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Hootin an Hollarin is just two weeks away on Sept. 21-23, and this year’s main stage live entertainment lineup is a good one, bringing in several new bands paired with some festival favorites.
The Times is publishing its annual Hootin an Hollarin festival guide next week, giving readers a profile...
Year after year, Ozark County schools seem to be growing with increasing enrollment numbers over previous years.
Even though it’s early in the school year, and numbers may actually go up with late registrations, local schools had strong beginning-of-the-year enrollment figures for the 2023-24...
Bakersfest, the annual fall festival at Bakersfield, is this Saturday, Sept. 9. This year’s theme is “Walk the Streets of Bakersfield.”
The festival will include live music, a car and motorcycle show, food, vendors, drawings, crafts, games and much more. The event will begin Saturday morning with...
H. K. Silvey will celebrate his 90th birthday Saturday, Sept. 9, at The Center in Gainesville at a 3 p.m. party hosted by his family. Everyone is invited. His actual birthday is Sept. 10, but Saturday works better for scheduling.
H.K. is a familiar face – and talent – for many Ozark Countians. He...
Hootin an Hollarin committee chairwoman Paula Rose told the Times that when the committee started planning this year’s event, they chose to really focus on increasing one of the most authentic pioneer-era elements of the whole festival, the old-fashioned demonstrations.
The suggestion to increase...
Ozark County Western District Commissioner Layne Nance said Monday that county road crews are still working on clearing debris from roads after two rounds of severe storms knocked down hundreds of trees across the county earlier this month.
The hardest hit area was around Theodosia, where several...
During a closed session portion of the regular Gainesville School Board meeting Aug. 14, board members decided that the school will drill a well to feed a planned irrigation system on the new baseball and softball fields that are being built on the school campus. The discussion occurred during...
There is no denying the fact that Gainesville resident Ruby Winslow is a huge Whataburger fan - and the company apparently agrees.
Ruby told the Times she was shocked when she was recently contacted by a Whataburger official who asked her to be one of the company’s VIPs, a prestigious designation...
The 62nd annual Hootin an Hollarin festival, scheduled for Sept. 21-23 on the Gainesville square, is a month away, and members of the Hootin an Hollarin committee have been working behind the scenes to finalize details for the big event. This year’s festival theme is “The Best of Yesterday.”
The...
Ozark County Commissioners met Monday morning and discussed several topics including plans to update 911 addressing for a mostly off-grid development area off Highway 5 south of Gainesville.
Presiding Commissioner Terry Newton said commissioners discovered that several of the off-grid addresses in...