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Gainesville Elementary School third grader and avid reader Owen Hogan was dressed sharp April 10 when he attended the Missouri Association of School Librarians Annual Spring Conference, held in Osage Beach. Owen is the son of Kyle Hogan and Sarah Hogan.
During the Readers Award Banquet portion of...
Four Ozark County schools received perfect scores on school bus inspections recently.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol performs school bus inspections to ensure buses are safe and mechanically sound.
Ozark County schools in Dora, Bakersfield, Gainesville and Thornfield all received a 100 percent...
The annual Gainesville Lions Club Auction will be held at 7 p.m. this Friday, April 22, at Gainesville High School.
A dinner featuring chili and cinnamon rolls will be served at 6 p.m. The cost is $1, which also enters the attendee into several drawings throughout the evening.
This year’s...
It was a little over two decades ago in North Dakota when a horrific event forever changed the course of Cody Smyth’s life. As a 2-year-old boy, Smyth was involved in a tragic car fire that left 82 percent of his body severely burned.
Now the 24-year-old man, who has found a home in Ozark County,...
On behalf of the Gainesville Lions Club, member Linda Harlin is currently preparing a grant proposal that will be submitted to the White River Valley Electric Cooperative’s Plugged In Grant Program aimed at sprucing up the building exteriors for businesses on (or near) the Gainesville square. The...
Gainesville student Anastasia Goodson was awarded a Hagan Scholarship to attend School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The Hagan Scholarship is a nationwide need-based merit scholarship designed to help high-achieving students graduate college debt-free.
The scholarship provides up to $6,000 each...
Dora School • high school math, FCA, track/cross country
Dora high school math teacher Mrs. Sheree Nold began her career at Dora in fall of 2020, and her positive attitude and outlook have been a cheerful addition to the staff at the small school in northeast Ozark County.
“You can tell by the...
In an odd turn of events, a Bakersfield School Board candidate who won a seat on the board was forced to resign on Election Day because an updated plat map and aerial photos showed his house was just a few feet outside of the district lines.
Brad Maynard was the number two vote-getter in a three-...
There’s a new life jacket loaner station installed at the Tecumseh access and three other boat ramps and swim beaches on Norfork Lake thanks to the hard work of Mountain Home, Arkansas, resident Connor Strack.
The life jacket loan stations were completed as an Eagle Scout Project by Strack with...
The Bakersfield FFA and horticulture class has been working hard this past winter making major upgrades to their greenhouse and now has it stuffed wall-to-wall with vegetables and flowers they hope to sell at a one-day plant sale this Saturday.
“We’ve been busy,” said Bakersfield FFA advisor Jordan...