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Ozark Countians will have the opportunity to vote in three elections this year, including the General Municipal Election, which was originally set for April 7 but due to COVID-19 concerns has been rescheduled to June 2.
The other elections are the Aug. 7 primary and the Nov. 3 general election...
In parts one and two of this Ozark Journey, we touched briefly on the structure of Ozark County’s old stone jail that still stands near the foot of Harlin Drive in Gainesville and a few memorable incidents that occurred there. During the 30 years this facility was in service, the crimes of...
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Ozark County schools extended last week’s spring break or adjusted their schedules just in time for Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s statewide social distancing order, which closed Missouri schools until at least April 6. The order was issued Saturday during the...
In Italy, where the COVID-19 pandemic had caused 6,077 deaths as of Monday night, a former Ozark Countian and his family are adjusting to a new normal in a country where language and cultural differences already require a necessary adjustment.
“It’s hard, but we’re OK,” Christina Hannaford,...
Mountain Mushrooms, a certified organic mushroom factory in Theodosia owned by Robin and Sheila Williams, was in many ways at the top of its game this year.
“Our production levels are some of the highest we’ve seen since I’ve been working here, and I’ve been here for seven years,” factory...
Pontiac / Price Place Volunteer Fire Department chief Arthur Streigle died Saturday of stage 4 lung cancer, less than a month after responding to his last emergency call, a fatal car crash on Highway 5 near the state line, where he and assistant chief Khristie Sansone-Jacquin managed traffic...
Twenty percent of Ozark County’s registered voters – 1,408 of 7,037 – voted in the March 10 Presidential Preference Primary. Incumbent president Donald Trump swept the Republican race while challenger Joe Biden got the most Democratic votes.
These 408 votes were cast on the Democrat Party...
A new Facebook page, “Fill a Need in Ozark County,” has been created to help local people in need of assistance.
Gainesville resident Brandi Dunnermann started the page in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but she says the page “doesn’t have to just be for COVID-19. It could for anything,...
The eighth delightful Princess Cruise that Thornfield residents Dean and Joanne Knapp had enjoyed – this one in the eastern Caribbean – was coming to an end Sunday, March 8, when it seemed for awhile that their ship and its 3,500 passengers and 1,800 crew members were going to become the next...
A double-wide manufactured home on County Road 530 near Tecumseh was damaged in a fire March 10.
The call was first reported just before 7 p.m., according to the Ozark County Sheriff’s Department call log.
Tecumseh Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched as the primary responder, with...