National Night Out Events in Branson, Kimberling City

Two area communities will be hosting National Night Out Events.

The event, a national outreach for Law Enforcement that has been going on for over 40 years, will see events hosted today in both Branson and Kimberling City. 

Branson
The sixth annual event will be in the same format as National Nights Out with several neighborhoods hosing gatherings. According to the event's Facebook Page, locations of the parties are:

Eiserman Street
Redwine Circle
Branson Park Apartments
Shady Drive
Rock Ridge Villas
Park Place Apartments
Lucia Ridge Neighborhood (Alexander Park)
Pointe Royale (Clubhouse)
Branson North (Branson North Park)
Gateway Branson Church (Plato's Cave)
Villas at Branson Hills
Blue Meadows Rd. & Bramble Ln.

Members of the Branson Police and Fire Departments as well as other first responders will be on hand and each of the sites to interact and visit with residents about their departments. 

Kimberling City
This is the second event of the year as the Police Department hosted neighborhood grill outs on the first Tuesday in August, the other recognized date for this event. The police department is hosting a second event this evening from 5:00 to 8:00 pm at the Our Lady of the Cove Catholic Church. Police Chief Todd Lemoine, during a Monday visit to KRZK's "The Upside" program, said Kimberling City as well as other area law enforcement and first responders  will be on hand as well as many vendors. Lemoine added a helicopter is also scheduled to fly in as well as other activities for the community to take part in. Lemoine said this is the third year Kimberling City has held an event and intends to continue doing events in both August and October going forward. 

The interview with Todd Lemoine can be seen on "The Upside" Facebook Page.