Douglas County News

A Nixa man suffered serious injuries Monday night in a single-car crash on Mo. 14 in Douglas County, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol.

Douglas County authorities were called to a residence on West Highway 76 Monday night to check on the well-being of a child and wound up arresting two people on drug charges.

What started out as a party in Douglas County led to a burglary and subsequent arrests in Ozark County.

A Douglas County jury deliberated for 41 2 hours Friday before returning a guilty verdict in the murder trial of James Hitchcock, of Ava.

Two people from Ava are in custody after a methamphetamine lab bust in Douglas County.

A southern Missouri man has been convicted of killing his ex-wife's boyfriend in August.

The first-degree murder trial of James Earl Hitchcock got under way Tuesday at the Douglas County Courthouse and is expected to continue most of this week.

Tayler Andrews would have turned a year old last week, on June 16. It was a difficult day for his grandmother and grandfather.

Several state routes in Douglas County, including Route 5 in the Ava area, and in Taney County are scheduled for pavement sealing projects during the weeks of June 15 and 22, the Missouri Department of Transportation said.

The trial of Daniel D. Guilbeault, 42, of Ava, charged with involuntary manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a child in connection with the August 2007 death of Justin Willey, has once again been delayed.

Ava -- Less than two months before 8-month-old Tayler Andrews and his mother were killed, there were two child abuse hotline calls alleging that he was in danger.

An Ozark County man pleaded guilty to setting his house on fire and was sentenced to the Missouri Department of Corrections during the June 3 Ozark County Law Day.

On Friday, May 22, deputies from the Douglas County Sheriff's Office arrested a juvenile male subject and an adult male in connection with recent vandalism at the former Hutch's Restaurant property north of Ava.

On Thursday, May 28, Douglas County Sheriff Chris Degase, Deputy James Verow and Missouri State Highway Patrolman Justin Piccinino wrapped up a three-day drug investigation at the Country Aire Apartments in northern Douglas County.

An elementary school physical education teacher may have bacterial meningitis. The case is still being tested in a lab but the Ava School District asked parents to watch their kids for unusual fevers, headaches, stiffness or rashes.

Buzz and Jean Duff: 'He sat in a big maple tree, right outside our house' Around 1 a.m. last Wednesday morning, May 6, rural Seymour resident Buzz Duff was awakened by a sound he traced outside, just off his front porch.

The National Weather Service has determined that as many as 17 different tornadoes flew through southern Missouri and northern Arkansas Friday morning, all a part of one massive storm system.

The National Weather Service Springfield has issued a tornado warning that remains in effect until 12:30 a.m. for Douglas County.

DALLAS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SAYS A MAN IN HIS 70'S FROM CHARITY DIED OF A HEART ATTACK AFTER HE AND HIS WIFE WERE LIFTED FROM THEIR BUILDING AND THROWN DURING STORMS FRIDAY MORNING.

Prison sentences were announced for several individuals at May law day on Tuesday in Douglas County Circuit Court.