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Ozarks Life

Jackie Carroll and her caregivers went to Dollywood for a VIP meet & greet.

Ozarks Life: The time a Springfield woman met Dolly Parton

Updated: May. 26, 2023 at 6:46 AM CDT
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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.

Ozarks Life

Larry Waggoner is painting a 120-foot-long mural of the Chadwick Flyer.

Ozarks Life: Honoring an engine of growth for Christian County

Updated: May. 19, 2023 at 7:18 AM CDT
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By Chad Plein
Larry Waggoner has been commissioned by the Historic River District to create its latest, beautification project for the city.

Ozarks Life

Polly Bradford was written about in national newspapers in the early 1900s.

Ozarks Life: Honoring West Plains first celebrity

Updated: May. 12, 2023 at 5:59 AM CDT
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By Chad Plein
At Oak Lawn Cemetery in West Plains a modest congregation came out to pay their respects to Polly Bradford.

Ozarks Life

This block's roots date back to 1913.

Ozarks Life: Historic Downing Street

Updated: May. 5, 2023 at 10:00 AM CDT
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By Chad Plein
So why does Taney County have this block of half-timbered or Tudor buildings?

Ozarks Life

Ozarks Life: Checkered Flag for Dallas County Speedway

Updated: Apr. 28, 2023 at 6:46 AM CDT
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By Chad Plein
Scotty Allen wants to pass along that his parents are in good health; it’s just the right time.

Ozarks Life

Ozarks Life: Area teen invited to perform at Carnegie Hall

Updated: Apr. 21, 2023 at 5:22 AM CDT
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By Chad Plein
Gabriella Wise to perform in the Middle School Honors Ensemble.

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Ozarks Life: Florence is a new, big star in Branson

Updated: Apr. 14, 2023 at 5:22 AM CDT
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By Chad Plein
Florence the elephant is probably the largest, animatronic animal the Ozarks has ever seen.

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Ozarks Life: Record year for friends of the Easter Bunny

Updated: Apr. 7, 2023 at 5:49 AM CDT
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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.

Ozarks Life

Ozarks Life: Local author releases book on Bill Virdon

Updated: Apr. 3, 2023 at 11:01 AM CDT
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By Chad Plein
David got to know Bill and Shirley Virdon in 2019 when he became the associate pastor at their church.

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Ozarks Life: Deacon Dog of Old Stone Church

Updated: Mar. 24, 2023 at 6:45 AM CDT
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By Chad Plein
As for his longevity, Robin feeds him real food. Joe loves chicken, salmon, and hamburgers.
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Ozarks Life: Moxie Garrison showing moxie in the face of a genetic disorder

Updated: Mar. 17, 2023 at 5:39 AM CDT
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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.

Ozarks Life

Ozarks Life: Performing with a purpose at Silver Dollar City

Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 5:23 AM CST
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By Chad Plein
Brian Arnold continues performing despite two, major life changing events.

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Ozarks Life: Operation Song pays tribute to an Ozarks veteran

Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 5:26 AM CST
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By Chad Plein
Debra Walden Davis was approached by Operation Song to see if they could write a song about her and her father.

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Ozarks Life: Sparta senior’s challenge off the court

Updated: Feb. 24, 2023 at 7:21 AM CST
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By Chad Plein
For four years, Sparta fans watched Kavan battle rival teams. But away from the court, he has another battle.

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Ozarks Life: Mtn. Home author shares her creative mind with children

Updated: Feb. 3, 2023 at 5:18 AM CST
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By Chad Plein
Rosette Elizabeth Hurst is working on her fourth children’s book.

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Ozarks Life: Helping area kids sleep in heavenly peace

Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 5:18 AM CST
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By Chad Plein
Exeter non-profit builds beds for area kids who sleep on couches, chairs, or floors.

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Ozarks Life: Melinda Mullins continues father’s legacy

Updated: Jan. 20, 2023 at 6:24 AM CST
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By Chad Plein
Johnny Mullins wrote songs for Porter Wagoner, Loretta Lynn, and others.

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Ozarks Life: Getting Sunny Bunny eggs ready for Easter

Updated: Jan. 13, 2023 at 10:11 AM CST
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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.

Ozarks Life

Ozarks Life: The case of Eureka Springs’ Black Dog

Updated: Jan. 6, 2023 at 10:22 AM CST
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By Chad Plein
In the shadow of the Basin Park Hotel in Eureka Springs is the last place a beloved black dog was seen.

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Ozarks Life: Gingerbread Chapel at College of the Ozarks

Updated: Dec. 23, 2022 at 9:35 AM CST
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By Chad Plein
This is not just a gingerbread house but a piece of art created by students at College of the Ozarks.

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Ozarks Life: The birth of Ralphie’s Red Ryder BB gun

Updated: Dec. 16, 2022 at 9:33 AM CST
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By Chad Plein
The rifle Ralphie wanted in the movie didn’t exist in the 1940s. So what did Daisy do?

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Ozarks Life: ‘Tis the season for C of O fruitcake!

Updated: Dec. 9, 2022 at 5:14 AM CST
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By Chad Plein
Annually, between 10,000 and 13,000 College of the Ozarks’ fruitcakes are made.

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Ozarks Life: Business is “hopping” in Eureka Springs

Updated: Dec. 2, 2022 at 8:45 AM CST
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By Chad Plein
Yume's bunnies sit at her shop’s checkout greeting customers and showing off their unique talent.

