City News

City seeking citizens’ help in avoiding sign and banner clutter
Branson city officials are seeing an increase in the number of illegal temporary signs and banners around town and want to remind residents and businesses that there are city codes regulating the placement of these types of signs. “While we all take pride in keeping our homes and businesses clean, we need to exercise that same pride in keeping the whole city clean, especially since Branson hosts millions of visitors a year,” said Jim Lawson, Branson’s director of planning and development department, which enforces the municipal sign code.

Watershed Festival for 600 Taney County 5th Grade Students
The Taney County Elementary Watershed Festival marks its 10th anniversary this year. Over 4,500 area fifth grade students have attended the festival over the past decade learning important concepts about clean water and how water moves over, through and under the Ozarks. The 2010 water festival will be held March 23 and 24 at the Tri-Lakes Center, 2527 State Highway 248 in Branson. Programs begin at 9 a.m. and conclude at 2 p.m. each day.

Police ticket restaurants serving liquor to minors
On Friday evening, the Branson Police Department conducted random compliance checks of restaurants and bars serving alcohol, to determine if bartenders and wait staff are verifying that the purchaser is of legal age to buy alcohol. Officers worked with the assistance of four minors to conduct spot checks of forty four businesses, finding that clerks in thirty of the businesses checked identification or accurately enforced the Missouri age restriction of being at least 21 years old to purchase alcohol. The minors working with officers were able to purchase alcohol in fourteen of the forty four locations.

Branson Police Department Encourages Motorist to Buckle Up and Arrive Alive
The Branson Police Department participated in the statewide Click It or Ticket mobilization conducted February 25. During the enforcement effort, officers issued a total of (42) traffic tickets including: (14) safety belt tickets; (5) speeding tickets; (13) Failed to Show Financial Proof and (10) other traffic violations. (3) Misdemeanor warrant arrests were made as a result of the crackdown.

Branson Airport unveils new nonstop service
Branson Airport (BKG), the first privately developed and operated commercial service in the United States, today announced new nonstop service between Branson and Austin, TX; Des Moines, IA; Houston, TX; Shreveport, LA and Terre Haute, IN. This new service expands the flexibility and convenience of getting to Branson, one of the most popular vacation destinations in the country.

CodeRED weather warning update next week
The City of Branson will be utilizing the CodeRED Emergency Notification System starting next week to call the entire community to announce and promote the CodeRED Weather Warning system, an automated severe weather alerting service. The calls will take place mostly in the evenings and will continue until the entire database has been attempted.

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