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Ozark County’s Road and Bridge crews were busy through the weekend and early this week cleaning up debris from a Friday, June 11, storm.
“They were out to two or three o’clock in the morning Friday into Saturday. Then [they] worked all Saturday and back out Sunday,” Presiding Commissioner John...
Josh and Nate Richer come from a long line of hard workers who love track and field. The boys, who moved to Gainesville with their family in November, lived out that legacy Saturday, May 21, at the Class 2 state track meet, where they won state honors and made their mark in Gainesville High School...
In our constant forays online searching for tidbits of historical information, we recently came across a reference to the “Arkansas Pearl Rush.” That casual encounter led to a revelation that few today would ever have expected. Our first inclination was to assume that this was just an “Arkansas”...
With more than half of Americans now vaccinated with at least one dose of the covid-19 vaccine and many restrictions lifted, it’s starting to feel like the country is easing back into normalcy. But a county-by-county risk assessment updated Monday by the New York Times shows that the virus danger...
A small group of dedicated volunteers has been working tirelessly behind the scenes on an exciting new project aimed at helping pre-teens and teenagers disconnect with their phones and instead connect with the restorative powers of nature and a Christian faith, all while learning life and survival...
Gainesville High School’s gym is currently under construction, and crews are working to remove the former red fixed bleachers and replace them with ADA-compliant “roll-back” bleachers.
The locker rooms, which were located under the fixed-bleachers are being removed, and a 54-inch space will be...
The Ozark County Wellness Committee, a group of community members whose mission is to help make Ozark County healthier through physical activity and other means, has been making progress on the Hoerman Memorial Park renovations and additions. The project, announced last fall, is being funded...
High School ring found 1,000 miles away, returned to Gainesville woman after being lost for 33 years
It’s the time of year when students around the county are taking their last steps as high school seniors, walking across a stage or stadium platform to claim their diplomas and begin adulthood. With dozens of friends and family snapping photo of smiling teens donning graduation caps, gowns and...
The months leading up to Memorial Day have traditionally been the busiest time of year for Chaney Monument, one of Ozark County’s oldest businesses. But lately that’s changed a bit.
“It usually started in January-February,” said owner Rob Collins. “People started coming in at that time so they had...
Editor’s note: This is the second part in a three-part series to be included in the personal memoir now being assembled by Ozark County native Sid Pierce, a Navy veteran, retired teacher and Branson sound technician who for many years traveled the world with country music recording artist Roy Clark...