Opinion
Let’s Look at The Options Before Making a Decision
Does Bull Shoals want a Casey’s gas station: YES Is Casey’s willing to build on the site of the old Village Mart if the city is willing to pay for the demolition of the building and parking lot? Having already invested $22,000 in the last bad decision regarding that property, let’s look at the possible options.
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Lightin Ridge
In the 60s, Houston Missouri had a weekly newspaper called the Houston Herald. The owner and editor were a man I got to know well.
Read MoreLightin RidgeClown or Mayor
When a clown takes over as the ringmaster of a one-ring circus—or, in this case, when an incompetent or unserious person becomes the mayor of a small city—things quickly descend into chaos. 1.
Read MoreClown or MayorArvest Bank Named to Forbes’ America’s Best Employers 2025 List
The bank has made the prestigious list for four consecutive years. – Arvest Bank today announced it has been named to the 2025 Forbes’ list of America’s Best Employers.
Read MoreArvest Bank Named to Forbes’ America’s Best Employers 2025 ListLetters to the Editor
Rules of Law make our Republic strong. The Constitution was written to balance the government with coequal branches that could check each other’s duties.
Read MoreLetters to the EditorPets of the Week
Have A Heart Pet Shelter had a remarkable 2024. We have compiled all our statistics and are happy to share this information with our wonderful community.
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Lightin Ridge
I don’t remember when the old hound wasn’t around. He was that old.
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Lightin Ridge
There was no underestimating the size of the walleye I hooked. He was a dandy, five or six pounds at least and maybe bigger.
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Lightin Ridge
The Missouri Department of Conservation has told a few dozen landowners in Texas county they intend to come into a 25-square-mile tract of land and set up bait and lights to night-shoot 110 deer. This is part of an attempt to find transmissible spongiform encephalitis, which they commonly call CWD or ‘chronic wasting disease’.
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