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🌱 Which Branson gas station just sold a $100,000 winning ticket?
Happening soon: Pickleball on the Branson Patch calendar

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- Which Branson gas station just sold a $100,000 winning ticket?
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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 58 and low of 36 degrees.
- Wednesday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 59, low: 50.
- Thursday: Windy; rain in the morning, with a high of 58 and low of 23 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Three lottery players from the Ozarks win big in Southwest Missouri (ozarksfirst.com) — A Branson Phillips 66 on Highway F sold a $100,000 winning Missouri Lottery scratch-off, marking Taney County’s biggest prize this year. The story also highlights other recent $100,000 wins in Aurora and Mountain Grove, plus how lottery proceeds support local education and retailer commissions across southwest Missouri counties.
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📸 Around Branson
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Branson
- Pickleball
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9:00 am - Open Gym
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1:30 pm - Youth Basketball Practices
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4:00 pm - Open Gym
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8:00 am - Youth Basketball Practices
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4:00 pm - Pickleball
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9:00 am - Open Gym
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1:30 pm - Youth Basketball Practices
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4:00 pm
Wednesday December 17
Thursday December 18
Friday December 19
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🗓 Events Nearby
- 2025 Maximize Your Investment-December 16
Table Rock Lake Chamber of Commerce , 16407 MO-13 , Branson West
9:00 am - High School Boys Basketball Home Game
Reeds Spring R-iV , 20277 MO-413 , Reeds Spring
5:00 pm - Mt. Vernon Boys Varsity Basketball @ Reeds Spring
Reeds Spring High School , 20277 MO-413 , Reeds Spring
7:30 pm - Best of Dean Martin
Branson Hot Hits Theatre , 206 S Commercial St , Branson
2:00 pm
Tuesday December 16
Wednesday December 17
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Taco Bell posted a job opening for Late Night Team Member in Branson. Apply here.
- Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc. posted a job opening for Recreation/Activities Attendant - Full Time in Branson. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Branson here.
🗞 Nearby News
Ozark
- Firefighters contain early morning Ozark house fire (ozarksfirst.com)
- Last week's Springfield restaurant health code violations, Dec. 8-12 (ozarksfirst.com)
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