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Area residents are invited to celebrate Thanksgiving by sharing any of four community Thanksgiving dinners to be served in Tecumseh, Isabella and Theodosia.
Clear Springs Church
Clear Springs Church in Tecumseh will host a community Thanksgiving dinner after its regular 11 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 22...
Bakersfield School Resource Officer Wayne Romans, left, and high school ag teacher and FFA sponsor Jordan Grigg, right, recently presented Ozark County Sheriff Darrin Reed with a metal plaque in honor of his many years of service to Ozark County. “Thank you from the bottom of my heart to...
As this year’s Veterans Day approaches, Mammoth resident Danny Holmes was thinking of his dad, the late Palmer Holmes, who left school during his senior year at Gainesville High School to volunteer to serve in World War II.
Danny isn’t sure what year that would have been, but Palmer was born in...
This salute to veterans is reprinted from the Nov. 7, 2012, edition of the Times and updated.
I was in Chicago recently when I saw, during a plane-change, a scene that stuck in my head and planted a reminder in my heart.
A tall, confident sailor wearing Navy whites was striding ahead of me...
Circuit Judge Craig Carter processed a total of 17 criminal cases during the Nov. 4 session of Ozark County Law Day. Details on the hearings are listed below.
Defendants who pleaded guilty
Anthony S. Collins pleaded guilty to second-degree burglary and forgery pursuant to a plea agreement with...
By Sid Pierce
Special to the Times
Editor’s note: Ozark County native Sid Pierce, right, a Navy veteran, worked and traveled with country music star Roy Clark for more than 20 years before returning home to teach in the Gainesville Schools. Now living in Kimberling City, he worked as a sound...
Gainesville’s “Wonders of Christmas” event will be held Friday evening, Dec. 4, on the square. Organizers urge everyone who attends to follow social distancing recommendations.
Craft, food or game vendors are welcome to set up on the square free of charge. Booths can operate from 5 p.m. until the...
Gavin D. Phelan, 18, of Wasola, was transported to Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home, Arkansas, with moderate injuries after a motorcycle accident Saturday. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, Phelan was traveling eastbound on Y Highway at about 9:20 a.m....
Ozark Countians and other deer hunters within Missouri’s 30-county CWD management zone will not be required to bring their deer in for mandatory testing this year during opening weekend of rifle season. Instead, the testing is voluntary.
The Missouri Department of Conserva-tion announced that it is...
The Hoerman Memorial Park and Benton Breeding Stadium and track near the Gainesville Elementary School are getting a facelift – in a big way.
Thanks to the efforts of the Ozark County Wellness Project and several grant programs, the basketball court has been repaired and resurfaced, new basketball...