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The Missouri Department of Conservation continues to seek information in the case of two adult elk shot Friday, Feb. 8, near the Log Yard area of Shannon County. One of the elk was a 10-year-old bull that was brought to Missouri from Kentucky in 2011. The other was an adult cow that was born in...
The drowning death last weekend of fisherman Mike Meidell, 52, of West Plains reminded some area residents of at least two previous tragedies that occurred when a solitary fisherman headed out in a boat on Norfork Lake – and didn’t come back.
Russ Bushong
Gainesville city council member Lana...
The Gainesville High School Academic team won its sixth consecutive Summit Conference championship title Saturday, March. 2.
The team’s last two tournaments were canceled due to weather, so without those practice rounds, team adviser Michelle Pointer said she was “not exactly comfortable” going...
The Ozark County Commissioners are considering implementing a 1 percent tax on metered domestic utilities including propane, electricity and – for those on municipal water systems rather than private wells – water. If enacted, the tax would add $1 for every $100 of propane, electricity metered...
Editor’s note: Ozark County Times staff members Jessi Dreckman and Sue Ann Jones contacted all 14 volunteer fire departments that serve Ozark County to gather information about who they are, how they serve their communities and what they need from the residents of their districts. This week’s...
The Dora Falcons defeated the Risco Tigers 74-37 in quarterfinals action at Van Buren Saturday, punching their ticket for the basketball program’s first-ever trip to the state final four.
The long line of basketball fans waiting to watch the contest between the Falcons and the Tigers snaked past...
By water, land and air, in temperatures that sank into the single digits, a team of determined Ozark Countians and Missouri State Highway Patrol Water Division personnel searched Saturday, Sunday and Monday for Mike Meidell, 52, of West Plains, who launched his fishing boat Friday onto Norfork Lake...
The Ozark County Commissioners are considering implementing a 1 percent tax on metered domestic utilities including propane, electricity and – for those on municipal water systems rather than private wells – water. If enacted, the tax would add $1 for every $100 of propane, electricity metered...
The Gainesville High School Academic team won its sixth consecutive Summit Conference championship title Saturday, March. 2.
The team’s last two tournaments were canceled due to weather, so without those practice rounds, team adviser Michelle Pointer said she was “not exactly comfortable” going...
The Missouri Department of Conservation continues to seek information in the case of two adult elk shot Friday, Feb. 8, near the Log Yard area of Shannon County. One of the elk was a 10-year-old bull that was brought to Missouri from Kentucky in 2011. The other was an adult cow that was born in...