Baxter County is a county in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. Created as Arkansas's 66th county on March 24,1873,the county has eight incorporated municipalities,including Mountain Home,its largest city and county seat. The county is named for Elisha Baxter,the tenth governor of Arkansas. It is coterminal with the Mountain Home Micropolitan Statistical Area.
The city of Harrison is the county seat of Boone County,Arkansas,United States. It is named after Marcus LaRue Harrison,a surveyor who laid out the city along Crooked Creek at Stifler Springs. According to 2019 Census Bureau estimates,the population of the city was 13,069,up from 12,943 at the 2010 census and it is the 30th largest city in Arkansas based on official 2019 estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Harrison is the principal city of the Harrison Micropolitan Statistical Area,which includes all of Boone and Newton counties.
Osage Beach is a city in Camden and Miller counties in the U.S. state of Missouri,near the Lake of the Ozarks. Most of the city is in Camden County,while a small eastern sliver is in Miller County. The population was 4,792 at the 2020 census.
Springfield is the third most populous city in the U.S. state of Missouri and the county seat of Greene County. The city's population was 169,176 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Springfield metropolitan area,which had an estimated population of 487,061 in 2022 and includes the counties of Christian,Dallas,Greene,Polk,and Webster,The city sits on the Springfield Plateau of the Ozarks,which ranges from nearly-level to rolling hills. Springfield is the second-largest urban area in the Ozarks.
Branson is a city in the U.S. state of Missouri. Most of the city is situated in Taney County,with a small portion in the west extending into Stone County. Branson is in the Ozark Mountains. The community was named after Reuben Branson,postmaster and operator of a general store in the area in the 1880s. The population was 12,638 at the 2020 census,and its population constitutes nearly one fourth of the Taney County population.
The Ozarks,also known as the Ozark Mountains,Ozark Highlands or Ozark Plateau,is a physiographic region in the U.S. states of Missouri,Arkansas,Oklahoma and the extreme southeastern corner of Kansas. The Ozarks cover a significant portion of northern Arkansas and most of the southern half of Missouri,extending from Interstate 40 in central Arkansas to Interstate 70 in central Missouri.
Music of Missouri has a storied musical history. Missouri has had major developments in several popular music genres and has been the birthplace or career origin of many musicians. St. Louis was an important venue for early blues,jazz,country,and bluegrass. Kansas City has had famous performers such as Charlie Parker,Count Basie,Lester Young,and the distinct style of Kansas City jazz. Ragtime made influence in the city of Sedalia,Missouri,due to Scott Joplin and his publisher John Stark,and through Missouri native James Scott.
Springfield–Branson National Airport is five miles (8.0 km) northwest of Springfield,Missouri,in Greene County,United States. The airport has non-stop flights to fourteen U.S. cities.
KYTV is a television station in Springfield,Missouri,United States,affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Gray Television alongside ABC affiliate KSPR-LD and Branson-licensed CW affiliate KYCW-LD;it is also sister to Branson-licensed tourist information–formatted station K17DL-D,channel 17. KYTV,KSPR-LD and KYCW-LD share studios on West Sunshine Street in Springfield,while KYTV's transmitter is located on Highway FF north of Fordland.
The Springfield,Missouri,metropolitan area,as defined by the United States Census Bureau,is an area consisting of five counties in southwestern Missouri,anchored by the city of Springfield,the state's third largest city. Other primary population centers in the metro area include Nixa,Ozark,Republic,Bolivar,Marshfield and Willard. Currently,the city limits of Springfield reach the Nixa,and Ozark city limits at the Christian County line on US 160,and US 65 respectively,the city limits of Republic at James River Freeway on the southwest side of the city,and the Strafford city limits on Route 744 on the northeast side of the city.
Ben "Todd" Parnell III is retired president of Drury University in Springfield,Missouri,co-founder and the retired CEO of THE BANK in Springfield,a community activist,an environmental advocate,an author,and keynote speaker. Parnell was sworn in as interim president at a faculty/staff meeting in Clara Thompson Hall on April 23,2007,upon the resignation of John Sellars,Drury's fifteenth president. After a number of options were considered for the office,Parnell was formally inaugurated as Drury University's sixteenth president on April 20,2008,by Drury's trustee-driven search committee. Parnell retired in 2013,serving his last day as president on May 31,2013.
CoxHealth is a six-hospital,1,050 bed not-for-profit healthcare system headquartered in Springfield,Missouri. It serves a 25 county region of Southwest Missouri and Northwest Arkansas. CoxHealth is Springfield's largest employer,and the 7th largest non-governmental employer in the state of Missouri with more than 12,605 people employed throughout the system.
Eric Wayne Burlison is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from Missouri's 7th congressional district since 2023. He previously served as the representative for District 133 in the Missouri House of Representatives. A Republican,Burlison was elected to the Missouri House in 2008 and left office at the end of 2016. In 2018,he was elected to the Missouri Senate,representing District 20. He was elected to Congress in 2022.
Great American Road Trip is a reality television competition series that aired on NBC. It follows seven families as they go on a road trip and compete against each other at different landmarks in and around U.S. Route 66 in the United States. The series is hosted by comedian Reno Collier.
Frank Edwards was an American politician who served as mayor of Springfield,Illinois. He was appointed by the Springfield City Council on December 28,2010,to the vacancy caused by the death of Mayor Tim Davlin. He was succeeded by J. Michael Houston on April 29,2011.
James Mason Owen served as mayor of Branson,Missouri,for 12 years. Jim Owen was an advertising manager for a Jefferson City newspaper before he came to the Ozarks in 1933 on a visit to Branson. He never left. Before he died in 1972,he had owned a drug store,movie theater and an auto dealership. He was president of a bank and wrote a fishing column for the Arkansas Gazette in Little Rock,AR. In addition,he owned champion fox hounds and bird dogs,produced his own brand of dog food,and owned a large dairy.
Lyda Krewson is an American retired politician who was the 46th mayor of St. Louis,Missouri. She is a member of the Democratic Party and St. Louis's first female mayor,serving from 2017 to 2021. On November 18,2020,Krewson announced that she would not seek a second term.
The Petersens are an American bluegrass family band from Branson,Missouri. Since the group's inception,they have been a regular feature on Country Music and Bluegrass television specials.
Cox College is a private college associated with the CoxHealth System in Springfield,Missouri.
