In an event so successful, it’s been stretched across two separate days, kids and adults with disabilities or serious illnesses got the ride of a lifetime at Wishing On A Ride, Thursday, Aug. …
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Go-fast boats parked on land gave crowds a close-up look at the Shootout On The Strip, Wednesday evening, Aug. 21. The event brings powerboats for a street party that draws young and old to en…
KAISER, Mo. — A School of the Osage bus was involved in an accident on Highway 42, Thursday afternoon, but district Assistant Superintendent Dr. Laura Nelson says no students were aboard.
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It's going to be a music-filled weekend at the Lake!
LACLEDE COUNTY, Mo. — A Lebanon man drowned while fishing on the Gasconade River - Osage Fork, Tuesday afternoon.
It’s Shootout week! My family and I look forward to this every year. All of the events leading up to and including the Main Event are a blast and bring so much activity to the area during a ti…
The first-ever Shootout Top Gun was Randy Scism, in 1989. He hit 101 mph.
CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. — It was bad news and good news for Camden County, in the long-awaited process audit performed by the State Auditor and released on Thursday, Aug. 22.
First and foremost, it’s the adrenaline rush. That’s the primary reason any racer puts the effort into preparing a boat, getting it to the Lake, registering for the event, waiting hours in lin…
Many people have shaped the Shootout over the years. These six were inducted this year into the Shootout Hall of Fame for the part they've played: Charlie Schaeffer, Brad Rowland, Don Onken, K…
A homemade boat won't go quite as fast as a supercat. But at the new Float Your Boat races on Tuesday, Aug. 20, they proved they can be just as entertaining to watch! The event raised money fo…
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It's the annual Shootout event where pirates young and old storm the beaches of Captain Ron's in search for buried treasure.
2018 Top Guns — Race Summaries
MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. — A 21-year-old woman was killed in a late-night crash on Highway 52, Monday night.
Many people have shaped the Shootout over the years. From racers to promoters, sponsors to board members, only a tight-knit boating community like this one at Lake of the Ozarks could pull off…
The Shootout raises hundreds of thousands of dollars every year for Lake-area charities and fire districts, and it's only able to do that thanks to the hard work of the many volunteers who mak…
These powerboaters have big hearts.
The great thing about the new Shootout Run What Ya Brung Poker Run is you can just run what ya brung (translate: drive the boat you have, regardless of whether it’s a go-fast boat)! The trick …
The Mini-Shootout is an event all its own. It brings nearly as many boats as the full-sized race the following weekend, but these boats are unmanned—remote controlled—and the largest are only …
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — A man drowned while swimming without a flotation device, on the Niangua Arm of the Lake, Saturday afternoon, the Missouri State Highway Patrol is reporting.
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LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — Happy Shootout Week! All week, Shootout charity events will lead up to the main event, the 2019 Lake of the Ozarks Shootout, this Saturday and Sunday. Temperatures wi…
The Lake of the Ozarks Shootout is set for this weekend: Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 24–25. While thousands of boaters will gather along the race course at the 33 Mile Marker or at Captain Ron's…
It's the Lake of the Ozarks boating event of the year. The Lake of the Ozarks Shootout is something everyone or lives or vacations here ought to experience at least once. In addition to the th…
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Every year hundreds of volunteers chip in to help the Shootout run smoothly, and to raise massive amounts of money for Lake of the Ozarks area charities.
If a new child has entered your life, you are no doubt full of joy today and hopes for the future. And you can help make that future a brighter one for your child and your family by taking som…
The Shootout, in case you hadn't heard, is a week away.
Ron Moore is seeking the ever-elusive fountain of youth by racing, for the fifth consecutive year, in the 2019 Lake of the Ozarks Shootout Powerboat races. “The faster you go, the younger you …
DALLAS COUNTY, Mo. — A Lebanon, Mo. man drowned on the Niangua River last weekend, after he rescued two children from the river.
On August 22 from 4 - 9 p.m., Performance Boat Center will be hosting a Meet & Greet and silent auction pre-party for the Shootout Poly Lift & LakeExpo.com Poker Run.
The Shootout is the most-attended boating event at Lake of the Ozarks: tens of thousands of boaters line the race course in a miles-long flotilla that goes three tiers deep. When the race ends…
Of the 84 boats that raced in the 2018 Shootout, 13 of them were pontoons, representing five different manufacturers. Top speeds fell across a broad range—from 54 mph to 106 mph—but the messag…
The Community Foundation of the Lake has announced that Melissa and Chris “Pappo” Galloway will be the honorary chairs of their annual fundraiser.
