An Ash Grove man is in custody in the Greene County Jail, charged with four counts of unlawful possession of a firearm. William Paul Kuhl, 53, was booked into the jail on Friday, Jan. 24; he was taken into custody by officers from the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office earlier that day.
The students of Republic High School held a peer-to-peer-led anti-vaping event on Monday, Jan. 28 as part of #Quit Lying Day, an initiative by the American Heart Association (AHA) to help spread information to high school students about the dangers of vaping.
Harold Bengsch, commissioner of Greene County’s first district, recently announced he will retire from politics after serving out his current term on the Greene County Commission. His last day as a commissioner will be Dec. 31, 2020.
Greene County Clerk Shane Schoeller announced that absentee ballots are now available for those eligible voters who are unable to go to their regular polling place on March 10.
Flanked by employees, friends and chamber members, David Payne—the operation’s namesake—cuts the ceremonial ribbon as David Payne Law joins the Republic Area Chamber of Commerce Thursday, Jan. 23.
Residents of the city of Ash Grove will have two choices to make on their April 2020 election ballot for city government. With the Jan. 21 deadline to file in the rear view, we now know two candidates will contend for the mayor’s seat, and two others for the Ward 2 aldermanic position.
The filing deadline for candidacy for school board and government seats passed as of Jan. 21. Below are names of those who have entered to be on the April 7 ballot in Republic and Willard.
Larry McConnell, the former chief of the Brookline Fire Protection District, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Friday, Jan. 24, for three counts of second-degree statutory sodomy and one count of second-degree rape.
A Springfield man is accused of committing multiple sex crimes while babysitting two brothers under the age of 17 in Republic, according to charges filed against him on Wednesday, Jan. 15.
