Mansfield News

The Douglas County Fair will be held next week, July 10-12, with a full slate of activities planned each evening.

FRIDAY JUNE 27 - Houston, MO - 4:00 p.m. Texas County Fairgrounds; fireworks at 9:30 p.m. - Mount Vernon - Red, White and Boom Celebration starts at 6:00 p.m. at Spirit of 76 Park; Fireworks at dusk - Republic, ...

Independence Day is about a week away. Mansfield, like many communities, celebrates freedom this weekend.

Wright County will have two representatives at the 31st annual Lions Club All-Star Basketball Classic Saturday, June 14.

Free entertainment and lunch, as well as entertainment, is on event's schedule of events The Se-Ma-No Electric Cooperative, which serves the communities of Diggins, Mansfield, Mountain Grove, Norwood and ...

A few months ago, Josette Coffman started looking for someone with whom to carpool from Highlandville to Springfield.

It didn't start as a quest for the perfect macaroni and cheese. In fact, my family's recent road trip through Tennessee, Missouri, Kentucky and West Virginia was meant to be a literary, not a culinary, ...

New principal, departing one share views on profession The Seymour Elementary School is fortunate to have two dedicated principals who are excited about moving the school forward and committed to teaching ...

A group of Wright County citizens joined together in 2006 with the goal of establishing a permanent site at which cultural heritage events could be held and where the region's unique history and culture could ...

In road projects to be alert for today: - Pavement repair will close lanes at West Bypass and Kearney Street tonight.

A woman from Mississippi is killed in an accident near Mansfield Thursday evening. via OzarksFIRST.com

Roger Hershey, 49, of Ozark County, has been charged with first-degree murder in the March 26 shooting death of James Lee Johnson, 32, of Mansfield. via Ozark County Times

An Ozark County, Mo., man was charged with murder and several other charges following a Wednesday night shooting that injured his girlfriend and killed her son. via Baxter Bulletin

Mansfield man in truck wreck; Seymour woman seriously injured A Mansfield man faces a felony driving-while-intoxicated charge after wrecking his truck last week north of Mansfield, ejecting his passenger, a ... via Webster County Citizen

“It's supposedly a Cherokee variety and does very well here ... It's a deep, dark purple-red tomato with intense flavor and one of our most popular varieties.”

Mansfield -- As a teenager, Jere Gettle began trading seeds with other people and was a member of seed and garden clubs. via Springfield News Leader

“No, but we do a lot of reading.”

Last winter, we asked you to tell us about your favorite books, the works that have changed your life. via Mother Earth News

“We really try to show a range of films in terms of tone and the type of audience they'd appeal to”

Ohio State University's Wexner Center for the Arts is rolling out a lineup of six films starting tonight with its second annual "Out at Wex" film festival, devoted to new lesbian and gay cinema. via Central Ohio

A Mansfield man was seriously injured in a one-vehicle accident early Sunday in Douglas County, the Missouri Highway Patrol reported. via Springfield News Leader

“I didn't realize she was selling crack”

MANSFIELD -- Police found more than sweets at a home candy store early Thursday. via News Journal

“Crystal (posing as Dustin) that he was going back to Kentucky to patch things up with his wife and to tell the people at work that he quit.”

Detectives believe one of the four people charged last weekend for the murder of Dustin Skaggs of Ava was angry because he believed Skaggs was having an affair with his estranged wife. via KYTV Springfield