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — With the Lake of the Ozarks Shootout less than two weeks away, the Shootout Air Show Director has informed LakeExpo.com the air show will be happening.
**UPDATE: As of 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 13, Osage Beach said the water main had been repaired and water was being restored to all affected areas.**
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — The evening of July 10, 2019, a boat caught fire while docked at Village Marina, around the Lake of the Ozarks 3 Mile Marker.
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Here's a look at the Lake of the Ozarks current Weather Outlook & Water Level.
TRUMAN LAKE, Mo. — It's been a rough year for Truman Lake. While Lake of the Ozarks managed to avoid lake-related flooding during this year's cool and excessively wet spring, Truman Lake swelled to record levels. The lake, built primarily for flood control, held back what floodwaters it coul…
An Eldon woman faces multiple felony charges related to the death of an Eldon man on July 27.
MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. — A Rocky Mount man is in custody and charged with making a terroristic threat, after authorities say he frightened Morgan County Public Library employees with his behavior.
MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. — A 33-year-old man was killed when his UTV crashed late Monday night.
Long before Lake of the Ozarks earned notoriety as the No.1 Recreational Lake in the United States, an old-time Wild West theme park called Gold Nugget Junction treated visitors to gunfights, saloon shows and steam locomotive rides. Among the cigar box stores that adorned the little theme pa…
ELDON, Mo. — The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series’ return on Oct. 19 to Lake Ozark Speedway will see close to a $10,000 increase to the overall purse for the Jason Johnson Classic.
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. — Last week, ground was broken at the site of the new Old Navy, next to Target, in the Prewitt's Point shopping center.
LAKE OZARK, Mo. — Highway 54 is Lake of the Ozarks’ front door. Vacationers from much of Missouri and Illinois pass southwest on the highway through Jefferson City and then a long stretch of increasingly rugged Ozark hills before reaching the exits for Lake Ozark and Osage Beach, and then pa…
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — The National Weather Service says powerful thunderstorms moving through the Missouri Ozarks today will be accompanied by severe and possibly damaging weather.
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — A Columbia, Mo. man was hospitalized and arrested on Monday after authorities say he fell overboard from a boat he allegedly stole.
With the Lake of the Ozarks Shootout boat races set for Saturday–Sunday, Aug. 24–25, the Missouri State Highway Patrol/Water Patrol has announced the No-Wake Zone that will be in effect for portions of Lake of the Ozarks those days.
In 2013, The Bob Morgan Memorial Shootout Hall of Fame was unveiled in honor of the 25th Annual Shootout. Each year, a Shootout Hall of Fame dinner is held to honor those who have helped build the Shootout where Top Guns and past honorees welcome new inductees.
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — Ozarks Amphitheater, the open-air concert venue in Camdenton that seats more than 10,000, is celebrating its fifth year since reopening and rebranding. Year five has been a mammoth success, but it took two decades to get here.
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. – The Bagnell Dam Association of REALTORS® has partnered with the Missouri REALTORS® to provide financial assistance to Eldon and Miller County residents affected by the tornadoes in May.
Mary Kathryn Mintun was born January 30, 1958, in Warrensburg, Missouri, to Charles and Wilma Kwiakowski. She went to her heavenly home peacefully on August 2, 2019, in the presence of her loving husband, Mark, following a lengthy illness.Mary spent her youth in various locations, the daugh…
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — Docking a boat means going easy on the throttle, a lesson one boater learned the hard way last weekend.
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — A nighttime boat crash left a Lenexa, Kan. woman hospitalized on Sunday, Aug. 4.
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — This week is going to start out hot with heat indexes in the upper-90s. A few showers are possible throughout the week, which should lead up to a sunny weekend with temperatures in the mid-80s.
Here's who's got the cheapest gas, and where to find them.
This year, an all new Shootout event is making its debut at 12:30 p.m. on August 20 at Captain Ron's.
CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. — Two alleged burglars are facing felony charges in connection with a string of home break-ins on Y Road.
When twin brothers Brody and Mason Petska started a club with their friend Dylan O’Neill, they did so with a specific aim: to push back against teachers who they felt were bullying students who disagreed with their views.
