Authorities are investigating a dine-and-dash attack during which a waitress was allegedly pushed into the Lake of the Ozarks by patrons who abandoned their bill. The female server at Fish & CO restaurant in Camdenton, Missouri, was “pulled into the lake” after a group she was serving left without paying their bar tab on Friday, […]
The United Way of the Ozarks is gearing up for one of its busiest times of the year, when countless community members come together to support area nonprofits. The United Way of the Ozarks is hosting its 32nd annual Day of Caring on Thursday, June 13. The day-long event partners area nonprofits with local employees […]
Walmart and Sam’s Club will help Ozarks Food Harvest address hunger in the Ozarks this spring through the 11th annual Fight Hunger. Spark Change. campaign. “Families across the Ozarks continue to face a perfect storm of increased childcare, housing and food costs,” said Bart Brown, president/CEO of Ozarks Food Harvest. “That’s why we’re grateful for […]
Apr. 13—The Community Foundation of the Ozarks awarded a grant of $3,000 to Children’s Center of Southwest Missouri in Joplin as part of its latest round of Inclusion and Belonging grants. The grant will pay for new signage and counter wraps that promote the center’s nondiscrimination policy. Other grant recipients are: —Drury University in Springfield, […]
Golf to support Good Dads Good Dads Inc., a nonprofit organization headquartered in Springfield, will hold its first-ever charity golf tournament, hosted by Flintrock Home Builders. The tournament on May 20 at Millwood Golf Club in Ozark is expected to bring in thousands of dollars benefiting the nonprofit. Good Dads relies on community, corporate and […]
Ozarks Food Harvest received a donation of more than 23,000 dozen eggs from local egg producer Opal Foods to help feed families facing hunger across the Ozarks and a special visit from the Easter Bunny on March 25. This year’s generous gift brings Opal Foods total donation to more than 4.6 million eggs since the […]
New magazine highlights stories of everyday Ozarks women The inaugural cover of Glamography Magazine. Cory Powell Photography has announced the release of its latest project: Glamography Magazine, which highlights the stories of everyday Ozarks women. A red-carpet event and art exhibit is planned for Saturday, March 23, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Discovery […]
Willard will welcome a new kind of housing development for the Ozarks in 2025. Cottages at Generations Village, funded in part by a $15 million grant from the Missouri Housing Development Commission, broke ground in 2022. Its amenities and services are designed to promote the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of its intergenerational residents: foster […]
For 40 years, the Watershed Committee of the Ozarks has worked to make sure southwest Missouri has clean drinking water, offering education and pursuing other projects in pursuit of that goal. Mike Kromrey, the nonprofit’s executive director, wants to ensure it can do that for at least 40 more years. “Our whole careers and lives […]