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Gainesville R-V School District superintendent Dr. Jeffrey Hyatt, fourth from left, presided over his final school board meeting Thursday, June 25, before his retirement began June 30. Board members brought in a cake and refreshments to help him celebrate the occasion. “I’m still going to be a...
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Driver Karin Tietz speaks with Tim Shryack about her COVID-19 testing appointment Friday, June 26, at Ozark County’s first drive-thru COVID-19 testing event. The event was a cooperative effort of the Ozark County Health Department and the Missouri Ozarks Community Health Clinic in Gainesville,...
Bakersfield High School’s graduating seniors were awarded more than $300,000 in scholarships and other awards during the school’s 2020 graduation events. BHS counselor Trudy Summers announced that the following seniors earned these scholarships:
Brandy Belt: Class of 1962 $500, Jake Lashley $500...
Scholarships and awards worth approximately $892,590 were announced for members of the Gainesville High School class of 2020 at the school’s awards program June 17, which was rescheduled due to concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
During the awards program, GHS counselor Miranda Donley...
Matt Wade, left, won first place last weekend in the Pontiac Spearfishing Tournament with a 29.9-pound blue catfish, and Gabe Blackburn took second place with a 26.8-pound blue catfish. Thirty-nine divers participated in the tournament. Spearfishing season opened in Arkansas on June 15. Flathead...
Country Apron Bakery invites residents to its grand opening July 3-4 at its shop on Highway 160 in Theodosia. The little bakery specializes in cupcakes, cookies and artisan breads and also offers pies, cinnamon rolls, brownies, hot coffee and other items, including homemade soups for lunch. Salads...
Pictured, from left, in this ad for Johnson's Clothing Store in the 1968 Gainesville High School yearbook are Rex Johnson and his family: wife Frances, daughters Lisa (front) and Teresa, son Eric, and parents Jessie and Frank Johnson.
Rex Johnson’s obituary in last week’s Times listed his accomplishments and the many ways he had served his family, community and church in his 89 years in Ozark County. It talked about Frances, his beloved wife of 63 years, and the three adoring children, Teresa, Eric and Lisa, they raised.
But...
Sandy and Kermit Schofield were married for 60 years before his death last week.
Sandy Schofield didn’t hear him leave, but she awoke the instant her husband of 60 years was gone.
“I had laid down on the couch right there in the little front room, and I woke up about 2:30. Before I stood up, I knew he was gone. I went straight to him, and he was still warm,” she said Sunday,...
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Editor’s note: This story includes reporting by Madison McVan and Claire Colby with Missouri Information Corps, a project of the Missouri University School of Journalism.
At its regular Monday meeting, the Ozark County Commission reviewed the requests it had received from school, government and...
The Center in Gainesville will host its traditional Friday fried-fish dinner from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. this week, but there’s a twist to the midday meal, the first since the facility closed down in March out of concerns related to the current COVID-19 pandemic.
This Friday’s meal will be a drive-...