Taneyville News

Students attending Taneyville and Bradleyville schools received an unexpected vacation this week as both rural schools were closed due to a rapid drop in attendance brought on by the flu.

Two more schools in the Ozarks are closing because of widespread flu-like illnesses.

Bradleyville schools will be closed the rest of the week because of high absenteeism.

Taney county deputies arrested a man when they found an estimated $10,000 in methamphetamine and $3,000 in cash at a home in Taneyville.

Perry Elkins, Greater Ozarks Chapter volunteer for the American Red Cross, will conduct a class on shelter training for Red Cross volunteers.

Erica Dixon volunteered to help during a street count of homeless people in Taney County last summer.

Suddenlink, which provides cable services in the Branson area, has incorrectly told its viewers that My 31, or KWBM-TV, has ceased operations, said Teresa Spencer-Mackey, the television station's general manager.

According to the general manager of TV station KWMB, better known as My 31, a communication mixup has caused the station's analog feed to be turned off today without being switched to digital, causing the station to go dark for some viewers.