Pierce City News

A storm system that hit the Ozarks Thursday afternoon dumped rain all across the region and caused several waterways to rapidly rise.

Gayla Crisp found a photo of her grandmother that she believes was taken the last time it snowed in the Ozarks in May.

Let me tell my story. My husband died Dec. 12, 2011. He had spent 31 years in public education, progressing from elementary teacher to high school principal and finally to superintendent but also had worked in the private sector and wound up collecting Social Security and teacher retirement.