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More Than a Mattress Sale: Ruck ‘n Run Brings the Heart Back to Veterans Day 🇺🇸🔥
Veterans Day shouldn’t just be about retail sales and mattress discounts—it’s about honoring those who wore the uniform. In this episode of Around the Ozarks Community Corner, Grace Gooley sits down with George Fuller to share the heart behind Ruck ‘n Run in Republic. Inspired by a makeshift fire pit that brought deployed soldiers together in Iraq, this high-energy gathering connects local families and service members around an 8-to-10-foot central fire pit to foster genuine connection, healing, and military camaraderie.
greenecountycommonwealth.com
35 acre Skyline Commercial Park near Hwy MM, James River Frwy. advances
Republic City Council took more subdivision action and made budget adjustments at its Oct. 6 meeting. Council members also approved a preliminary plat for the Skyline Commercial Park, covering nearly 35 acres at the northeast corner of South Hwy. MM and James River Expressway. The land in question is bordered on the west by Hwy. MM and Hwy. 60 to the south. Plans call for building an east-west street, Skyline Drive, with access to Hwy. MM including a new traffic signal, already approved by the Missouri Department of Transportation. A new north-south street, Acme Avenue, will be added from the west end of Skyline, approximately one-third of the distance into the generally rectangular acreage.
webbcity.net
Band wins state championship, heads to Bands of America contest in the St. Louis dome
Fresh from winning the state championship last week, the Webb City Cardinal Pride Band is going back on the road Friday to the dome in St. Louis to compete in the Bands of America Super Regional Contest. Last Saturday, the Cardinal Pride Band won the Missouri State Marching Association Class...
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Classic Cuts Come With An Original 1929 Art Deco Bar And Booths At This Old-School Missouri Steakhouse
Some restaurants chase trends every season. Others figure out what works and then simply keep doing it for decades. In Joplin, Missouri, one steakhouse has stayed loyal to a 1929 art deco bar and the original booths that came with it. The furniture is older than most of the people sitting in it, and nobody seems in a hurry to change that.
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This Charming Retro Motel And Vintage Diner In Missouri Will Transport You Straight To The 1950s
Somewhere in Carthage, Missouri, there’s a diner that makes you feel like you accidentally drove through a time portal on Route 66, and honestly, you won’t want to find your way back. Iggy’s Diner is the kind of place that stops you mid-scroll, mid-drive, and mid-thought, because the...
Laclede Record
Marching 'Jackets take part in Carthage festival
The Lebanon High School Marching Yellowjacket Band travelled to Carthage, MO to participate in the 60th annual Maple Leaf Marching Festival and morning parade on October 17th. The parade, nearly two miles long, winds through downtown Carthage. Lebanon earned first place for their parade performance. During their preliminary performance in...
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webbcity.net
A historic gift of photos shared by Jana Blackwood
One of our members of the Webb City Area Genealogical Society has personally designed scrapbooks compiling photos of her two well-known families – the Tindells and the Veatches. Jana (Tindell) Blackwood, who graduated from Webb City High School with the class of 1974, organized the photos and graciously shared...
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This Tiny Old-School Missouri Diner Has Been Flipping Burgers And Serving All-Day Breakfast Since The 1930s
The burger patties hit a flat-top grill and get smashed right there, with the onions pressed straight into the meat. You can watch the whole thing from a stool at the counter. That alone makes me want to grab my car keys. This little Missouri diner reportedly opened in 1938....
webbcity.net
Memorial Park is the site of a Sunday community concert again
It was a perfect fall day for the first community band concert in more than 70 years in Memorial Park. Reviving the Past was the theme of the concert, which was performed by The Heartland Concert Band, in cooperation with the Webb City Area Genealogical Society. Two regular WCAGS volunteers,...
Springfield News-Leader
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Longtime owner and operator of Dallas’ Dairyette restaurant in Quapaw dies
Dallas Gene Wall Sr., owner and operator of Dallas’ Dairyette in Quapaw, Oklahoma, for over 50 years, died on Oct. 13. He was 84. The restaurant at 103 N. Main St. (aka Route 66) closed for a few days after his death but reopened. Wall opened Dallas’ Dairyette in 1969.
Wichita Eagle
Kansas diner named 3rd best in the nation by USA Today. See why customers love it
A roadside diner tucked just beyond the Kansas-Missouri border has earned a spot among the top 10 in the country. USA Today readers ranked it third in the 2026 10Best list of America’s best roadside diners. Bob’s Grill in Pittsburg, Kansas, was named the third-best roadside diner in America...