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Lessons for round dance, a type of choreographed ballroom dancing, are being held at 5 p.m. Tuesdays in Theodosia at the Village Hall, located at 23 Village Drive across from Dollar General. Classes will begin April 12. Lessons, which are $5 per couple per class, include two-step, waltz, rumba...
Times photo/Bruce Roberts Tecumseh firefighter Lynn Taylor shows off a plaque honoring him for his 37 years of service with the Tecumseh Volunteer Fire Department. Taylor will be 81 in a few weeks.
For soon-to-be 81-year-old Lynn Taylor, retiring from the Tecumseh Volunteer Fire Department (VFD) after 37 years just means he’s going to get to spend a little more time doing the other things he’s always enjoyed - like working on his hit-and-miss motors, tinkering with one of his antique tractors...
TAVFD photo Fire destroyed cabin #4 at Apple Creek Inn, a resort that features rentable cabins in Isabella.
An unoccupied cabin at Apple Creek Inn in Isabella was heavily damaged during a March 19 fire. According to the Ozark County sheriff’s report, at 10:31 a.m. that Saturday morning, Theodosia Area Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to the property, along with Gainesville Volunteer Fire...
Ozark County Commissioners have finally pulled the trigger on allocating money to a White River Valley Electric Cooperative (WRVEC) fiber optic internet project, voting Monday to earmark $1 million to the project.
Presiding Commissioner John Turner read a letter Monday morning during the regular...
A warrant with a $1,500 cash-only bond has been issued for Alton resident Michelle Wilcox, born in 1984, in connection with a case filed last week in which she’s charged with possession of methamphetamine.
According to the probable cause statement in the case prepared by Missouri State Highway...
A warrant with a $1,500 cash-only bond has been issued for Charles D. Hodges of Gepp, Arkansas, in connection with case filed in Ozark County on March 16 in which he’s charged with possession of a controlled substance, buprenorphine, an opioid used to treat opioid use disorder, acute pain and...
The center water tower was drained, disinfected and repaired March 8 by Ozark Applicators.
The center ward of the City of Gainesville underwent a water outage March 8 in order to have the city’s center water tower drained, cleaned and inspected. The city has three water towers that each house water for one of the three wards of Gainesville: east, center and west.
City water specialist...
Gainesville woman’s vibrant and realistic paintings now on display at Ozark County Volunteer Library
The artwork of Gainesville resident Carol White is now displayed at the Ozark County Volunteer Library as part of the organization’s visiting artist exhibits.
The paintings, all acrylic on framed stretched canvas, featuring realistic depictions of various animals, insects and scenes that draw the...
By 1956, the Cooks needed a place to live because their 10-unit motel at Theodosia was frequently filled with paying guests. Boat dock owner L. B. Cook acquired a houseboat, shown at right in this photo, with the help of well-known White River guide Jim Owen. Then L.B. and his son, Bill, with three other local men, moved the houseboat from Forsyth. Using two boats with 10 horsepower motors and another boat with a 25 horsepower motor, it took the men three days and two nights to move the houseboat from Forsyth to Theodosia.
‘We went dry, washed away, burned out and flooded’
Editor’s note: This is the conclusion of a two-part story describing the Cook family’s 70 years of operating what is now Theodosia Marina Resort on Bull Shoals Lake.
By early spring 1953, Bull Shoals Lake had reached its power pool (654 feet...
The Ozark County Food Pantry is transitioning to a “scan card” method for check-in during monthly food distribution dates. All food pantry members will need to convert to the new system, as the April food pantry dates will be administered completely through the new scan cards.
Some food pantry...