Branson MO elementary students meet Ozarks Honor Flight veterans
December 07, 2011
There was an emotional meeting this week between two World War 2 veterans and the students who sent them to see their memorial in Washington, D.C. Kids at Branson Elementary West raised more than $1,000 for Ozarks Honor Flight. Explaining what veterans did in World War 2 to elementary students isn't an easy task. "It is something at this age level that is difficult to understand," said Branson West Elementary teacher April Mulnik. That didn't stop Branson Elementary West students from helping send two veterans on an Ozarks Honor Flight.
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| February 16, 2011
Tom from Stone County called me complaining that his cell phone company charged him the Branson West sales tax rate even though he lives in the county. This added about $1.50 on each bill. He's not sure how long it was happening before he caught it. He called the company and they agreed to reduce the sales tax he pays on future bills. Something similar happened to me. I leased a car and about 2 years into the lease, I realized they were charging me Springfield's sales tax rate, even though I live in the county.
NEWS
| July 11, 2012
STONE COUNTY, Mo. - A raccoon that wandered around an electrical substation caused a power outage this morning that affected a portion of Stone County. Empire spokesperson Julie Maus said up to 1,300 customers are without electricity. Maus said crews have arrived at the substation on Yocum Hill Road to move equipment and repair major damage that the raccoon caused. Crews hope to have power restored to the area by 2 p.m., Maus said, revising an earlier estimate of 11 to 11:30 a.m. The towns of Galena, Reeds Spring and Branson West were all affected this morning, with traffic signal outages reported along Missouri Routes 76, 13 and 413. People needing more information on procedures to follow during an extended power outage -- such as food safety information and keeping your family safe -- can visit Empire's Outage Center web site .
NEWS
| February 8, 2012
Galena, MO - On February 7 th , 2012, Officers from the Branson West Police Department received information about a resident in the county purchasing a suspicious amount of Pseudo-ephedrine from a store in their city. They contacted the COMET Drug Task Force who checked on-line records database they use that tracks the sale of Pseudo-ephedrine and located where the individual had made purchases of Pseudo-ephedrine and after running a...
NEWS
| November 15, 2010
SPRINGFIELD, Mo.-- The "Check Out Hunger" campaign began in supermarkets around the Ozarks on Monday. It allows shoppers to add $1 to their grocery bill which goes to Ozarks Food Harvest's network of charities. Those charities feed more than 14,000 people every week. The campaign will continue through December 31st. Participating grocery stores include Akin's, Bistro Market, Country Mart, Dillons, Harter House, Murfin's Market, Price Cutter, Ramey, Smillie's Market, Smitty's, Summer Fresh Supermarket and Woods Supermarket.
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| March 10, 2011
In just the last few weeks, we've received a number of phone calls from viewers saying they've been paying too much in taxes on their cellular telephone bills. For some of you, the problem could extend to many of your bills. ---- REEDS SPRING, Mo. -- With his brand-new Droid in hand, Tom Skrzeczkoski is loving his cell service. Just a few weeks ago, however, he considered changing providers after he learned he was paying too much. "It's around $2 a month," he said.
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NEWS
| February 17, 2011
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The former owner of a business in Branson West pleaded guilty in federal court to filing a false tax return. Randall Pennington, 51, owned Total Balance Orthotics, which sold orthotic shoe inserts. The U.S. attorney's office says Pennington admitted earning more than $4 million from 2000 to 2004, for which he owed nearly $318,000 in income and self-employment taxes, but paid only $1,000 in taxes for 2002. Pennington, who now lives in Houston, TX, pleaded guilty to filing a false tax return for 2002.
NEWS
| February 16, 2011
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A man who used to live in Branson West pleaded guilty in federal court to filing a false federal income tax return after earning more than $4 million but paying only $1,000 in taxes over a five-year period. Randall Pennington, 51, of Houston, Texas, waived his right to a grand jury and pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge James England last Monday to a federal information charging him with filing a f! alse U.S. income tax return. Pennington owned Total Balance Orthotics, which was in the business of selling orthotic shoe inserts.
NEWS
| November 30, 2010
BRANSON WEST, Mo. -- Investigators raided a convenience store on Tuesday and say they found an illegal gambling operation. Branson West police say no one was arrested but the investigation continues. Branson West police, Stone County sheriff's deputies, members of the COMET Drug Task Force, and state troopers served a search warrant at the Phillips 66 store at 17993 Business 13. The officers say they found five gambling machines, cash, tickets, paperwork and receipts from the machines.
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