Ash Grove Mayor
Name: Les Gardner
Age: 54
Education: Graduate of Missouri State University
Occupation: Regional Sales Manager in the field of Radiology and business owner.
The Ash Grove Area Community Foundation recently received generous donations from community members, helping the young organization near its goal of $30,000. Top left, Chase Blakey with Eagle Outdoors donated $100.
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is seeking initial public input on a proposed limited and highly regulated hunting season for black bears, which would be open only to Missouri residents.
Due to COVID-19, the 30th annual Citizens Memorial Health Care Foundation Medical Excellence Golf Classic scheduled for Saturday, June 6, has been moved to Saturday, Aug. 29.
An Ash Grove man is accused of entering a vacant house in Springfield and burglarizing it. Ashley Crain, 41, was arrested by Greene County deputy sheriffs and charged with second-degree burglary on Wednesday, May 13.
An Ash Grove man is accused of molesting a female relative on multiple occasions from the time she was eight until she was 16. Karl Allan Whorton, 44, is charged in Randolph County with two counts of child molestation and one count of child endangerment.
During a COVID-19 briefing last week, Governor Mike Parson announced that Missouri will receive $66 million for child care assistance and $1.5 million for food banks under the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
