When coming to Lake of the Ozarks, there is one place that families need to go before heading home... The Bagnell Dam Strip.

Did you know that the oldest Army engineering battalion in the U.S. dates back to 1636 and the Massachusetts National Guard? That the Military Police date back to General Washington’s army? Or what a tunnel under the Vietnam deltas looked like?

KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer became the oldest person to reach the top of Mount Everest on Thursday — although his record may last only a few days. An 81-year-old Nepalese man, who held the previous record, plans his own ascent next week.Yuichiro Miura,...

Three electrocutions in the Lake of the Ozarks last July left many worried about the safety of the water where most docks are wired for electricity.

Coming off of an exciting first-ever district championship win, the Lady Indians hosted their first-ever sectional game on Tuesday night, where they were pitted against one of the toughest teams in the state: Springfield Catholic's Fighting Irish.As, once again, clouds loomed overhead, the Lady Indians took to the field,...

Imagine Derek Jeter leading the New York Yankees off the field because opposing fans were yelling racial slurs and throwing bananas at his team. Or a game between the Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls halted because of unrelenting race-baiting from the crowd.It's almost unfathomable to a U.S. sports...

PHOENIX — The judge in the Jodi Arias murder trial declared a mistrial in the penalty phase Thursday after the jury reported for a second time that it was deadlocked on whether to sentence her to life in prison or death for killing her boyfriend in 2008. The judge scheduled a retrial for July 18. A new panel likely will be seated to try...

GRAPEVINE, Texas — The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders — a fiercely contested compromise that some warned could fracture the organization and lead to mass defections of members and donors. Of the roughly 1,400 voting members of the BSA's National Council who cast ballots,...

O'Mahoney cartoon: Oklahoma tornado aid

Even though Macks Creek sits almost 400 miles away from Moore, Okla., Macks Creek High school students jumped at the chance to help their far away neighbors.

Lake West Christian Academy held a commencement ceremony May 18 for its sole graduating senior Alexis Renfroe and four graduating kindergarteners.

After a year-long deployment with the National Guard that included almost nine months in the Middle East, Dustin Dunklee is back at home and back to his duties as prosecuting attorney for Morgan County.

The world's premier canine aquatics competition event will be back at Lake of the Ozarks June 7-9.

An artist reception is behind held this weekend at The Vine Wine Bar & Art Gallery in Osage Beach.

The attempt by State Rep. Rocky Miller to change the way E. coli is measured at Missouri’s state park beaches, and how state park beaches are closed, has taken an interesting path this legislative session.

  A ceremony on May 5, 1866, honored local veterans who had fought in the Civil War. Businesses closed and residents flew flags at half-staff. By the end of the 19th century, May 30 was the designated Memorial Day, also known as Decoration Day, and the Army and Navy adopted regulations for proper observance at their facilities.

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The sun was gone, and the water was calm.  The ice chest was full of crappie.  But still, Sondra Gray clutched that rod, casting mechanically, landing one fish after another, a wild look in her eyes. "She’s addicted to it," Rich told me.  "I’ve heard...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Jaime Garcia will have surgery on his left shoulder this week and is expected to miss the rest of the season.The Cardinals announced Wednesday that Garcia will have surgery to repair tears in his rotator cuff and labrum. Team doctor George...

HOUSTON (AP) — James Shields had another strong start for Kansas City on Wednesday night. Unfortunately for Shields and the Royals, the rest of the game was also familiar.Shields pitched seven solid innings, but Kansas City managed just six hits in a 3-1 loss to the Houston Astros.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Tyler Lyons scrolled through his phone, scanning all the text messages congratulating the left-hander on his winning major league debut. His teammates were quite appreciative, too.Lyons pitched seven solid innings on the same day St. Louis lost Jaime Garcia for the...

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The draft beer and whiskey shots flow freely at the sparkling new Joplin Elks Lodge 501, a distant hallway plaque the only visible reminder that three members and a bartender cleaning up after Sunday bingo died in a monster tornado that forever grafted a little-known southwest Missouri city into the nation's disaster lexicon.

“The Hallelujah Girls” directed by Cheryl Glawe is a comedy about five feisty females of Eden Falls, Ga. who try to turn an abandoned church into SPA-DEE-DAH a day-spa.The comic tension mounts when a sexy ex-boyfriend shows up unexpectedly, a marriage proposal comes from an unlikely suitor and an arch rival vows she'll stop at nothing...