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Delilah Dreckman, 5, takes a turn on the balance beam “fit station” at the Lutie Memorial Trail, a quarter mile paved walking trail with 20 exercise stations built along the way.
The winter season might not be the most obvious time to check out the local trails in and around Ozark County, but conditions are great to get outside with warm afternoons paired with the lack of various summertime irritants (dreaded ticks and chiggers, poison ivy and the like).  Ozark County...

Kelle Ann Workman, a 24-year-old Douglas County woman, went missing July 30, 1989 while mowing a cemetery in northwestern Douglas County.
Brixey resident Leonard "Dwight" Banks is one of three men who has been arrested for the 1989 murder of 24-year-old Kelle Ann Worman. The arrest came after a Douglas County grand jury indictment was filed in the cold case in relation to new information shared by a reported witness who came forward...
Ozark County Commissioners recently signed off on the 2024 county budget. The 249-page budget book details 30 funds and county offices.     County revenue The county’s budget includes expected revenues of $7,138,141 for the upcoming year, down from almost $8,000,000 in 2023.  The 2024 budget...

American Family Insurance Agent Ryan Krug is pictured here with his wife Kayla (Thomas) Krug and their children Avery and Sawyer.
Ozark County resident Ryan Krug is now the American Family Insurance agent in Gainesville, after taking over the agency Nov. 1, 2023, from previous owner Dale Sanders, who retired.  The business is located in the same building as Sanders’ agency on the south side of the Gainesville square. Krug is...

Last October, Edward M. Rice, bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, joined the nuns of the new St. Joseph's Monastery for the blessing of the two bells, photo above, left, that will ring from the chapel belfry. The nuns named the bells Maria, for the Blessed Mother, and Cecelia, for the patron saint of music.
It’s not every day that Ozark Countians and other nearby residents have a chance to tour a new, multimillion-dollar facility being built in our area, but that opportunity is coming March 19 a short distance north of the Ozark County line.  The Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, a community of...

Gainesville resident Rachel Klessig opened her French bakery, Petite Patisserie, on the Mountain Home, Arkansas, square in May 2023.
If you need something extra sweet for Valentine’s Day - or, really, any other day for that matter - stop in Petite Patisserie, a French bakery on the Mountain Home, Arkansas, square, owned by Gainesville resident Rachel Klessig and her husband Matt.  Inside, you’ll find rows and rows of freshly...

Missouri State Highway Patrol Tpr. Noah G. Britt, left, stands with his father Jim Britt after taking over his father’s badge #368 upon Jim’s retirement last week.
Gainesville resident, Cpl. N. J. “Jim” Britt officially retired from the Missouri State Highway Patrol after 28 years of service last week. His son Noah Britt continues his legacy, taking over his dad’s badge number #368 in his own career with the MSHP.  In an emotional video posted to Facebook by...

© 2024 Google This photo, taken from Google Earth’s Street View, shows the home earlier this year before it was demolished. The heavy machinery pictured in the background is part of the working construction zone for the school’s new baseball and softball complex, which is scheduled to be completed this spring.
A house that stood on Highway 181 at the corner adjoining Gainesville’s former airport for at least 75 years was demolished over the weekend after falling into disrepair in recent times.  Known by many longtime residents as “the Barrett house” or “the yellow house at the airport,” the structure and...
The former Grisham’s Garage on Highway 160 in Theodosia has new owners and a new name. Oily Apes Garage is now open by owners (pictured above, from left) Daniel and Nichole Sherry and their son-in-law and daughter Devon and Madison Plakorus. Devon is holding his and Madison’s daughter Evie. The...

Ryan and Dana Shute of Isabella own Blackberry Valley Coffee Roasters, offering freshly roasted coffee locally and online.
Ryan and Dana Shute of Isabella say that it was their own desire for local, freshly roasted coffee beans that led them down a path to open their new business, Blackberry Valley Coffee Roasters. Now, they’re sharing their passion with the local community through the sale of their freshly roasted...

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