VFW Auxiliary 5993 in Ava will host a benefit breakfast Saturday, Aug. 8, with all proceeds supporting the 2026 Wreaths ...

Seventeen year old Ava High School senior Levi Horning will represent Missouri on a national stage this month after being ...

Houston, MO. – The Texas County Sheriff’s Department is currently seeking information on a man depicted in video footage. While the nature of what happened has not been shared, it has been stated this ...

VFW Auxiliary 5993 in Ava will host a benefit breakfast Saturday, Aug. 8, with all proceeds supporting the 2026 Wreaths Across America observance at Ava Cemetery. The all-you-can-eat breakfast will ...

Houston, MO. – The Texas County Sheriff’s Department is currently seeking information on a man depicted in video footage. While the nature of what happened has not been shared, it has been stated this ...

In approximately 1950, Ivan and Edna Sullivan took their boys Larry (age 3) and Garland (age 5) to the swimming hole that later became the roadside park on Highway 5 north of Ava. Highway 5 didn’t ...

Ava’s most trained and certified martial arts instructor, Jason Jones, was trained by several of the world’s most famous martial arts instructors. He has black belts and instructor certifications in ...

For 47 years, Gary Herd has been in the woods near his Thornfield home during the spring and fall seasons hunting turkeys. But since 1987 he has gone hunting with calls he has crafted himself. Today ...

It has been over 110 years since the first railroad locomotive rolled into Ava. It was a time when the horse was still important to transportation of people and materials in the area. But today it is ...

Juanita was a 1944 Ava High School graduate and a 1945 graduate of Hopper Beauty Academy of Springfield. She worked as a beautician for many years before buying the Beauty Nook in the early sixties.

DORA, Mo. — A Dora man was arrested March 28 following a traffic stop in the Goodhope area and is facing multiple charges related to controlled substances and driving without a valid license.

The Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Ava is inviting the community to gather for a weekly Saturday breakfast, held each weekend at the post on the northwest corner of the Ava square, at 102 E.