Lake Taneycomo

SPRINGFIELD, Mo.--  It will be a month Wednesday since the Table Rock Dam flood gates were opened for the first time this year.  Monday, marks the second time, and Tuesday the flow was increased to include all ten gates once again.  It's affecting homes along Lake Taneycomo once again. As more than 53,000 cubic feet of water flow through Table Rock Dam each second, the people along Lake Taneycomo are watching once again. "It came all the way up to right here and the back door and never got any further," says Chuck Landry.

BRANSON, Mo. -- The Taney County coroner says an autopsy found that a man who fell in Lake Taneycomo on Wednesday drowned.  Robert Rossman, 66, lived in Princeton, Kan. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says Rossman was fishing when he stumbled and fell into the lake. He was pulled out by his son and another bystander.  Despite CPR, Rossman died at the scene.

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BRANSON, Mo. -- Taney County residents and property owners interested in the federal flood buyout program can hear more about it on Tuesday evening.  The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) will be on hand to discuss the FEMA-funded Residential Property Voluntary Flood Buyout Program.  The meeting is at 5:30 at the council chambers in Branson City Hall, 110 West Maddux . Many property owners along Lake Taneycomo in Taney County were flooded in 2008 and twice again this spring as heavy rains forced record water releases through Table Rock Dam.  Representatives from Taney County and the cities of Branson and Hollister will be in attendance.  Anybody having questions about the buyout program can attend.

BRANSON, Mo. -- The flood waters are breaking records and even breaking marinas loose.  At Branson Landing, Bass Pro Shops' marina broke loose early Tuesday evening.  They got it tied down but, about 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, something else hit the marina and it took off on about a 10-mile float downstream.   A crew on an Empire District Electric boat was able to catch it just in time, before it got to Powersite Dam.   The White River Fish House at Branson Landing suffered only minor damage from the marina hitting it, but crews worked Wednesday to add extra reinforcement to its existing heavy beams.

(Edited news release) HOLLISTER, Mo. -- Wednesday morning at approximately 7:30, the Western Taney County Fire District was called to assist Taney County Sheriff's Deputies on Acacia Club Road at Lowell Street.  When fire district personnel arrived on scene, deputies were moving down an embankment towards the location that they believed they heard a man calling for help and saying he was injured.  When deputies approached the man, they saw...

JOPLIN, Mo. -- The Empire District Electric Company plans to install movable gates at the company's Ozark Beach Dam at Powersite.  These will replace the flashboards at the dam.  Flashboards are boards projecting above the crest of a dam to increase the water elevation, or depth, of the water.  During flood conditions, the flashboards were removed and are then replaced when conditions return to normal.  The new gates will fill the same purpose,...

(news release, 4 p.m. Tuesday) BRANSON, Mo. -- The Corps plans to maintain the release from Table Rock Dam at 53,600 cubic feet per second (cfs) on Tuesday night and for the next couple of days unless the area receives more than one inch of rain on Tuesday night.     Contrary to some rumors, there are NO plans to increase the release to 68,000 cfs.  Table Rock likely will crest at 934 feet above sea level on Thursday. Good news -- Beaver Lake, which flows into Table Rock, crested at 1131.8 and has dropped .04 feet.  By noon Wednesday, the Corps will begin to cut back on the releases from Beaver, again if the area receives no significant rainfall.

Taney County, Mo. - Downstream from Table Rock Dam, Lake Taneycomo rushed into a lot of lives, disrupting and in some cases destroying property in its path. Riverport Estates, a neighborhood west of Hollister saw some of the worst of what Taneycomo delivered. Some houses are almost completely underwater, others are high and dry. For Harry Boggess, the flooding has been frustrating.  His basement is under 70 inches of water with 17 inches to spare before it reaches the first floor ceiling.

A proposal for a new zipline over Lake Taneycomo in Branson has hit a snag. Taney County Commissioners are looking into a possible liability because the zipline would run over Lakeshore Drive, a county-maintained road. There's no word on when they'll look into any possible changes. The zipline would run from Mount Branson down to the Branson Landing.

