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The April 7, 2026, General Municipal Election is still several months away, but those interested in filing for open board seats for area school districts, city and village councils and other municipal boards should take note that the filing period opens next week and concludes at the end of this...
Gainesville City Attorney James Mucklestone gave the city council an update on an ongoing legal case the city has filed in regards to a house and property at Sixth and Main Streets, which council members have said in previous meetings is in very poor condition and in violation of the city’s...
City councilwoman Lana Bushong gave an update at the meeting, saying Cole Suter was supposed to be building the metal pipe gate at the entrance to the city-owned and operated Hoerman Memorial Park, located next to the Gainesville Elementary School.
Bushong said she expected him to begin work...
Gainesville City Clerk Lisa Goodnight said that internet provider Brightspeed reached out to her last week to inquire about paying for a portion of the event insurance required to host the Dec. 5 Wonders of Christmas on the Gainesville square event.
This year the cost for the insurance is $675,...
Goodnight said she spoke with Attorney Jessica Blackburn about the possibility of combining the city’s tiny home restriction (no homes allowed under 900 square feet) with its ban on mobile home/RV residences, but Blackburn did not think the combination was a good fit.
Instead, they’re looking at...
Gainesville’s new center water tower is built. City Water Specialist Jessi Price says that the city’s water loss is down slightly in November, as the city is one month into running both the east and center water districts off the east water tower while the center tower was built and can be painted...
Bakersfield National Junior Honor Society sponsor Destiny Johnson (center) and students, from left, (front row) Lesley Luna, Jaylene Swensen, Allie Hollingshad, Ryder Black (back row) Massey Hayes, Trigger Schab. Also participating, but not pictured, were Mr. Jordan Grigg and the FFA. Photo courtesy of Bakersfield School.
Drivers on Highway 101 near Bakersfield High School may have recently spotted an unusual sight: clusters of cheerful teenagers in neon vests combing the roadsides with trash bags in hand and plenty of good humor to spare.
Members of Bakersfield High School’s FFA and National Honor Society spent two...
Don Luna's parents, Joe and Helen Marie Luna, accompanied him to the West Plains train station as he returned to the Army before his deployment to Vietnam in 1966.
Editor's note: This is the second part of a two-part feature about the Ozark County Historium's Veterans Day program, a live-remote broadcast by radio station KUKU featuring "Cowboy Rick" Hamby interviewing three local-area veterans: Larry Warrick and Don Luna of Gainesville, and Terry Wyrick of...
Rudine Sallee
Ollie Rudine Sallee, known lovingly as “Rudine,” was just six days shy of celebrating her 100th birthday when she passed away on Nov. 18. Though she didn’t reach the milestone she had long looked forward to, her family says her nearly century-long life was full, blessed and deeply meaningful....
A 16-year-old boy died Nov. 21 in the Brixey/Rockbridge area after he was electrocuted.
Ozark County Sheriff Cass Martin confirmed that the boy and another juvenile were walking down a Howell-Oregon Electric Cooperative power line right-of-way while deer hunting last Friday morning when the boy...