Fifteen-year-old Cade Dillon Ackerly of Ava has secured a spot in the 2025 U.S. National Yo-Yo Contest, set to take place ...

A five-vehicle crash on Missouri Route 5 north of Ava resulted in one serious injury Friday afternoon, according to the ...

Douglas County Deputies shot Sinclair on May 21, after she shot at deputies who were attempting to take her into custody for ...

The Class 2 Final Four was not nice to Ava. The Lady Bears who had an incredible season had to settle for fourth place. This ...

Were you following the newspaper stories that reported the facemask protection experiments conducted by Mrs. Lawler’s third grade class at Ava Elementary School? The experiment investigated how ...

It has been over 110 years since the first railroad locomotive rolled into Ava. It was a time when the horse was still important to transportation of people and materials in the area. But today it is ...

Douglas County investigators said a woman was critically injured during an officer-involved shooting. The shooting happened on Wednesday around 6 p.m. Deputies attempted to arrest the woman wanted on ...

In February of this year, former Ava resident Darren Everett, won his fourth Missouri State 9-Ball Championship beating out 102 other players. Everett, now an Ozark area resident, was a 1976 graduate ...

Located in eastern Douglas County is a ranch which is home to the largest seed stock herd of Polled Herefords in the United States. Since 1981, Marty Lueck has been working as ranch manager for the ...

Hannah Evans set Ava Bears track history with her efforts at the state track meet. She is reported to be the only female athlete in Ava Bears track history to be All-State in two individual events, ...