The word “estate” conjures images of great wealth, which may be one of the reasons so many people don’t develop estate plans – after all, they’re not rich, so why make the effort? In reality, though, if you have a family, you can probably benefit from estate planning, whatever your asset lev…
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. – On Tuesday, July 23, Share the Harvest Food Pantry celebrated the donation of $44,990 from Dave Leathers and Showcase Publishing that came from the sale of the 2019 Second Home Living Inspiration Home.
Channel your inner pirate at this family-friendly event during Shootout week!
Shawnee Bluff Winery on Bagnell Dam Boulevard is growing, and wine-lovers will appreciate their most recent addition: the Tasting Barn. With a bright-red exterior and snowy white roof, the barn stands above lush vines, heavy with ripening grapes, and is open for tastings Friday through Sunda…
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Certain jobs are built around the dramatic. And only certain people are built to handle them.
MONITEAU COUNTY, Mo. — A man who admitted to sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl at a trailer park in Kaiser, Mo., just outside Osage Beach, was sentenced to prison on Friday, July 26.
CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. — Two people were hospitalized after a crash on Highway 5, Saturday morning.
MILLER COUNTY, Mo. — A Marshfield, Mo. teen was airlifted on Saturday after an accident at River Bottom Motocross.
CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. — A Camdenton man was seriously hurt in a UTV accident on Saturday evening.
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LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — It's going to be another beautiful week at the Lake with mostly sunny skies and highs in the mid-80s!
Warm temperatures attract people of all ages to Missouri’s many lakes or rivers to go swimming and to cool off: it's how they beat the summer heat.
Boating is a way many people enjoy connecting with one another and nature, but sometimes life on the Lake can unfortunately leave waste behind. Twice a year, volunteers scour miles of the Lake's shoreline, filling dumpsters and trailers with trash: in the 2018 fall cleanup in 2018, volunteer…
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — The Lake of the Ozarks Shootout is the largest unsanctioned boat race in the nation, drawing more than 100,000 spectators in a miles-long, three-tier flotilla to enjoy an August weekend on the water with crazy-fast boats going by.
The Lake of the Ozarks Shootout is set for Aug. 24-25. Nearly 100 fast boats will test their top speed on the 3/4-mile race course at the 33 Mile Marker, as tens of thousands watch by water and countless more watch on TV and listen on the radio.
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. — One lane of eastbound Highway 54 will be closed for nearly two miles for two days next week.
Back To School Tax Holiday At The Lake: Here’s Which Cities Are Helping Shoppers Save Money, Aug 2-4
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. – Each year during Missouri's annual "Back To School Sales Tax Holiday" weekend, families get an opportunity to save a bundle on back-to-school shopping by not being charged state sales tax on qualifying purchases.
MISSOURI — New mandates from the Missouri Supreme court, also known as the Missouri Bond Reform, will treat many felony cases like misdemeanors, when it comes to jail bond. The rules took effect this month.
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It's going to be a music-filled weekend at the Lake!
On August 8, The Lake of the Ozarks Idiots Club’s "Bring The Island To The Lake" Fundraiser will be featuring live music by Leslie Blasing of South Padre, TX for its third year.
LAURIE, Mo. — A home in Laurie was severely damaged by fire on Tuesday morning.
The Lake of the Ozarks stretches over 100 miles (when you count its multiple arms) through the Ozark hills, and boaters who navigate the Lake often create points of reference based on mile markers.
Over the years, you’ll experience many personal and professional milestones. Each of these can be satisfying, but they may also bring challenges – especially financial ones. That’s why you may want to seek the guidance of a financial professional. Here are some of the key life events you may…
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LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — After last week's intense heat and a rainy Monday morning, this week is expected to be filled with sunshine and more comfortable temperatures. Throughout the week, highs in the low-mid 80s are predicted, leading up to temperatures in the upper 80s for the weekend.
CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. — A Camdenton man was hospitalized on Saturday evening after a crash on Highway 5.
MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. — Three people were seriously hurt in an ATV accident near Stover, late Friday night.
CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. — A fast-moving storm system brought heavy rain and cooler temperatures to the Lake of the Ozarks region on Sunday night and early Monday morning, and some areas prone to flash-flooding were hit hard.
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — A simple oversight can be catastrophic when it comes to boating, and that’s what happened to the operators of a 26-foot Crownline on Saturday, July 20.
