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Randy Lee Liles, Jr.
A Hartville man has been charged with the rape of a 14-year-old girl after an incident that took place in late August.According to information from both a Wright County Sheriff’s Office report and a probable cause statement, Randy Lee Liles Jr. reportedly assaulted a victim in the location of a...
Dean Butler
The official schedule is set for the 49th Annual Wilder Days event scheduled for Friday, Sep. 27 and Saturday, Sep. 28 in Mansfield.This year’s special guest will be actor Dean Butler, who portrayed Almanzo in the hit television series, “Little House on the Prairie.”He will first be at the Fifth...
All the fun and enjoyment of the Champion School Reunion will show up here next week. This week we can report that David and Bev Hutchison and Alfred and Clovis Brown paid a visit to the Historic Emporium on Wednesday where they met old schoolmates, kinfolks and friends. Kip Nunn had ventured all...
Delores Hayes, formerly of Norwood, with the book, “Little Town on the Prairie.”
When Delores Hayes talks about her days of growing up in Missouri, and personally knowing famed author Laura Ingalls Wilder, her eyes light up.“I remember her as such a beautiful lady,” said Hayes, who lives at the north edge of Mound Valley.The small town of Norwood was the perfect place for the...
The Southwest Oklahoma Corvette Club from Lawton, Okla. traveled through Mountain Grove on Monday, Aug. 26. Club President Scott McClellan said the group was en route to the 2024 National Corvette Caravan and 30th anniversary celebration of the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kent. Photo...
Timothy Brill
(Note from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office: Information is omitted to protect the integrity of the case and identity of witness unless the witness is another law enforcement agency. In most cases, a witness calls to provide information and we do not post witness information. There was no...
A Wright County Sheriff’s deputy suffered minor injuries in a two vehicle accident that took place at 10:22 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 23.According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol Crash Report and a social media posting from the Wright County Sheriff’s Office, the accident took place on Highway 95,...
The Mountain Grove Panthers’ football team hosted the 2024 Jamboree, giving players an opportunity to see time on the grid iron against three South Central Association (SCA) Conference opponents.In the first look of the season for Mountain Grove fans of the football team, the Panthers’ offense...
A community meeting to discuss the concept of a performing arts center for Mountain Grove was held on Thursday, Aug. 22 at the Mountain Grove High School Arena. It was attended by a broad cross-section of community members and teachers from the music and drama departments.Debbie Barbe began the...
Brandon M. Tolliver
A man who once worked for a company who transported juveniles has received a 20-year sentence for an incident that took place on Nov. 1, 2023.Back on Aug. 13, Judge Craig Carter sentenced Brandon Tolliver to 20 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections (DOC) for rape in the first degree.His...