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The Thornfield fifth-and-sixth-grade academic team won second place at the April 4 Bradleyville Academic Bowl. Front row, from left: Madison Reich, Katelyn Allen, Shelby Scott. Back row: Laryme Mayberry, Jackson Cooper and Hunter Graham. Laryme also won first place in math, and Hunter also won...
The Gainesville FFA chapter placed second in the parliamentary procedure leadership development event recently at the 90th Missouri FFA Convention. Team members are, front row from left: Jaima DeVries , Blakely Morrison, Hunter Webb and Madison Trivett. Back: Cole Hershberger, Will Uchtman and...
GHS FFA adviser Jon Wilson and Wyatt Wilson
Wyatt Wilson of Ava, received the second-place Missouri FFA Beef Production Placement Proficiency Award April 19 at the 90th Missouri FFA Convention.Wilson, a senior at Gainesville High School, is the son of Jon and April Wilson. He is a member of the Gainesville FFA Chapter. His chapter adviser...
It was another crazy week of weather on Norfork Lake. We had some warm days, but the wind was from the east for four days, and it blew out all the bait and dirty water from the creeks. So as fishing got better the latter part of the week, catching bait became harder.The first part of the week,...
To contact the Ozark County Sheriff’s Depart-ment, call 417-679-4633. In an emergency, dial 911.
April 163:29 p.m. – Ozark County Sheriff’s Department assisted another agency, DFS, on Highway 160.3:55 p.m. – Caller from a local business said a woman who had previously been banned from the store...
Bakersfield eighth graders and teachers traveled to Jefferson City April recently to visit the Missouri state Capitol. Their trip included a visit with District 155 Rep. Lyle Rowland. Front row, from left: Tyler Peters, Hunter Lashley, Melanie Zastrow, Emmi Tucker, Nautica Smith, Kaylin Williams,...
St. Paul Lutheran Church in West Plains will host a “huge” inside yard sale from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday and Friday, May 3 and 4 at 291 N. Kentucky St. Prices on many items are only a quarter, organizers say, and $100 of the proceeds will be donated to the West Plains Christian Clinic.For more...
The Brixey-Rockbridge Volunteer Fire Department will host a “Spring Fling” fundraiser event from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, April 28, at the firehouse on Highway 95 between N Highway and Bryant Creek. Everyone is invited.The event will include a pulled-pork dinner and pie auction with proceeds...
Sunday, April 29, the Gainesville Saddle Club is holding their first fun show since last year’s catastrophic flood. After lots of hard work by members, the arena is ready. The show starts at 2 p.m. and is open to everyone. Classes include walk/trot, pleasure, horsemanship, egg and spoon, musical...
Hill ‘n Hollow Quilters Guild in Mountain Home, Arkansas, is making quilt appraisals available Thursday afternoon, May 10, by Alice McElwain, an American Quilter’s Society certified quilt appraiser and a member of the Professional Association of Appraisers of Quilted Textiles. She is also a member...