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Hay and fire are a bad combination at any time, but this year's hay shortage and sky-high prices make the 150 round bales that burned Sept. 12 at Bob and Brenda Newton's Dora-area property a little harder to lose than might have been the case in a good-hay year.
According to the Ozark County...
Volunteers from Lilly Ridge General Baptist Church – from left, Dale Roberts, Wayman King and Rodger Hickerson – picked up trash Monday morning along the church’s designated stretch of Highway 160 near the east-side Gainesville city limits. Even though they started their work at 8 a.m., the...
Many Ozark County farmers who faced a potential hay shortage as summer began are thankful to be getting a second cutting of hay as summer ends. In the June 27 edition of the Times, Ozark County’s Missouri University Extension livestock specialist Randy Wiedmeier shared his concerns about the...
Some Theodosia mail patrons were informed recently that their mail may have been destroyed by fire on Aug. 31.
A Theodosia-area resident recently shared with the Times a letter from Theodosia postmaster Maurice Anna that was distributed to some Theodosia residents. The letter, dated Sept. 10, said...
An Ozark County woman who has been in the custody of the Missouri Department of Mental Health for five years, after being found not guilty by reason of insanity in the stabbing death of former Theodosia resident Fred Wiggins, could potentially be released in the near future.
The Southeast Missouri...
Dozens of committee members, volunteers, demonstrators, musicians, vendors and competitors are working today to make the 58th celebration of Hootin an Hollarin another success. This year’s event is focused on the theme “Fun from the Old School.”
Wednesday afternoon brings Lions Club members and...
Come on down to the square around 4 p.m. Saturday, and you might be surprised by the crazy sounds coming from the main stage. Don’t be alarmed. It’s Hootin an Hollarin’s famous calling contests! Enjoy the fun as contestants yip, yell, yelp and (of course!) hoot and hollar to bring home the herd,...
2018 Hootin an Hollarin food: old favorites and a few new vendors to provide eats, treats and sweets
(See page 59 of the Hootin an Hollarin festival guide for a map detailing vendors locations.)
One of the best things about any festival is the food, and Hootin an Hollarin is no exception.
This year's lineup will include main dishes from a variety of different merchants including a new vendor,...
Vendor and booth chairpersons LaVese Ericksen and Barbara Luna say the Hootin an Hollarin committee has had their ears open to suggestions from past festival-goers. In response, this year’s event will include 12 new vendors!
Crafts and handmade items
As always, handmade items and craft booths...
A week after Gainesville’s first Hootin an Hollarin in 1961, the Ozark County Times reported, “Ozark County festival draws largest crowds in years; may become annual event.” That was Nov. 2, 1961, and Hootin an Hollarin has been drawing large crowds to the Gainesville square every fall since then...