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Mountain Grove’s Caleb Dowden was featured for a sixth time on the hit NBC television show, “American Ninja Warrior,” last Monday, July 27 as part of season 18’s eighth episode.He was featured as one of two “wood chopping ninjas” as Dowden split wood just before his run that also featured several...
Cheyanne Smith
After more than a decade, the Wright County Industrial Development Authority is under new leadership as Cheyanne Smith assumes the role after Dennis Ramsey served the position for more than a decade.Smith currently serves on Mountain Grove’s Citizens Advisory Board (CAB) and is also an owner of...
A pair of Wright County residents were recently injured in accidents as reported in Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) Crash Reports. A 53-year-old Mountain Grove man was moderately injured on July 30 after his 1990 Freightliner blew a tire. The vehicle went off Highway 60, just one mile east of...
Wright County, Missouri is currently home to the four incorporated towns of Hartville, Mansfield, Norwood and Mountain Grove as well as a host of smaller communities.While its growth may have indeed developed along the main line of the Frisco Railroad from Springfield to Memphis, and the Ozark...
Election results are in from the Tuesday, Aug. 4 primaries as many voters made their voices heard at the ballot box.Wright County
A few local Wright County contested Republican races were decided on Election night.Doug Moseley will be Wright County’s next presiding commissioner after he defeated...
Two years after a crazy scene unfolded in Grovespring involving a hatchet, a suspect has officially been sentenced.On June 30, Jason Bailey, of Grovespring, pled guilty to a second degree assault.He was later sentenced to seven years in prison, though he did receive credit for 399 days served in...
Currently, our SilverSplash Classes are Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11 a.m. in the morning and 6 p.m. in the evening. The cost is only $3 per session if you do not have the SilverSneakers or Renew Active membership. This month of July has brought warmer weather which gives us nice, warm water to...
A man from Ohio was arrested by the Wright County Sheriff’s Office after a reported kidnapping and domestic assault that reportedly took place on Friday, July 3.In the probable cause statement, witnesses reported to Sheriff Deputy Kristi Akers that Daniel Mack, from Miamiville, Ohio, arrived at a...
The 60th Annual Vanzant Community Picnic, hosted by the Eastern Douglas County Volunteer Fire Department, was held Friday-Saturday, July 10-11 in Vanzant. A large two-day crowd enjoyed live entertainment, food, a dunk booth, raffles, games for kids of all ages and more. A fireworks display was...
With less than a month away, the entertainment line-up is officially set for the Mountain Grove Heritage Festival’s annual event centered this year around the nation’s 250th anniversary of the Declaration of IndependenceHeadlining this year is The Kentucky Headhunters, who are set to take the stage...