Our sound start is an invitation for artCentral in Carthage. Plus, we bring you current COVID stats from the Jasper County Health Department and deliver details about the MO Vaccine Lottery awarding 160 people with $10,000 in cash for receiving a COVID Vaccine. Get your first vaccination shot by August 11th and enter the lottery here. 

Ozarks Food Harvest fed a record number of people in 2020 and Arvest Bank donates funds to Charlie 22 Outdoors. Events this week include Metamorphasis from Debbie and Richard Reed at artCentral and Scoops Across America brings an ice cream social and live music in Central Park for the 200th birthday of the State of Missouri. Finally, expect seasonal skies this week with a slight chance of rain on Thursday.