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Editor’s note: Due to illness, a reporter was unable to attend the Nov. 19, Gainesville City Council meeting; Therefore, we are printing the minutes from the meeting.    The City Council of Gainesville met in regular session at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, at Gainesville City Hall.  The following...
Those interested in filing for seats coming open on Ozark County’s school boards and municipality boards can do so from Dec. 10-31.  For the most...
December 5, 2024, 11:44 AM
Christmastime is here, and there are several events planned in Ozark County to celebrate the season.  To add your Ozark County holiday event to the...
December 5, 2024, 11:16 AM

Nancy Walker, this year’s Jingle Bell Parade marshal during Gainesville’s Dec. 6 Wonders of Christmas celebration, led the Hootin an Hollarin Committee as chairperson from the early 1990s until turning over the leadership role to Paula Rose in 2021.
Nancy Walker has never been one to criticize others, but she keeps thinking Gainesville’s Wonders of Christmas Committee could have found someone...
December 5, 2024, 11:08 AM
Editor’s note: Due to illness, a reporter was unable to attend the Nov. 19, Gainesville City Council meeting; Therefore, we are printing the minutes from the meeting.    The City Council of Gainesville met in regular session at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, at Gainesville City Hall.  The following...
December 5, 2024

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  • December 5, 2024
     Funeral services for Linda Susan Ritter Prock, 79, of Wasola, were held Dec. 2, 2024, in the Clinkingbeard Funeral Chapel in Ava, with burial following in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Wasola. Rev...
  • December 5, 2024
     Funeral services for Robert Johnathan McDonald, 88, of Dora, were held Dec. 3, 2024, in the Rose Chapel of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home in West Plains. Burial was at Little Zion Cemetery in...
  • December 5, 2024
     Elizabeth F. Fettig, 66, of Gainesville, died Nov. 22, 2024, at Gainesville Healthcare Center. She was born April 9, 1958, in Howell County, Michigan, to Lawrence and Norma Griggs.Elizabeth was...

Education

  • October 24, 2024
    Ozark County high school girls golf teams from both Lutie and Bakersfield Schools competed in districts this week. The Bakersfield girls golf team took seventh place in the class 1 district 1...
  • October 10, 2024
    When the covid pandemic began in 2020, Ozark County schools saw a surge in enrollment as families relocated to the quiet hills of Ozark County from other places across the country. Now, four years...

  • Photos by Andrea Martin The Dora High School girls cross country team took first place at the Alton Invitational meet held at Tucker Creek Park in Alton Wednesday, Sept. 18. Members of the are, from left, Kara Anderson, Haley Perkins, Madison Howell, Chloe Barton, Kayden Jones, Lily Gunter, Kinley Luna, Isabelle Martin and Coach Sheree Nold.
    September 26, 2024
    Ozark County runners from Dora, Gainesville and Bakersfield High Schools competed at the Alton Invitational cross country meet held Wednesday, Sept. 18 at Tucker Creek Park near Alton High School....

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