Days before the election, U.S. Senate hopefuls made stops in the Ozarks. Above, Democrat Jason Kander speaks Nov. 1 with a supporter at Big Momma’s Coffee & Espresso Bar on Commercial Street.

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Guaranty Bank executive officers and board members join developer Green Circle Projects on Oct. 20 for a groundbreaking at Farmers Park. The bank signed a lease in July with owner Matt O’Reilly and partners for 26,000 square feet on three of four floors of the planned 55,000-square-foot building. It will be Guaranty Bank’s 10th full-service branch.

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Evangel University Kinesiology Department graduates Kirt Hartzler, left, and Lindsay Clarke receive Distinguished Alumnus awards from department Chairman Keith Hardy during the Oct. 21 homecoming celebration. Hartzler is superintendent of Union Public Schools in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Clarke is manager of partnership marketing for the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks.

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