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Updated: May. 26, 2023 at 6:46 AM CDT
|By Chad Plein
They reached out to Dolly Parton’s people through social media, hoping for a video call with the music superstar. But they got a whole lot more.
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Updated: May. 19, 2023 at 7:18 AM CDT
|By Chad Plein
Larry Waggoner has been commissioned by the Historic River District to create its latest, beautification project for the city.
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Updated: May. 12, 2023 at 5:59 AM CDT
|By Chad Plein
At Oak Lawn Cemetery in West Plains a modest congregation came out to pay their respects to Polly Bradford.
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Updated: May. 5, 2023 at 10:00 AM CDT
|By Chad Plein
So why does Taney County have this block of half-timbered or Tudor buildings?
Updated: Apr. 28, 2023 at 6:46 AM CDT
|By Chad Plein
Scotty Allen wants to pass along that his parents are in good health; it’s just the right time.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2023 at 5:22 AM CDT
|By Chad Plein
Gabriella Wise to perform in the Middle School Honors Ensemble.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2023 at 5:22 AM CDT
|By Chad Plein
Florence the elephant is probably the largest, animatronic animal the Ozarks has ever seen.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2023 at 5:49 AM CDT
|By Chad Plein
The workshop at SWI Industrial Solutions is always hopping busy for the Easter Bunny. It’s Sunny Bunny Easter Eggs won’t fill themselves.
Updated: Apr. 3, 2023 at 11:01 AM CDT
|By Chad Plein
David got to know Bill and Shirley Virdon in 2019 when he became the associate pastor at their church.
Updated: Mar. 24, 2023 at 6:45 AM CDT
|By Chad Plein
As for his longevity, Robin feeds him real food. Joe loves chicken, salmon, and hamburgers.
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Updated: Mar. 17, 2023 at 5:39 AM CDT
|By Chad Plein
The Garrison’s have found a surgeon to help Moxie with a potentially life-saving surgery, but it’s in London and the payment is expected in advance.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 5:23 AM CST
|By Chad Plein
Brian Arnold continues performing despite two, major life changing events.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 5:26 AM CST
|By Chad Plein
Debra Walden Davis was approached by Operation Song to see if they could write a song about her and her father.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2023 at 7:21 AM CST
|By Chad Plein
For four years, Sparta fans watched Kavan battle rival teams. But away from the court, he has another battle.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2023 at 5:18 AM CST
|By Chad Plein
Rosette Elizabeth Hurst is working on her fourth children’s book.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 5:18 AM CST
|By Chad Plein
Exeter non-profit builds beds for area kids who sleep on couches, chairs, or floors.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2023 at 6:24 AM CST
|By Chad Plein
Johnny Mullins wrote songs for Porter Wagoner, Loretta Lynn, and others.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2023 at 10:11 AM CST
|By Chad Plein
The workshop at SWI Industrial Solutions is always busy; but especially busy right now. The Easter Bunny needs these Sunny Bunny Easter Eggs filled.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2023 at 10:22 AM CST
|By Chad Plein
In the shadow of the Basin Park Hotel in Eureka Springs is the last place a beloved black dog was seen.
Updated: Dec. 23, 2022 at 9:35 AM CST
|By Chad Plein
This is not just a gingerbread house but a piece of art created by students at College of the Ozarks.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2022 at 9:33 AM CST
|By Chad Plein
The rifle Ralphie wanted in the movie didn’t exist in the 1940s. So what did Daisy do?
Updated: Dec. 9, 2022 at 5:14 AM CST
|By Chad Plein
Annually, between 10,000 and 13,000 College of the Ozarks’ fruitcakes are made.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2022 at 8:45 AM CST
|By Chad Plein
Yume's bunnies sit at her shop’s checkout greeting customers and showing off their unique talent.
Updated: Nov. 18, 2022 at 9:18 AM CST
|By Chad Plein
Eventually, through hard work, Ellie Rowe and others turn the page on their disease. They learn how to live and thrive with it.
Updated: Nov. 11, 2022 at 9:39 AM CST
|By Chad Plein
H.K. has played the fiddle longer than most of us have been alive. He taught himself how to play as a kid.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2022 at 6:42 AM CDT
|By Chad Plein
You can reach out to Craig Logan if you’d like to help Shoot’n for Dreams or to nominate a kid for an upcoming hunt.
