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Aug 12 - 13, 2020 • Vol. 1, Issue 121
Ozark aldermen opt to postpone vote on masking
INSIDE...
Live Music Fridays:
Branson Senior Center offers program. Page 3
A guest enjoys a little axe throwing at TommyHawks. (Photo by K.D. Michaels)
New Clinic in Harrison: CoxHealth expands primary care. Page 7
Branson man is true entrepreneur By K.D. Michaels Staff Writer Many people know Branson’s Tim Nobles from TimeShare Legal Services, or, maybe from The
Solar System. But those two businesses represent only a fraction of what Nobles operates from within his Branson Landing Boulevard corporate office.
Nobles opened his first business at the age of 20, a toy kiosk inside the Branson Mall. In addition to operating his own company, SEE ENTREPRENEUR, PAGE 2
Six arrested during early morning search at local motel
This will float your boat: USS St. Louis combat ship commissioned. Page 12
WEATHER...page 17
Highs in the low 90s with daily chances of showers.
Staff Reports BRANSON, Mo – The Branson Police Department arrested six people and discovered drugs and money counterfeiting operations while serving a search warrant on multiple rooms at the Metropolitan Motel, located at 300 Schaefer Drive. on Sunday morning August 9. According to a release from the City of Branson, Branson Police acted on information gathered from several sources. The department, along with the Taney Coun-
ty Sheriff’s Department Special Operations Team served the warrant. A large assortment of drugs and firearms were seized along with evidence of a counterfeiting operation. The Secret Service, and Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms are assisting Branson with this investigation. Six people, including a member of the motel management, were arrested on a variety of charges and transported to the Taney County Jail. Branson Police are commu-
nicating with the Taney County Prosecuting Attorney’s office and Missouri Probation and Parole on the charges. A review of the Metropolitan Motel’s business license and inspection records will be conducted in the city’s efforts to hold motel management accountable for providing safe lodging. No further information on the identities of those arrested or the specific charges was available at press time.
By Rance Burger, Christian County Headliner The six members of the Ozark Board of Aldermen will wait until Aug. 17 to decide if face coverings will be required in public places. Mask mandate debate concluded after more than four hours of discussion at the Ozark Community Center on Aug. 10, which marked the first time that Ozark’s elected officials met in person since March. The board had been meeting via Zoom teleconferencing for four than four months in effort to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19, but convened to allow 34 people to speak at a public hearing. Of those 34, there were 23 who spoke against a masking mandate. Ozark resident Michael Autry said that COVID-19 is not dangerous enough to warrant what he perceives to be government overreach. “It’s like .02, .03 percent mortality rate,” Autry said. “The numbers aren’t there. People aren’t piled up like cord wood.” Ward 1 Alderman Nathan Posten, sponsor of a bill that would make face masks a requirement in many public settings in Ozark, opted against asking for a final vote on the bill on Aug. 10. Instead, he will deliberate for a week ahead of what he called “one of the hardest votes I’ve ever had to do.” “The duty of an alderman is to SEE CITY OF OZARK, PAGE 5