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McCord Bend: Shall the Village of McCord Bend impose a local use tax at the same rate
as the local sales tax?
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McCord Bend Election Question: Shall the Village of McCord Bend be authorized to forego annual elections if the number of candidates who have filed for a particular office is equal to the number of positions in the office to be filled by the election?
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Niangua: Shall the City of Niangua issue its sewerage system revenue bonds for the purpose of upgrading the wastewater treatment plant?
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Polk County Fire District: Shall the Board of Directors of the Central Polk County Fire Protection District be authorized to levy an additional tax?
Three candidates have filed to run for Branson mayor, and all three are familiar with running for the office.
Tuesday was the first day individuals could file for municipal elections. Candidates have until Jan. 19 to file for local city governments and school boards. The election is April 6.
Branson Mayor Edd Akers filed to run for re-election. Also filing were former mayor Karen Best, who served two terms from 2014-18, and Marshall Howden who ran for mayor in 2016. All three candidates had announced their intentions to run weeks, and even months, ago.
There are also three aldermen whose terms are up. In Ward 2, Larry Milton filed to retain his seat. In Ward 3, Julia King filed to retain her seat. As of press time, no one had filed in Ward 1 for the seat currently held by Bob Simmons.
Charley Pride, country musicâs first black superstar and the first black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, died Saturday, Dec. 12 at the age of 86.
Pride visited Branson many times to perform and also had an extended stay in Branson in the 90âs where he performed at the Charley Pride Theatre, now the White House Theatre, for a few years. Pride died in Dallas, Texas due to complications from COVID-19.
Born a sharecropperâs son in Sledge, Mississippi on March 18, 1934, Pride left the farm to play baseball. Pride first played organized games in the Iowa State League and then professional games in the Negro American League as a pitcher and outfielder for the Memphis Red Sox. In 1953, he signed a contract with the Boise Yankees, the Class C farm team of the New York Yankees.Â