Douglas County News

In Ava and surrounding Douglas County, residents called and the sheriff listened.

A federal grand jury indicted the Christian County assessor for failing to report taxable property.

A southwest Missouri lawyer is asking the state Supreme Court to intervene after he was sentenced to 120 days in jail for writing in a court document that a judge and prosecutors were potentially abusing their power.A Douglas County jury convicted Carl Smith, 62, of Ava, of criminal contempt in August.

Flood warnings will continue for some areas of southwest Missouri today as the aftereffects of torrential rains continues, but it appears rain will taper off today, National Weather Service forecasters say.

A man from Strafford was injured this morning when he crashed his pickup in Douglas County.

A 2-year-old Ava boy was killed Monday when he was struck by a large van. A report from the Missouri Highway Patrol said the boy, Jason M. Bailer, was struck by the 1999 GMC Savana about 1:45 p.m. The report said the van, driven by Christina E. Akers, 25, of Ava, was parked near the intersection of Missouri B and Missouri 5 in Douglas County when ...

Douglas County Sheriff Chris Degase reported that on August 23, Deputy Verow arrested Gregory Washburn, age 25, of Hartville for Distribution of a Controlled Substance and Kara Wingard, age 19, of Springfield for Possession of marijuana less than 35 grams.

A man from Ava is charged with forcible rape and forcible sodomy for an attack late last month.

This photo of Carl Mays, published in The Mirror at the time of his death in 1971, came from the G. C. "Pete" Freeman collection.

AVA, MISSOURI & WISCONSIN RAPIDS-- The Wood County Sheriff's Department is looking into whether the suspect who hanged himself in jail is linked to the death of Deidre Harm.

Douglas County Sheriff Chris Degase is holding a 1:00 p.m. press conference to announce new information in the case of Rene Williams , an Ava woman who disappeared in 2007.

Douglas County officials say a man who killed himself after being charged in a Mansfield woman's death may be linked to the deaths of three more women in two different states.

AVA - The Douglas County Sheriff's Office is continuing to search for the remains of a Mansfield woman two weeks after the suspect they arrested in Rene Marie Williams' death hanged himself in jail.

Douglas County Sheriff Chris Degase and Prosecuting Attorney Chris Wade will meet with the media at 1 p.m. Monday to discuss new developments in the Rene Williams case.

On Douglas County Law Day, Tuesday, Aug. 4, two men were sentenced to prison terms, according to Douglas County Prosecuting Attorney Chris Wade.

Dozens lined the streets and roads in Douglas County on Wednesday night to salute a fallen soldier whom they never knew from a war more than a generation ago.

A man who hung himself in the Douglas County Jail a day after he was charged with murder was an employee of the Taney County Ambulance District.

Rene Williams was last seen closing up the Eagles Lodge in Ava back in March 2007.

Two men are being held in the Douglas County Jail on $30,000 bond each following a shooting incident in the west end of the county last Thursday.

A total of 53 arrests and 52 warnings were issued in conjunction with a sobriety checkpoint conducted in Douglas County on July 10.