Avilla News

Avilla, Missouri. With four young children, a farm to run, and limited financial resources, Rachel Wilson needed some art supplies that were close to home and cheap.

During the Civil War, in their rage the citizens of Avilla, Missouri committed a bizarre and horrible act, which haunts their town to the present day. This is the true & darkest secret of Avilla and the Legend of the Death Tree, a Halloween tale.

Have you ever wondered why the tiny village of Avilla, Missouri sprang up in eastern Jasper County and what happened there? Avilla has a colorful past, being one of the first towns in the region to form a town militia at the onset of the Civil War, and later becoming a military garrison. Did you know that Avilla once had a High School? Learn the true origin to the legend of "Avilla's Death Tree" too. Local Historians with documented information or photos are invited to add to and improve the History of Avilla section in the Wikipedia article.

The Avilla School reopened on Thursday after closing down for two days because of illness and a high absentee rate.

CARTHAGE, Mo. - Contracts for paving work and a $69,900 bank-stabilization project for White Oak Creek at County Road 40 south of Avilla were awarded in action Tuesday by the Jasper County Commission.

Criminal charges were filed in a previously unsolved burglary case in Jasper County because of Missouri's new expanded DNA law, which took affect Aug.

If record summertime heat waves mean that climate change may already be affecting us, does an early-fall cold snap mean the opposite? An early surge of record cold and snow that has gripped much of the Rockies and Midwest this past week has led to numerous headlines implying or flat-out stating that concerns about manmade climate change are ...

One brother is in jail while the other is recovering from bullet wounds to both legs and the loss of blood after an argument turned bad on Wednesday.

Martin Manufacturing of Avilla, Mo., manufacturer of Revolator Bale Beds building our bale beds since 2000, is family owned and operated.

Globe/B.W. Shepherd Jeanie Mayer , an outdoor skills specialist for the Missouri Department of Conservation, gives an archery lesson Friday to 11-year-old Anne Marie Anibal at the Wildcat Glades Conservation & Audubon Center in Joplin.

A major new player in the local dairy industry and strategies brought into the area from New Zealand were discussed at last week's meeting of the Monett Kiwanis Club.

“We had reports of baseball-sized hail in the Avilla area,” said Keith Stammer, emergency management coordinator for Joplin and Jasper County. Back windows were broken out of several vehicles when hail fell south of Avilla just after 8 a.m., according to a spokesman for the Avilla Volunteer Fire District.

I want to write to thank all the volunteer fire departments everywhere. I live in eastern Jasper County and the Avilla Volunteer Fire Department takes care of my residence and property.