updated: Jul. 3, 2018 at 4:20 PM CDT
Ed Fillmer shows us why so many travel so far to see the oldest Fourth of July parade west of the Mississippi River.
Satellite and Radar
Updated: Jul. 2, 2018 at 4:08 PM CDT
It was a long time fixture in West Plains, Mo. just north of the square. Famous for it's pies, but there was lots more to enjoy in this tiny cafe. KY3's Ed Fillmer sat in on lunch hour in the late 1990's. It's gone now, but fond memories remain.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2018 at 4:05 PM CDT
It was just a shell of a building when KY3's Ed Fillmer visited, but local women who went to school there were trying to keep history alive.
Updated: Jun. 25, 2018 at 10:29 AM CDT
It was the first water slide in Springfield. KY3's Ed Fillmer and a reporter took a slide but did not get the camera wet!
Updated: Jun. 25, 2018 at 10:23 AM CDT
A group of blind kids went to the Springfield Zoo to meet an elephant. KY3's Ed Fillmer went along for this late 1980's story.
Updated: Jun. 21, 2018 at 3:48 PM CDT
It's best to visit a clock shop at noon, to hear the chorus of chimes. KY3's Ed Fillmer visited in 1979. It's now a framing store.
Updated: Jun. 18, 2018 at 2:22 PM CDT
In times gone by, small circuses traveled from town to town. KY3's Ed Fillmer watched a circus come to Marshfield, Mo. in 1989.
Updated: Jun. 18, 2018 at 2:18 PM CDT
A man spent a year restoring a wooden yacht. KY3's Ed Fillmer followed the story in 1984.
Updated: Jun. 13, 2018 at 11:53 AM CDT
KY3's Ed Fillmer went up for a flight with him in 1988.
Updated: Jun. 12, 2018 at 4:09 PM CDT
KY3's Ed Fillmer produced several stories about Rockbridge over the years. This one is from 2014.
Updated: Jun. 12, 2018 at 4:08 PM CDT
He's a wildlife photograher who has a bear named Poo. KY3's Ed Fillmer did this story and the man and the bear romped around a fenced farm in 1985.
Updated: Jun. 11, 2018 at 3:57 PM CDT
In 2015, fire gutted the house. It was too badly damaged to restore. KY3's Ed Fillmer visited the property in 2001.
Updated: Jun. 11, 2018 at 3:40 PM CDT
In 1987, KY3's Ed Fillmer went with him as he took a core sample to count the rings.
Updated: Jun. 4, 2018 at 4:13 PM CDT
Decades ago, a man became determined to drive an old steam engine on what was once the first railroad into northern Arkansas from Missouri.
Updated: Jun. 4, 2018 at 1:06 PM CDT
There was little life left in Almartha, Missouri when KY3's Ed Fillmer visited in 1991.
Updated: May. 28, 2018 at 8:33 AM CDT
KY3's Ed Fillmer learned the meaning of the day as he told the story of two women who honor friends and family buried in a small church cemetery on old Route 66 west of Springfield
Updated: May. 28, 2018 at 8:25 AM CDT
KY3's Ed Fillmer attended the services for this story from the mid-1980's.
Updated: May. 8, 2018 at 3:23 PM CDT
Thorncrown Chapel was designed by world renowned architect E. Fay Jones.
Updated: May. 8, 2018 at 3:19 PM CDT
The Snyder brothers wanted to go into the lumber business and they found a sawmill for sale,p owered by the front end of a '53 Buick.
Updated: May. 8, 2018 at 3:01 PM CDT
KY3's Ed Fillmer visited him in 1987 for a story on his handmade knives that soon became collectors items. Johnson also wrote poetry.
Updated: Apr. 30, 2018 at 1:27 PM CDT
KY3's Ed Fillmer dropped by in 1988.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2018 at 3:30 PM CDT
KY3's Ed Fillmer dropped in to do this story in 1988.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2018 at 3:23 PM CDT
Every September, steam power enthusiasts gather with their engines in Republic to show off their tractors and other steam powered devices from a by gone era.
Updated: Apr. 23, 2018 at 11:46 AM CDT
KY3's Ed Fillmer rode along for this story.
Updated: Apr. 20, 2018 at 1:15 PM CDT
KY3's Ed Fillmer visited Cooky's in the 1980's, and yes, he had a piece of pit after doing this story.
Updated: Apr. 20, 2018 at 10:12 AM CDT
Joe Patrickus a world famous cowboy bookmaker in Camdenton, Mo. passed April 17, 2018.
Updated: Mar. 28, 2018 at 10:33 AM CDT
The water is chilly but the spirits were warm and loving.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2018 at 4:03 PM CDT
KY3's Ed Fillmer visited Clarence and Roscoe Jones on their farm.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2018 at 2:24 PM CDT
Students and alumni celebrate an unusual tradition dating back to 1908 when the engineering school was established.
Updated: Oct. 21, 2016 at 1:19 PM CDT
|By Ed Fillmer
A high school class takes a biology field trip in canoes.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2016 at 11:22 AM CDT
|By Ed Fillmer
For decades, Aunt Martha's Pancake House was a beloved breakfast and lunch place in Springfield. It closed in the fall of 2015.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2016 at 10:53 AM CDT
|By Ed Fillmer for KY3 News
Beloved fishing and floating resort on the Meremac River near Steelville MO. Ed Fillmer visited and talked to the owners in 1989.