Mountain Grove News

Representatives from Fort Leonard Wood and the city of Mountain Grove are scheduled to sign a "community covenant" Wednesday during a Veterans Day celebration at Mountain Grove High School.

The Cabool motor vehicle and driver license office will close at the end of the business day on Thursday and re-open when a new license office contract agent has been chosen to replace the retiring agents.

Football Sectionals Monday Class 5 Rolla at Parkway North High Ozark at Raytown South Nixa at Camdenton Class 4 Sectionals Hillcrest at Bolivar Carthage at Webb City Class 3 Mountain Grove at Rogersville Seneca at Cassville Class 2 Pierce City at Lamar Fair Grove at MVBT-Liberty Class 1 Adrian at Greenfield Miller at Thayer

Ol' C. B. Taleteller from Mountain Grove, Mo., writes about an unusual wildlife happening on his dairy farm.

A Mountain Grove, Mo., woman was found guilty Thursday of second-degree involuntary manslaughter for her involvement in a 2006 traffic crash that killed three people.

A jury found a woman from Mountain Grove guilty of three counts of involuntary manslaughter and two counts of second-degree assault.

Karen Ann Henry, 38, of Lebanon, died Tuesday evening, Oct. 20, 2009, at her home in Lebanon.

Carol Currier, a U.S. Postal Service clerk, will be a contestant on Wheel of Fortune on Wednesday.

WEST PLAINS, Mo. - Mary Sheid of West Plains has been named a 2009 Missourian Award winner for outstanding contributions to the state or nation in civic, business, education, politics, or the arts.

The volleyball teams from Fair Grove, Joplin College Heights and Summersville all debuted in this week's state volleyball rankings to highlight an active week for area teams in the poll.

The Mountain Home Junior Varsity Lady Bombers took second place and the Junior Lady Bombers finished third at the Ava Junior Varsity volleyball tournament Saturday in Ava, Mo.

During an outing to the Springfield Conservation Nature Center, Mountain Grove resident Jason Lee wasn't pleased to learn the center might reduce the number of days it's open each week -- from seven to five.

A ROSE: To the News-Leader for allowing the public to express our opinion. Our favorite was the person who wrote that Voices was a waste of time and money.

A Mountain Grove man is free after posting bond in connection with growing marijuana plants valued at $200,000. According to a press release from Douglas County Sheriff Chris Degase, Ronnie G. Brown, 45, was arrested Friday in eastern Douglas County where Brown was the caretaker for a piece of property.

Two businesses on the Mountain Grove town square suffered heavy damage, and two other businesses had smoke damage from a Friday night fire fought by several fire departments.

A fire on the square damaged two businesses on Friday evening. Witnesses say it began a little after 6 at the bottom of a beauty shop.

A fire that broke out on the square in Mountain Grove is under control, according to Dispatcher Paul Zieber of the Mountain Grove Police Department.

A Kansas woman is accused of killing her ex-boyfriend after authorities said she drove to his southern Missouri home, shot him and set his house on fire.

A Mountain Grove man suffered moderate injuries after crashing his SUV in Texas County.

Why do you ignore the fact that Greene County's tax roll s are 50 percent redacted by the nonprofits? A simple solution to the retirement fund would be a infrastructure tax on nonprofits.