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 ...

Pictured: Ava team manager Aryn Miller is shown taking the court during a Special Olympics basketball game in Mountain Grove, while members of the Ava community fill the stands below in support.

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 ...

The Ava Police Department is warning residents about a new mail scam involving letters that appear to come from the Internal Revenue Service. The letter, which looks official and even includes a QR ...

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 ...

Ava Baseball claimed the SCA Championship with a 6-4 varsity win over Houston on Thursday, April 30. Congratulations to the Ava Bears on a championship season!

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.

Clayton William Rippee “Rip”, 91 years old, departed this life on September 18, 2023, at Cox South Hospital Springfield, Missouri with his family by his side. He was born on April 21, 1932, to Bill ...

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 ...

Pictured above and below are scenes from the home of Nathan and Erica Hutchinson that sustained significant damage after its roof was removed during severe weather on Sunday, June 7. The damage ...

Kevin Hansen, 55, of Ava, was originally arrested in January after Douglas County deputies and Ava police served a narcotics search warrant at an apartment on East Grand Avenue, where methamphetamine ...

Members of the Ava Area Chamber of Commerce gathered Tuesday, May 12, for the chamber’s monthly luncheon meeting. Missouri Ozarks Community Health sponsored the meal, with catering provided by ...