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Timber Knob Volunteer Fire Department chief Nancy Winslow has been in the face of fire more times than she can count in her 25 years of service to the department. From operating machinery to help douse flames at residents’ homes to pulling victims and pets from burning buildings and helping...
Former Ozark County resident Timothy Strain, 35, now living in Lakeview, Arkansas, was arraigned Jan. 24 before Circuit Judge Gordon Webb in Baxter County, Arkansas, court on charges of criminal mischief and breaking and entering. The charges are in connection to an incident in which Strain...
With all of the discussion about the four-day week, I thought I would provide some experiences from Bakersfield’s first year on this schedule.
First, teacher morale was not our reason for the four-day week. It was a nice by-product, but not the reason. Our teachers work hard and support each...
The Gainesville school board is actively considering switching the district to a four-day school week. Lutie is also considering the switch. Bakersfield is already in its first year as a four-day-week school (see superintendent Amy Britt’s update, page 4), and Dora superintendent Steve Richards...
A Thornfield-area home was destroyed by fire Thursday, Jan. 24, in a blaze that started when one of the residents, Roxanne Stout, was cooking fried chicken.
Mike O’Connell, communications director for the Missouri Department of Public Safety, said that, according to the fire marshal’s report, “The...
Thursday’s “Conversation and Coffee” gathering at the Ozark County Historium brought together a quintet of storytellers and memory-sharers. Sophronia Tabor, H. K. Silvey, Arthur Russell Stehle, Estel Robirds and E.F. Miller regaled a roomful of enthusiastic listeners with their reminiscences of...
The Gainesville R-5 School District will try again in April to get voter support for a funding request. After more than 20 years of turning down Gainesville school-funding proposals, voters in the April 2 election will be presented with two separate Gainesville school funding issues to consider....
Town & Country Super-market in Gainesville, currently undergoing a major remodeling project, has applied to the Gainesville Board of Aldermen for licenses to sell beer, wine and liquor.
City clerk Lisa Goodnight said the board of aldermen, also known as the city council, referred the matter to...
After retiring on Nov. 30, Gail Reich was honored last week with a plaque recognizing her 36 years of service to the Ozark County Sheriff’s Department. The plaque was presented by Sheriff Darrin Reed and former sheriff Steve Bartlett during a reception at Prosecuting Attorney John Garrabrant’s...
Former Ozark County resident Timothy Strain, 35, now living in Lakeview, Arkansas, was arraigned Jan. 24 before Circuit Judge Gordon Webb in Baxter County, Arkansas, court on charges of criminal mischief and breaking and entering. The charges are in connection to an incident in which Strain...