Nevada, Mo. -   Biologists have found zebra mussels in a lake at the Schell-Osage Conservation Area, which is in Vernon and St. Clair counties in west central Missouri. Zebra mussels are an invasive species from Eurasia that can cause ecological and property damage.    A Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) crew conducting a fish study found small zebra mussels attached to a stick on Monday, May 6, said Tom Priesendorf, a MDC fisheries management biologist. The mussels were found in Barber Lake, a shallow oxbow lake in an old channel of the nearby Osage River.

TANEY COUNTY, Mo. - A Kansas man drowned in Lake Taneycomo Wednesday, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reports. Robert J. Rossman, 66, of Princeton, Kan., was fishing near mile marker 22 on Lake Taneycomo Wednesday afternoon when he stumbled and fell into the water. The Missouri State Highway Patrol in an incident report said Rossman's son and a bystander pulled him from the lake. Taney County Coroner Lewis Chapman pronounced Rossman dead at 1:10 p.m. Authorities have scheduled an autopsy.

BRANSON, Mo. -- The Taney County coroner says an autopsy found that a man who fell in Lake Taneycomo on Wednesday drowned.  Robert Rossman, 66, lived in Princeton, Kan. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says Rossman was fishing when he stumbled and fell into the lake. He was pulled out by his son and another bystander.  Despite CPR, Rossman died at the scene.

BRANSON, Mo. -- Law enforcement officers apprehended a man who fled from an apartment where a dead man was found on Friday.   The discovery and arrest of the man concluded a manhunt that lasted several hours. He was caught in Lake Taneycomo, just downstream from Table Rock Dam.  Police brought him to shore in a boat after pulling him from the water.  Earlier in the day, around 4 p.m., a man's body was found at the Park Place Apartments, 3515 Arlene St. in Branson.  A police department spokesman said the victim appears to be a man in his 20s.  The call to police said the man was stabbed but police aren't sure he really was stabbed.  They said an autopsy will have to determine the cause of death.

BRANSON, Mo. -- The Branson Daybreakers Rotary Club will host the 9th Annual Chili Cook-Off on Saturday, Feb. 23, at the Branson-Hollister Lions Club Building, 1015 E. Missouri 76 (on top of Mount Branson, east of Lake Taneycomo).  Established in March 1992, the Daybreakers Rotary Club has a long tradition of fundraising on behalf of the Branson community. This year, funds raised will benefit the local Salvation Army along with other local charities. This event combines the culinary skill of volunteer “Non-Commercial” chefs.

BRANSON, Mo  -  They don't get quite the glamour of say, the Bald Eagle, but vultures, or buzzards, play an important role in the ecosystem. The Shepherd of the Hills fish hatchery at Table Rock Dam in Branson is hosting its 17th annual "Vulture Venture" this Saturday from noon to 5 pm. The department of conservation says the birds have been coming to the White River system for centuries to escape extreme weather and that they circle above the...

Branson, MO - (Monday, Feb. 11 2013) -- The last public winter fishing tournament on Lake Taneycomo sponsored by Lilleys' Landing Resort and Marina in Branson is scheduled Saturday, Feb. 23. Cash prizes and trophies are awarded to the top four two-person teams in this catch-and-release contest which is open to all novice and expert trout anglers alike. Formerly called the Team Tournament, the Vince Elfrink Memorial Tournament was renamed last year to honor an outstanding fishing guide and avid competitor in the tournaments.

A proposal for a new zipline over Lake Taneycomo in Branson has hit a snag. Taney County Commissioners are looking into a possible liability because the zipline would run over Lakeshore Drive, a county-maintained road. There's no word on when they'll look into any possible changes. The zipline would run from Mount Branson down to the Branson Landing.

HOLLISTER, Mo. -- Plans are underway to revamp some coveted lakefront property on the edge of Hollister.  It's a big piece of the tourism puzzle for a small town trying to reinvent itself. The place where the cool waters of Lake Taneycomo intersect with Turkey Creek is a popular fishing and boating spot that up until now has been difficult to reach. "Hollister does not have great public access to the water.  This will provide that,” said City Administrator Rick Ziegenfuss.