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Residents and motorists on the west side might be wondering this week what’s the deal with all the fire trucks and what’s happening. There’s no cause for concern with the increased presence and movement of fire trucks from several districts participating in “mutual aid tanker shuttle training” for areas that don’t have fire hydrants.

The Mid MO Pachyderm Club gets together for its next meeting this Friday, the 28th. The meeting will feature a reorganization of the club followed by an update and discussion about the Missouri Republican Party from the State level down to the Central Committees at the local level. The meeting will be held at Bonnie’s in Osage Beach and will run from 12-pm until 1pm. More information about the Pachyderm club can be found at Pachyderms.org.

The largest trade association across the state has released its July 2026 monthly statistics report. Missouri REALTORS says it sold 7,597 residential properties coming in at a median sales price of $300,000 which reflects a 5.3 percent increase compared to last year. The average sales price also showed an increase compared to last year coming in at a little more than $350,000…a 2.5 percent increase compared to 2025.

The Camden County Republican Club has announced dates for the next couple of meetings. The first, next Monday the 31st, will be another planning meeting for the Patriot Dinner which is coming up on October 17th featuring Constitutional Attorney KrisAnne Hall. The planning meeting will be at Vista Grande starting at 5:30. The club will then meet for its regular meeting on September 15th featuring a get-to-know-you with various candidates who are running in the upcoming General Election in November.

Got a great headline coming out of Mizzou this weekend. Running back Ahmad Hardy continues to recover from the gunshot wound that sidelined him earlier this spring. For head coach Elite Drinkwitz, he says a pathway for Hardy’s full participation in practice is still a ways away. So because of that, Hardy will not be active week one against Arkansas Pine Bluff. That’s coming up a week from Thursday. Now Drinkwitz gets into specifics here….at what point could we see Hardy back on the field?

It’s that time of the year again when motorists are being reminded about the do’s and don’ts about how to drive when encountering school buses. Department of Transportation Central District Area Engineer Danny Roeger says one question that seems to come up every year is when motorists need to stop on a five-lane roadway.

A busy weekend in the lake area for the highway patrol reporting three accidents…two of them fatal…one injury while riding a PWC, and 13 arrests. The fatal accidents were reported on eastbound-54 near A-Road in Camden County which took the life of a St. Charles man, and a UTV accident Saturday night in Benton County which took the life of a Sedalia man. The other accident happened in Morgan County with one minor injury.

A Camdenton house is damaged by fire. Mid-County Chief Scott Frandsen says the call to the residence on North Ozark Drive was received around 3:10 Monday morning and, upon arrival, crews encountered a fire that had originated in the kitchen area. The blaze was quickly brought under control with personnel staying on the scene for overhaul and to check for any extension of the fire. All residents were able to get out before crews arrived on the scene.

A one-vehicle accident on Highway-D at Locust Road in Camden County sends a Kaiser woman to the hospital. The highway patrol says it happened around 6:50 Monday night when the 48-year-old was driving too fast for conditions. The car ran off the road before skidding back over and off the opposite side of the road striking a tree and overturning onto its side. The woman was not wearing a seat belt and suffered serious injuries. She was taken to Lake Regional Hospital. Previous Article

Three people are injured including a Miller County deputy on his way to a call in a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of 4th Street and Grand Avenue in Eldon. The highway patrol says it happened shortly before 7:00 Monday evening when the deputy, enroute to a call with lights and siren activated, was hit by a car driven on 4th Street by a 21-year-old woman from Hannibal.