Updated: Oct. 28, 2022 at 9:23 AM CDT
|By Chad Plein
Built in 1836 to ensure Jefferson City would remain the state capital, no one wanted to end up there. Today though, guests are dying to get in thanks to this property being considered, one of the most haunted places in Missouri.
Updated: Oct. 21, 2022 at 10:19 AM CDT
|By Chad Plein
Hundreds of deaths happened inside the penitentiary. Some think the hate, chaos, and angst left an imprint on the property.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2022 at 9:40 AM CDT
|By Chad Plein
These buildings were fortresses to keep Missouri’s worst from escaping. Today many believe some of these inmates still cannot leave.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2022 at 9:22 AM CDT
|By Chad Plein
It’s not as old as Stonehenge or as mysterious as the heads on Easter Island but the shoreline at Big M Campground near Cassville was awe-inspiring.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2022 at 8:20 AM CDT
|By Chad Plein
Kaila, like Sam, had numerous surgeries. And Kaila, like Sam, is focused on the future, not the past.
Updated: Sep. 24, 2022 at 10:23 AM CDT
|By Chad Plein
The regal’s habitat is disappearing. We have lost close to 99% of Missouri's native tallgrass prairie.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2022 at 5:29 AM CDT
|By Chad Plein
Dustin's inventions of the WHAC and the Switch Hitter help kids with disabilities play baseball.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2022 at 3:13 PM CDT
|By Chad Plein
No one in Miller has made it this far for teacher of the year.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2022 at 10:17 AM CDT
|By Chad Plein
Just as their classrooms have moved on from chalkboards to whiteboards, these two teachers have transformed as well.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2022 at 5:16 AM CDT
|By Chad Plein
You don’t need any formal training as a singer, or pirate, to attend and have fun.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2022 at 9:37 AM CDT
|By Chad Plein
Mark and Nick Costello are a rare, father and son Purple Heart pair.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 10:01 AM CDT
|By Chad Plein
From what Rich Green could tell, his mystery building originally had six units. Two of which were later combined to form the Wayside Inn.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 9:31 AM CDT
|By Chad Plein
Long before the lake, the Monarchs filled Stockton with excitement.
Updated: Jul. 29, 2022 at 6:27 AM CDT
|By Chad Plein
Watt’s original plan was to have his cousin be an on-the-track rival and an off-the-track mentor. But life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.
Updated: Jul. 15, 2022 at 9:37 AM CDT
|By Chad Plein
Johnny Wilkinson toured and recorded with the King of Rock and Roll. Johnny played rhythm guitar for the Taking Care of Business Band.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2022 at 7:57 AM CDT
|By Chad Plein
A gambling debt needed to be settled. Some dime-store novels say Wild Bill owed Tutt, $25.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2022 at 8:25 AM CDT
|By Chad Plein
Next summer, for the first time in the history of its Folklife Festival, the Smithsonian wants to focus on the Ozarks.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2022 at 7:33 AM CDT
|By Chad Plein
Over the centuries, lavender has been known to ease anxiety and pain. In 2013, it’s exactly what Thor and Catherine Bersted needed.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2022 at 5:24 AM CDT
|By Chad Plein
Dan Bryan got an idea from an author who shares his son's name, Springfieldian Ethan Bryan. His book, A Year of Playing Catch, is about meeting new friends, and sharing old stories.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2022 at 9:27 AM CDT
|By Chad Plein
The Jurassic Park Motor Pool will have 40-to-50 movie replica vehicles at the Branson IMAX for the opening weekend of the new Jurassic movie.
Updated: Jun. 4, 2022 at 12:13 AM CDT
|By Chad Plein
All summer long, folks can enjoy Sculpture Walk Springfield, a collection of art featured across downtown.
Updated: May. 27, 2022 at 2:14 PM CDT
|By Chad Plein
A good teacher is like a candle, it consumes itself to light the way for others. Dr. Fleetwood, Nixa’s teacher of the year, has been that candle for the high school oftentimes burning at both ends.
Updated: May. 20, 2022 at 5:27 AM CDT
|By Chad Plein
“(Dr. Julian) said that if I got Jason Aldean to our school,” Roberts said, “we would definitely have the talent show. So, honestly, I was like, Okay, I’m gonna do it.”
Updated: May. 17, 2022 at 12:32 PM CDT
|By Alyssa Kelly
A local hockey player is combining his passions with his drive to help others with a journey that’s one for the books and will take him across the U.S. from coast to coast.