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LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — A boat burned to the waterline on Saturday evening, July 20, around the 59 Mile Marker.
MILLER COUNTY, Mo. — Gary Sweet will likely spend the rest of his life in prison, after 26th Circuit Judge Matthew Hamner sentenced him for the murder of Jim and Sheri Parker at Riverview RV Park in 2017.
Here's who's got the cheapest gas, and where to find them.
Is a lifetime of free beer worth a walk through a national forest during a heat advisory in the Ozarks? Plenty of people will undoubtedly think so, as they trek towards Busch's "Pop Up Schop," hidden in a forest in the Missouri Ozarks, on Saturday, July 20.
When you see the bright yellow building at the docks near the Grand Glaize Bridge, you know you're there!
A new medical flight company began servicing the Lake area in July. Air Medical Services' helicopter crew conducted a training on Monday, July 1 at the Woods Supermarket helipad in Sunrise Beach.
The Gravois Fire Protection District (GFPD) Auxiliary Association raised a record amount of money during their annual rib sale around the July 4th holiday, to send children to the Midwest Children’s Burn Camp. The group reports they raised $8,161.11.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Governor Mike Parson signed 19 pieces of legislation into law on Thursday, July 11, concluding bill signings for the 2019 legislative session.
ST. JAMES, Mo. — In the central Missouri town of St. James, nearly 150 3rd-6th graders are gearing up for football season, but the program took a hit on Monday, when organizers found the league's gear had been vandalized.
NORFOLK, Va. — Camdenton High School grad Ariana Chapa is training in the U.S. Navy to work on helicopter computer systems.
Summer is here at last. For many people, it’s time to get the car ready for a long road trip. And with GPS-enabled smartphones, it’s now a lot easier to navigate these drives without getting lost. During your life, you may take many journeys – one of which is the long road you’ll travel towa…
It's going to be a music-filled weekend at the Lake!
It's going to be a music-filled weekend at the Lake!
It's AquaPalooza weekend at the Lake, and that means lots of boats, live music, and coving out at Dog Days', as well as vendors and other entertainment and activities!
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. — After 30 years of service, Osage Beach Fire Chief Jeffrey Dorhauer has announced he will be retiring at the end of this year, due to medical issues.
MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. — A 78-year-old Camdenton man was hospitalized late Monday night after a crash on Highway 52.
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — There’s no better time to jump in the Lake: the National Weather Service says daytime temperatures will hang out in the upper 90s from Wednesday through Saturday, with heat index values even higher during the hottest parts of the day.
KIRKWOOD, Mo. — A builder based near the Lake of the Ozarks swindled six families that sought new homes in Kirkwood out of $356,000, the builder’s federal plea agreement says.
The young, male black bear who became Facebook-famous after dumpster-diving and hanging out on a dock at Lake of the Ozarks has been relocated by conservation officers, hoping to give him a second chance at life in the Ozarks.
TABLE ROCK LAKE, Mo. — Two boating incidents left six people with injuries on Table Rock Lake, near Branson, Mo., last weekend.
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LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — This week is expected to start out rainy, but should clear up by Wednesday, leading up to a hot and sunny weekend for Aquapalooza!
Mary Lou Williams, 73 of Camdenton, Missouri passed away Tuesday morning, August 20, 2019 in her son's home in Shawnee, Kansas.A memorial visitation will be held 11:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m., Monday, August 26, 2019 at Allee-Holman-Howe Funeral Home, Camdenton, Missouri with graveside service held …
Robert L. Whitehouse, Jr. passed away suddenly on the morning of Tuesday, August 20th, 2019, at the age of 66. Robert was an accomplished machinist and had a vast knowledge of mechanics and cars. He was also a gunsmith and loved spending time with numerous family members and friends.He is s…
George Lewis Holland was born October 15, 1938 in Alma, Arkansas, the son of Raymond and Robbie Lee Holland. After graduating from High School, George enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, proudly serving for nine years in both the Montana Air National Guard and U.S. Air Force Reserve in Missouri …
Lela Marie Henry, age 92, of Linn Creek, Missouri passed away on Sunday, August 18, 2019 at Lake Regional Health System, Osage Beach, Missouri.Lela was born on May 1, 1927 in Montreal, Missouri. She was the daughter of Charlie and Myrtle (Sears) Jones.Lela was united in marriage to Ollie Hen…