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The Ozark County Times has been honored with eight awards in the Missouri Press Association’s 2023 Better Newspaper Contest, which judges work that was written, designed and published in 2022.
Participating newspapers were notified of the winners in June; however MPA asked that the awards not be...
The 62nd Hootin an Hollarin festival, held Sept. 21-23, was one for the books. Ushered in by warm temperatures with highs in the 80s and mostly sunny skies, the weather was not a problem for this year’s event, and attendance proved it.
Large crowds turned out throughout the festival, especially on...
Editor’s note: The Gainesville City Council meets at 6 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at City Hall on the Gainesville square. The meetings are open to the public. The next city council meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10. The public is invited to attend.
In the ongoing...
Wasola-area business, The Concrete Works LLC, has expanded to a second location in partnership with Noble Concrete & Precast LLC of Lamar.
The expansion increases the production of the current plant almost 10-fold with additional trucks, employees, state-of-the-art batch plant, ready-mix...
Each year during Hootin an Hollarin, festival organizers take a little time out of the hustle and bustle of activity to give some well-deserved recognition to a few stand-out community members. At this year’s festival, the following people will be recognized on the main stage (read more about each...
Welcome to the 62nd celebration of Hootin an Hollarin, one of the longest-running festivals in Missouri.
For the next three days, the Gainesville square will be transformed from its normal quiet, week-day business tempo into a vibrant mixture of music, talented crafters, old-time demonstrators and...
Wednesday, Aug. 23, wasn't just a red-letter day for Gainesville resident Norman Hartman. It was a red-white-and-blue-letter day when he soared to Washington, D.C., on an Honor Flight of the Ozarks in recognition of his military service in the 1950s and 60s.
Norman, 86, said his grandson Dylan...
Ozark County Presiding Commissioner Terry Newton said Monday that about half of the 30 or so letters the county sent out to residents in a mostly off-grid community notifying them of address changes have been returned by the post office.
“About 14 were sent back to us saying they didn’t have...
This Friday will mark a moment in history for the Gainesville School District as it hosts its first-ever cross country meet. The Gainesville Bulldog Classic is scheduled to begin at 3:45 p.m. Friday, Sept. 15, with teams meeting at the Gainesville track. Organizers are hoping the community will...
Ozark County Commissioners have decided not to take action on a recently implemented law that would freeze property taxes for senior citizens and allow retirement and Social Security income to be tax deductible under certain conditions.
Senate Bill 190 was signed into law in Missouri and went into...