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Dora RAD (raffle, auction, dinner) Nite will be held Saturday, June 13. The annual fundraiser, which is usually held inside the gym, will instead be held outside the Dora school this year in order to allow attendees to social distance. Dinner will begin at 4 p.m., followed by raffle drawings. The...
Several area high school juniors and seniors got to have their 2020 prom after all.
When the COVID-19 pandemic ended the 2019-2020 school year abruptly several weeks before the scheduled last day of the school year, many of the special events planned for this year’s graduating seniors, including...
Editor’s note: This story by Kaitlyn McConnell is reprinted with her permission from her blog Ozarks Alive! To read more of her posts about the people and places of the Ozarks, visit ozarksalive.com
CAULFIELD – The Caulfield Community Building has felt the weight of life’s biggest moments as...
After several days of rainy weather, hay bales were a common sight around Ozark County as farmers took advantage of the sunshine to get their hay fields cut and baled. This photo, snapped by Dora resident Shana Hambelton Monday afternoon, shows the family’s farm and the old tractor that’s “been in...
After a weather-related cancellation in April and then a weather postponement in May, the Gainesville Saddle Club hosted its first two events of the season Friday and Sunday, offering up a rodeo produced by J&H Rodeo Co. on Friday night and a fun show Sunday afternoon.
The next J&H Rodeo in...
Ozark County Sheriff Darrin Reed and Sheriff’s Deputy Sgt. Vesa Phelan aided Texas County Sheriff’s Deputies and officers with the National Park Service (NPS) Investigative Unit in recovering human remains within the Mark Twain National Forest near Dora Saturday.
The remains, found near a remote...
An emergency food distribution will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Friday, June 19, in the Lutie School parking lot. The event will operate as a drive-thru service, with residents lining up and driving through the parking lot to receive a box of food. Members of the Missouri National Guard will be on...
Troy Tredway, Lowell Strong and Mark Henry were elected to the Ava R-1 School Board in Tuesday's General Municipal Election, according to the Douglas County Herald. Henry is the only incumbent who was re-elected. These are the vote totals reported by the Herald on its Facebook page. It is believed...
Incumbents Terry Ewing and Donnie Cunningham were re-elected to three-year terms on the Gainesville school board in Tuesday's General Municipal Election. William "Mitch" Cook was also elected.
With all precincts reporting, these vote totals were announced Tuesday night by Ozark County Clerk Brian...
Incumbents Marti Warden, Corey Hillhouse and Jeremy Kiger were re-elected to three-year terms on the Gainesville school board in Tuesday's General Municipal Election.
With all precincts reporting, these vote totals were announced Tuesday night by Ozark County Clerk Brian Wise:
Marti Warden, 360...