The Southern Ozarks Alliance for Rural Development (SOAR) met recently to discuss expanding U.S. 63 to a four-lane highway from Thayer to Rolla. More than 40 people gathered on the ground floor of the Ferguson Building in downtown Willow Springs to discuss the project. 

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Brad Gentry, a fifth-generation Texas County resident and University of Missouri journalism graduate, is the former publisher of the Houston Herald. He has served on boards, led downtown revitalization...