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As discount retailer shutters stores, rural Missouri towns lose grocery options
Residents of several small towns in Missouri may face an uncertain future with grocery shopping as Dollar Tree plans to close 600 stores this year, including some in Missouri. Dollar Tree, which owns Family Dollar, announced in March that it would close 600 stores in 2024, and another 370 stores over the next few years. Though the company has not clearly defined what stores will be affected, at least three Missouri locations are part of the group being closed.
How much rain did the Ozarks get?
It doesn’t take a meteorologist to tell you it rained a lot across Southwest Missouri and Northwest Arkansas from Thursday to Sunday. But just how much rain did we see in the Ozarks? It all depends on where you live. From Nevada, Mo. to Fort Scott, Ks. historically high amounts of rain fell from Thursday-Sunday. […]
O Fallon, May 01 High School 🏐 Game Notice
There are 2 high school 🏐 games in O Fallon. The Alton High School volleyball team will have a game with O'Fallon High School on May 01, 2024, 17:30:00 CST. The Alton High School volleyball team will have a game with O'Fallon High School on May 01, 2024, 16:30:00 CST.
Ozarks Life: Houston celebrates the life of Emmett Kelly
HOUSTON, Mo. (KY3) - This weekend, Houston, is hosting a two-day festival. It honors the Ozarks Life of the town’s favorite son with a little clowning around. In the early 1900s, a young man’s creative mind was born on a Texas County farm. In a matter of time, the world would know Houston’s Emmett Kelly.
Q Farmer signs letter of intent
Three-time All-District, Three-time All Bootheel Conference, 1,000-point high-school career scorer and 2023-2024 Bootheel Conference Player of the Year Quamareous Farmer signs his National Letter of Intent to continue his successful basketball career at NJCAA Division 1 Region 16 Missouri State University-West Plains. Malden basketball head coach Mike Kilgore and staff are on hand to witness the event.
West Plains man sentenced to prison for illegally harvesting trees in national forest
A West Plains, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court for illegally harvesting and stealing trees from Mark Twain National Forest. Justin Lee Massey, 40, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to two years and six months in federal prison without parole. The court ordered the federal sentence to be served consecutively to the unrelated state criminal convictions for which Massey is currently incarcerated. The court also ordered Massey to pay $30,000 in restitution to the U.S. Forest Service and to forfeit to the government $30,000, which represents the proceeds of his theft.
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