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Lindsay Collins, Cassidy Martin, Jerry Moritz and Mindy Trail are vying for three open positions, those currently held by Collins, Martin and Ed Lee. Lee has not filed for reelection.
Gwen Chambers and Wanda Watkins have filed as write-in candidates for the Dora school board. Their names will...
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is seeking initial public input on a proposed limited and highly regulated hunting season for black bears, which would be open only to Missouri residents. If approved by the Missouri Conservation Commission, a season could occur as soon as the fall of...
Editor’s note: This Memorial Day tribute is adapted from “Called to the Colors: Ozark County in WWI,” edited by Mary Sparks and published in 2017 by the Ozark County Historium. The book can be purchased for $10 at the Historium (when it reopens following its closing due to pandemic precautions), or...
This week we take time to note, with gratitude and sorrow, those with Ozark County ties whose lives ended while they were serving in the military during wartime. They are the men whose names are engraved on the Ozark County War Memorial on the courthouse lawn – as well as others whose names have...
Editor’s note: This is the second part of a two-part story sharing the history of the landmark restaurant that has operated on the west side of the Gainesville square since the mid-1940s. From 1946 until 2011, the restaurant was known as Skeeter’s Cafe, named for the late Frank “Skeeter” Stevens,...
The Missouri Supreme Court’s recent suspension of most in-person court proceedings had an impact on most cases filed in Ozark County, causing many trials and hearings to be rescheduled, including hearings involving open cases in three Ozark County murders that have occurred here since 2017....
Update: The May 22 rodeo has been rescheduled to May 27, and the May 24 fun show has been rescheduled for May 31.
The Gainesville Saddle Club grounds will be a hoppin’ place this summer and fall with a full lineup of rodeos and fun shows scheduled, beginning Friday, May 22, with a rodeo...
Katelyn Brantingham, daughter of Karen and Dan Brantingham of Noble, was recently recognized as one of two “Outstanding Psychology Graduates” at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, where online commencement exercises are scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 16. This broadcast event is...
Treasure Fest will be held Sunday, May 17
Theodosia Treasure Gallery owner Jan Chester is resuming her third-Sunday-of-the-month craft shows on May 17. “We need something to do,” Chester said. “We will practice social distancing, and it will be outside.”
The festival is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the...
When Steve Bartlett heard a loud noise on the front porch of his Timber Knob home Wednesday night, May 6, he walked to the window, turned on the outside light and found a 300-pound black bear looking back at him through the glass. “I pecked on the glass, and it just looked at me,” said Bartlett, a...