The Ash Grove Board of Aldermen heard an attention getting proposal at their Feb. 4 meeting that involves a potential 200-home development on the east side of Ash Grove.
The upcoming April election will fill two seats on the Ash Grove Board of Education. The two seats are currently held by Jeana Scroggins and Bob Compton. The candidates who filed by the Jan. 15 deadline to be on the ballot for the seats are Scroggins, Mike Gray and Jimmy Wheeler.
In addition to deciding on the one-cent sales tax, Republic voters on April 2 will also be choosing who they want to represent them on the Republic City Council.
This Friday night’s Ash Grove Pirate home basketball game against the Miller Cardinal squad will be highlighted by homecoming festivities prior to the game.
Girls on the Run, a youth development program for girls in third through sixth grade, will meet at Ash Grove Elementary School beginning Feb. 25 and continuing through May 9.
A Springfield realtor and landlord was shot and critically injured near Republic on Sunday, Jan. 27. Chris Gatley, owner of 417 Rentals, was shot at 5849 US Highway 60 in Brookline.
In April of 2005, a policy was adopted by the city of Republic that has since been the topic of much discussion. The rule regulates the types of materials that can be used for roofing, building facade and fencing along the main corridors entering Republic.
Republic High School Air Force JROTC cadets, Allison Zahner and Taylon East are two of 150 stu- dents from around the world to receive the 2019 Flight Academy Private Pilot Scholarship from Max- well Air Force Base in Montgomery, Ala.
The Greene County Sheriff’s office has announced the arrest of Joseph Tummons, Bois D’Arc, who has been arrested for the theft of six calves that had been reported missing by a neighboring cattleman Dec. 31, 2018.
