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There was confusion - and anger - in many Ozark County homes when residents received an unwelcome letter from the Ozark County Assessor in their mailboxes in late June. The memorandum of understanding informed all real estate owners in Ozark County (residents in several other Missouri counties...

The fireworks show was launched from the ridge across Highway 160 from the square and rodeo grounds. Sheena Taylor shared this photo showing some of the many vehicles lined up for the display.
Gainesville’s first-ever “Fireworks Over the Square” lit up the night sky July 4 as hundreds gathered downtown for a celebration that blended small-...
July 10, 2025, 3:41 PM
Subscribers of the Ozark County Times with addresses in West Plains, Pottersville and Moody should see better newspaper delivery service in the...
July 10, 2025, 3:36 PM

Times photo/Jessi Dreckman Lonnie and Bev Uchtman show two of the recent plaques that were awarded to them in honor of Lonnie’s achievement of being the only man to own the top three reproducing Bluetick Coonhound stud dogs in history.
If you know anything about Bluetick hounds or the sport of coon hunting, you’ve probably heard of Lonnie Uchtman. The Tecumseh resident has made...
July 10, 2025, 3:00 PM
There was confusion - and anger - in many Ozark County homes when residents received an unwelcome letter from the Ozark County Assessor in their mailboxes in late June. The memorandum of understanding informed all real estate owners in Ozark County (residents in several other Missouri counties...
July 10, 2025

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  • July 10, 2025
     Funeral services for Delbert Rackley, 88, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, July 10, 2025, at Lilly Ridge General Baptist Church in Gainesville. A visitation will be held from 1 p.m. until...
  • July 2, 2025
     Graveside services for Bruce Allen Turnbull, 62, of Vanzant, were held June 30, 2025, at Pleasant Mound Cemetery in Douglas County, under the direction of Carter Funeral Home of West Plains....
  • July 2, 2025
     Funeral services for Bonnie Marie Smith Luna, 95, of Gainesville, were held June 27, 2025, in the Clinkingbeard Funeral Home chapel in Gainesville. Burial was at Ball Cemetery near Dora.She...

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  • Hunter is pictured here with, from left (front row): sister Stella, mother April and father Todd; (back row) aunt Jessica Blackburn, cousins Regan and Hudson and uncle Gabe Blackburn; grandfather Robert Klineline, grandmother Jackie Klineline, brother Chase and grandmother Juanita Luna.
    June 11, 2025
    Gainesville High School 2025 graduate Hunter Luna recently signed to play baseball at Missouri State University-West Plains. “I’m extremely proud of Hunter,” GHS Head Coach Blake...

  • Now retired after working 32 years at Gainesville Schools, Jody Argabright is shown here at her family’s stockyards near Atwood, Kansas, where she has moved to make it more convenient to visit her children and grandchildren.
    June 11, 2025
    Jody Argabright, who retired after working as a school nurse for 32 years, said she "really enjoyed" working with the students. "We had fun," she said. And also, she adds, "...
  • May 22, 2025
    The last of Ozark County’s four high schools held commencement ceremonies Friday, May 16, graduating the class of 2025. Gainesville High School’s graduation was held in the gym at...

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