If you look out into the river current when the suckers are schooling before the spawn and you have a treble hook out there, you can’t see it very well.

As I sat before the Altar of Repose, I thought about this vision. What could it mean? As I prayed, this is what I heard.

Ozark Mountain Young Life is excited to host a Rummage Sale for Camp, scheduled for Saturday, April 18, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Harvest Evangelical Free Church of Branson. All proceeds from the sale will help area youth go to summer camp with Young Life. Ozark Mountain Young Life currently has Young Life clubs active at Branson, Galena, Blue Eye and Reeds Spring. Young Life, which began in the 1940s, is dedicated to entering the students’ world to learn their names, hear

“He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: My God; in him will I trust.” -Psalm 91:1-2 I once heard a story from a person who was in basic training for the Army National Guard. One of the hardest parts of their training was a night where they spent several hours rucking. This is usually a long run, sometimes lasting all night, all the while carrying backpacks

June attributes her longevity to a good diet and lots of exercise.

Featured speaker for the evening was Jake Hughes, the owner of a metal fabrication and sign business with a store front called Rustic Oak Metal Shop in the Grand Village Shops.

Each year in March, talented young archers from public, private and home schools across the state compete in 3D and Bullseye divisions for elementary, middle school and high school age groups.

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Read about a Taney County ballot issue, and the candidates running for Branson Ward III, plus get a look at the Stone and Taney county ballots.

Copeland expressed her tremendous gratitude to neighbors who assisted with the family's immediate needs and to a large group of family and friends for their help and support.

Photographer George Hall took an awesome photo of Hollister's new bank building, another one of William Johnson's structures when Hollister was still in its development stage.

April’s concert will benefit Chapelwoods Prayer Chapels, the heartfelt ministry of Bud and Lynda Lynn, pillars of the Branson community.

Grab your girlfriends and plan to join Pathways for 12 bingo games and 12 chances to win beautiful springtime handbags, while enjoying delicious tea bites, a cash bar and a silent auction.

Bonniebrook Historical Society opens for the 2026 season on April 1. Hours during the season are Wednesday-Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Every third Saturday we host free bluegrass jam sessions. Other key events are as follows: · April 18: Open house from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free admission, music, silent auction and a raffle · September 12: Third annual Kewpie car show · October 10: Second annual Kewpie craft show Bonniebrook would like more volunteers. For inf

“Levitt’s swinging right caught him by the cheek-bone and he staggered, driven back by the force of the larger man’s onslaught.” — Louis L’Amour, “Where the Long Grass Blows” L’Amour was “America’s Favorite Storyteller.” I know that because those words are printed on the cover of all his books. This book is small, as pulp Westerns should be, and thus easy to hold, published first in 1976, then 1988 and again in 1997. The dramatic Western cover art is from 1988, about the sa