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In-person donations are being accepted this week at the First Baptist Church for this year’s Ozark County Toy Drive, an annual charity that has helped make Christmas brighter for hundreds of Ozark County children through the decades. The event will be held beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 12, in...
Theodosia residents Elmer and Betty Roberson will celebrate their 72nd wedding anniversary on Dec. 11. But Elmer says he's loved Betty much longer than that.
He was 15 when he first saw Betty Louise Koop. To take a square dance lesson, he had traveled to Dietrich, Illinois, about 20 or so miles...
Hammond Mill Camp, near Dora, is best known as a place where generations of youngsters have enjoyed Bible, Scout, 4-H, DOW and other camps. But it also hosts other events, including family reunions and weddings, like this one, shown in an undated photo on the camp’s Facebook page. The names of the marrying couple aren’t known.
Editor’s note: This is the time of year when many people think of donating to favorite charities. In upcoming editions of the Times, we plan to feature local charities that serve the residents of Ozark County and the extended area.
To retired teacher Robin Mustion and many people like her,...
Kali, daughter of Scott and Sue Deroo of Taneyville, was thrilled to see this big hay-bale turkey sitting outside Donley Feed & Fertilizer in Thornfield last week. The festive bird features a hand-painted head and canoe-paddle tail feathers. Karen Cunningham told the Times that a Thornfield...
Times photo / Jessi Dreckman Gainesville superintendent Justin Gilmore, left, and school bus mechanic Luke Cooley stand with the three brand-new school buses the school purchased as part of the Missouri Clean Diesel Program, a joint effort between the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the Volkswagen Trust that aims to reduce diesel emissions.
The Gainesville School District has purchased three brand-new school buses as part of the Missouri Clean Diesel Program, a joint effort between the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the Volkswagen Trust that aims to reduce diesel emissions. The grant program paid 60 percent of the cost...
Joseph Myers, shown here with his wife, Chelsea, is the new pastor at Clear Springs Church near Dawt. Myers, who gew up in Jackson, Missouri, north of Cape Girardeau, recently moved to the Ozarks from Granbury, Texas, where he’s been living the last 16 years. Most recently, he has attended the...
A trip around the Gainesville square after dark is bound to put local residents in the holiday spirit. This year’s display of lighted Christmas decorations was installed over the weekend and will remain lit until after Christmas Day.
After a windstorm last year destroyed almost all of the regular Christmas decorations that usually adorn the Gainesville courthouse lawn, some residents wondered if there would be any decorations at all this year.
Thanks to many helping hands, the colorful features have has been replaced, and this...
Joe Humbyrd completes a 680-pound deadlift in this 2016 photo.
Top Dog Fitness Center, which sits on the north side of Gainesville off Harlin Drive, has been the backdrop for a number of local residents reaching hard-earned, sweat-drenched goals, but one Top Dog member in particular is crushing state and national records thanks to his time spent at the gym. ...
Gainesville resident Rhonda Johnson, 51, and former Theodosia resident Kayla Williams, 28, now living in Hartville, were two of the three people reportedly held at gunpoint by a resident when they were caught burglarizing his remote Douglas County residence on Halloween night.
The pair, along with...
Michael Maloy
Michael Maloy, 32, of Willow Springs, was arrested Nov. 12 on a $1,500 cash-only bond in connection with a charge of possession of a controlled substance (Alprazolam and Tizanidine).
The class D felony can carry a sentence of up to four years in prison.
According to the probable cause statement in...