Join Cox Medical Center Branson for a free monthly workshop focused on advance care planning and making your health care wishes known. Participants will learn about advance directives, reflect on personal values and goals, and discuss future health care choices. Following the presentation, attendees may schedule a one-on-one appointment with a facilitator for help completing an advance directive. Workshops are held on the first Thursday of each month from 2-3:30 p.m. in C

Serious cardiovascular disorders aren’t a good combination with peptides as they can affect blood flow, vascular tone and fluid retention.

Saturday morning and the mountain humidity is mounting, fog burning off from river lake below, hot late spring sun peeking through night clouds clearing as the minutes tick by. I’m still bemused by old turn-of-the-century tourist brochures touting the Ozarks’ “cooling summer breezes.” It’s only nine o’clock in the morning and I’ve already sweated through my shirt, confident it won’t be the last time today. Saturday morning markets are a lot of work. Just one year ago, State

As part of this year’s events and as an extraordinary addition to the campus, College of the Ozarks has announced plans to build a POW/MIA Memorial as the newest addition to Patriots Park.

We asked readers—in particular business owners and managers—if their organization was busier than usual, about the same as previous years, or slow, and what they felt contributed to the extra traffic, or lack thereof.

The Mini Miners Crew invites kids ages 5–12 to apply to become members of a special team tasked with sharing ideas for future rides, food and experiences at the park in the Heart of the Ozarks.

For a lot of reasons, the place called S of O was the greatest thing that ever happened to me.

In one of my recent articles, we talked about the uniqueness of a Branson show and everything it contains. Always a gospel number, always a patriotic segment, and it is always interrupted by the hillbilly comedian.

USACE has posted signs indicating high bacteria levels at the swim beach.

In addition to the Give & Go Fun Pass, donors will receive a three-quarter sleeve All American T-shirt.

The Love is in the Air Sale runs through the month of June at the Friends of the Library Used Book Store, a nonprofit shop designed to provide funds for special projects of the Library Center of the Ozarks.

Don’t own any such writings? No problem. That’s what libraries are for. There’s also a great selection at the Freedom Encounter Theater’s bookstore in Branson!

Teaching first-graders in an area after-school program a few years ago, I was surprised during a “when you grow up” lesson assignment to see how many, even at that young age, included being an online “influencer” in their future goals, albeit without actually using that word. “I wanna be a You-Tuber” showed up more than once; another young man wanted to create online cartoons; still another wanted to be a champion gamer. Asked why, most responded something like “So people wil

Located near the entrance of the Garden, the Flag Retirement Box was installed and officially dedicated on Thursday, May 14

The opening reception will be on Friday evening, June 5, from 6-9 p.m. Both the exhibit and reception are free and open to the public.

Putting for Patriots supports local Veteran-related nonprofits in various markets. Monies raised are also donated to two national organizations that serve wounded servicemen and women and their families, as well as Veterans that suffer from PTSD, Homes for our Troops and TAPS (Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors).

Hollister and Reeds Spring seniors are celebrated during commencement exercises.

The goal is to help ease the financial burden of post-secondary education for the children of current or former Taney and Stone County First Responders, or Taney and Stone County high school graduates planning to pursue a career in Criminal Justice, Fire Sciences, or Emergency Medical Services.