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The City of Gainesville has been awarded a combined $5.6 million in funding through the Department of Natural Resources ARPA program, and major upgrades to the city’s water and sewer systems are being planned.
City employees say they are always on the lookout for grants or other funding...
When the Ozark County commissioners met Monday, Oct. 2, they said they hoped that anyone who currently has a family cemetery will contact the county with information about the cemetery.
This was in response to information in last week’s meeting about new procedures concerning new family cemeteries...
Hootin an Hollarin 2023 is now a memory but a happy one for sure!
By all accounts I've heard visitors had a wonderful time and were very pleased with the demonstrators, food, vendors and entertainment. I guess you might say the music is at the very heart of Hootin an Hollarin, and the festival...
From the early 1920s to the 1950s live radio was our main source of electronic entertainment. Listeners could hear almost any kind of live program on the radio. Plays, talent shows, situation comedies, mysteries and news were always on the schedule. A wide selection of live musical performances was...
It’s that time of year when pumpkins, apple cider and crisp fall air set a festive tone in the Ozarks. Listed here are Halloween and fall events that residents can visit or attend in the coming weeks.
Those organizing a local fall or Halloween-themed event can contact Jessi Dreckman at 417-679-...
Ozark County Commissioners Terry Newton, Layne Nance and Gary Collins approved family burial grounds procedures during their regular meeting Monday morning. The newly adopted procedures lay out five steps to be taken in order to establish a family burial cemetery.
The new procedures were adopted...
The Ozark County Times has been honored with eight awards in the Missouri Press Association’s 2023 Better Newspaper Contest, which judges work that was written, designed and published in 2022.
Participating newspapers were notified of the winners in June; however MPA asked that the awards not be...
The 62nd Hootin an Hollarin festival, held Sept. 21-23, was one for the books. Ushered in by warm temperatures with highs in the 80s and mostly sunny skies, the weather was not a problem for this year’s event, and attendance proved it.
Large crowds turned out throughout the festival, especially on...
Editor’s note: The Gainesville City Council meets at 6 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at City Hall on the Gainesville square. The meetings are open to the public. The next city council meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10. The public is invited to attend.
In the ongoing...
Wasola-area business, The Concrete Works LLC, has expanded to a second location in partnership with Noble Concrete & Precast LLC of Lamar.
The expansion increases the production of the current plant almost 10-fold with additional trucks, employees, state-of-the-art batch plant, ready-mix...