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Ozarks Life: Young author helping kids with diabetes

Updated: Nov. 18, 2022 at 9:18 AM CST
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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.

Ozarks Life

Ozarks Life: H.K. Silvey, out of this world fiddler

Updated: Nov. 11, 2022 at 9:39 AM CST
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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.

Ozarks Life

Ozarks Life: Shoot’n for Dreams

Updated: Nov. 4, 2022 at 6:42 AM CDT
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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.

Ozarks Life

Ozarks Life: Visiting the Missouri State Penitentiary, Part 3

Updated: Oct. 28, 2022 at 9:23 AM CDT
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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.

Ozarks Life

Ozarks Life: Visiting the Missouri State Penitentiary, Part 2

Updated: Oct. 21, 2022 at 10:19 AM CDT
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By Chad Plein
Hundreds of deaths happened inside the penitentiary. Some think the hate, chaos, and angst left an imprint on the property.

Ozarks Life

Ozarks Life: Visiting the Missouri State Penitentiary, Part 1

Updated: Oct. 14, 2022 at 9:40 AM CDT
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By Chad Plein
These buildings were fortresses to keep Missouri’s worst from escaping. Today many believe some of these inmates still cannot leave.

Ozarks Life

Ozarks Life: Matthew Garcia’s masterpiece on the point

Updated: Oct. 7, 2022 at 9:22 AM CDT
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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.

Ozarks Life

Ozarks Life: Sam and Kaila

Updated: Sep. 30, 2022 at 8:20 AM CDT
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By Chad Plein
Kaila, like Sam, had numerous surgeries. And Kaila, like Sam, is focused on the future, not the past.

Ozarks Life

Ozarks Life: Helping the regal fritillary butterfly rebound

Updated: Sep. 24, 2022 at 10:23 AM CDT
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By Chad Plein
The regal’s habitat is disappearing. We have lost close to 99% of Missouri's native tallgrass prairie.

Ozarks Life

Ozarks Life: Kayden’s first pitch

Updated: Sep. 16, 2022 at 5:29 AM CDT
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By Chad Plein
Dustin's inventions of the WHAC and the Switch Hitter help kids with disabilities play baseball.

Ozarks Life

Ozarks Life: Miller educator finalist for Missouri Teacher of the Year

Updated: Sep. 9, 2022 at 3:13 PM CDT
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By Chad Plein
No one in Miller has made it this far for teacher of the year.

Ozarks Life

Ozarks Life: The Dynamic Duo at Logan-Rogersville

Updated: Sep. 2, 2022 at 10:17 AM CDT
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By Chad Plein
Just as their classrooms have moved on from chalkboards to whiteboards, these two teachers have transformed as well.

Ozarks Life

Ozarks Life: The Shanty Choir of Springfield

Updated: Aug. 26, 2022 at 5:16 AM CDT
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By Chad Plein
You don’t need any formal training as a singer, or pirate, to attend and have fun.

Ozarks Life

Ozarks Life: Honoring Purple Heart heroes

Updated: Aug. 19, 2022 at 9:37 AM CDT
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By Chad Plein
Mark and Nick Costello are a rare, father and son Purple Heart pair.

Ozarks Life

Ozarks Life: Rich Green’s Route 66 mystery

Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 10:01 AM CDT
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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.

Ozarks Life

Ozarks Life: The time the KC Monarchs played in Stockton

Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 9:31 AM CDT
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By Chad Plein
Long before the lake, the Monarchs filled Stockton with excitement.

Ozarks Life

Ozarks Life: Chasing a dream while holding on to a memory

Updated: Jul. 29, 2022 at 6:27 AM CDT
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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.

Ozarks Life

Ozarks Life: The King and his Axe-Man from Springfield

Updated: Jul. 15, 2022 at 9:37 AM CDT
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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.

Ozarks Life

Ozarks Life: Wild Bill Hickok vs. Davis Tutt

Updated: Jul. 8, 2022 at 7:57 AM CDT
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By Chad Plein
A gambling debt needed to be settled. Some dime-store novels say Wild Bill owed Tutt, $25.

Ozarks Life

Ozarks Life: MSU teams with Smithsonian to highlight Ozarks culture

Updated: Jul. 2, 2022 at 8:25 AM CDT
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By Chad Plein
Next summer, for the first time in the history of its Folklife Festival, the Smithsonian wants to focus on the Ozarks.

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Ozarks Life: Lavender Falls Farm

Updated: Jun. 24, 2022 at 7:33 AM CDT
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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.

Ozarks Life

Ozarks Life: Baseball Seams to Heal

Updated: Jun. 17, 2022 at 5:24 AM CDT
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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.

Ozarks Life

Ozarks Life: Branson’s Dino Days

Updated: Jun. 10, 2022 at 9:27 AM CDT
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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.

Ozarks Life

Ozarks Life: The scar on Doug Cox’s steel sculpture

Updated: Jun. 4, 2022 at 12:13 AM CDT
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By Chad Plein
All summer long, folks can enjoy Sculpture Walk Springfield, a collection of art featured across downtown.

Ozarks Life

Ozarks Life: Dr. Allison Fleetwood is a busy, inspirational teacher

Updated: May. 27, 2022 at 2:14 PM CDT
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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.

Ozarks Life

Ozarks Life: Reese Roberts’ talent show

Updated: May. 20, 2022 at 5:27 AM CDT
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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.”

People of Interest

The Place: Louis Chaix’s 10 for TEN Journey

Updated: May. 17, 2022 at 12:32 PM CDT
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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.
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