The Taney County Commission is looking at the county assessor’s budget after projections from the county auditor make it appear after the Taney County Assessor hired two new employees, she will not be able to pay all her employees through the end of 2022.

Reeds Spring High School is set to host 25 high school marching bands during the Ozark Mountain Marching Festival to help fund a trip to Florida. 

A project first discussed during the Clinton administration to replace a low-water bridge which would get swamped after a few inches of rain ended Monday, October 18, with a ribbon cutting ceremony to officially open its replacement.

The city of Forsyth is hosting a Halloween Parade for the children of the area. 

A Cox Medical Center Branson nurse who stopped a man from kidnapping a child has been honored.

A local tattoo artist is giving back to a charity dedicated to helping veterans who suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and traumatic brain injuries.

The Hollister High School Tiger Band had a clean sweep of Class 2A in preliminaries at the Branson Marching Band Invitational on Saturday Oct. 16, taking first in class as well as outstanding music, outstanding visual, outstanding percussion, and outstanding guard. 

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s niece returned to College of the Ozarks to speak to students and faculty at a cultural convocation on Monday, Oct. 11. 

In a meeting which displayed more passion than anger, a group of citizens called on the Branson Board of Aldermen to endorse and promote “Ozark Mountain Christmas” as the overarching theme for holiday marketing.

A party to celebrate German food and culture will be taking place in Branson with the return of the largest Oktoberfest in southwest Missouri.

An Arizona man is in the Taney County Jail facing a potential life sentence after being arrested Sept. 28 for a May incident involving Hollister police officers.

Ten kids under 17 will have the opportunity to win their own bass boat and participate in Bass Pro Shops’ U.S. Open National Bass Fishing Championships this November.

Branson Public Works has announced a schedule of street improvements that will take place during the late fall and into winter.

Branson Parks and Recreation is hosting a free camp for students from kindergarten through 8th grade on Oct. 22, 2021.

Branson Public Schools has announced a partnership with CoxHealth that will allow students who have a medical need to be seen at their school campus without requiring a parent to take them from class to a local healthcare clinic.

Loni Trumble, an oncology nurse at Cox Branson’s Center Center, had no idea that a routine medical exam would turn her from nurse to patient.

Three staff members of the Taney County Ambulance District won statewide honors from the Missouri Emergency Medical Services Association.

It took four tries, but a Branson competitive barbecue team picked up the title at the 32nd Annual Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational Barbecue.

Bass Pro Shops founder Johnny Morris has risen in the ranks of America’s wealthiest people.

An Illinois-based internet provider has purchased a Taney County provider.

     Central Bank in Branson West celebrates its customers and its Grand Reopening. 

A former teacher at Cedar Ridge Intermediate School in Branson has been charged in Christian County with sex crimes against a child.

A routine yearly inspection led to the closure of the Stratford House Inn on the Branson strip on Monday, Oct. 4.

A Taney County couple is jailed after being accused of abusing a child in a Hollister apartment.

The city of Branson is taking applications to fill board and committee vacancies.

Branson Mayor Larry Milton spoke out on Thursday, Sept. 30, about the city’s long term budgeting process and issues related to the promotion and marketing of the city.