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drone photo courtesy of Ed Doiron This overhead photo shows the location of the four vehicles that were involved in an afternoon crash at Highways 160 and 5 North last Friday. Emergency responders were at the scene for five hours, from 4:45 until 9:50 p.m., cleaning up the crash site. There was one reported injury to Claire York of Springfield. The injury was classified as “moderate” by the MSHP. All other drivers and passengers were uninjured.
A photo posted to the Ozark County Times Facebook page from a May 31 four-vehicle crash at Highways 160 and 5 North in Gainesville has sparked a lively discussion, where many local residents voiced their opinion that something should be done to help prevent further crashes at the busy intersection...
Several broken limbs and uprooted large trees were found along a less than one mile stretch in Brixey where officials believe a tornado touched down for a brief period Sunday.
Ozark County Emergency Management Director Curtis Ledbetter said Tuesday that after speaking with weather officials, the National Weather Service confirmed that an EF-0 tornado touched down 11 miles north of Gainesville in the Brixey area in the early morning hours Sunday, May 26.
Ledbetter said...
Former Ozark County resident Lin Waterhouse, acclaimed author and journalist now living in West Plains, will be the lead-off storyteller at 12:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, June 7-8, during the Yellow House Storytelling Circle at the 30th annual Ozark Heritage Festival in West Plains.
Waterhouse,...
Navy veteran Ennis "Beau" Isabeau, right, the new commander of the Bakersfield American Legion post, is the first woman to serve as commander since the Bakersfield post was started on Aug. 17, 1950. She steps into the role held for 16 years by retiring commander Pat Neal, a former Marine, left. They're also shown at top in their military service portraits.
When 84-year-old Pat Neal retired as the commander of Bakersfield's American Legion Post last month after serving in that role for 16 years, the former Marine turned over the job to someone who's the opposite of any other commanders in the Bakersfield post's 73-year history. The new commander, a...
The Gainesville City Council met for their regularly scheduled meeting at 6 p.m. May 14 at City Hall.
Council members Dana Crisp, Teri Edades, Lana Bushong, Treva Warrick and Renee Schmucker were in attendance, along with Mayor Gail Reich, City Clerk Lisa Goodnight, Water Specialist Jessi Price...
The Bakersfield Lions baseball team took the class 2 district 10 championship title May 15 after beating Mansfield 8-5 in the final district game of the night. The Lions also beat out the Gainesville Bulldogs 5-3 in the district semi-final game. Pictured, from left, back row, are: Coach Brandon...
Class of 2024
Gainesville High School held its 2024 high school graduation ceremony last Friday, May 17, in the high school gym.
The event opened with a performance from the school band, followed by an opening prayer by senior Jarett Hogan. Brady Myers and Elijah Burrow performed a song, and 2024 GHS senior...
John L. Freeman, 1919-1944
A Dora farmboy, the late John L. Freeman, will be honored next month in a small French village 4,000 miles away from Ozark County.
On June 22 and 23, St. Pierre Eglise in Normandy, France, will commemorate the day 80 years ago when Freeman and his 131 fellow soldiers in Troop A of the 24th Cavalry...
The Ozark County Courthouse is currently being repainted, and the color is being changed from beige and tan to a light and dark gray. This photo, taken Monday, shows the west side of the building in transition between the two colors. The concrete work of the new sidewalks, stairs and faux stone entryway was recently completed as well. Times photo/Jessi Dreckman
The Ozark County Commissioners gave an update on the courthouse’s new paint job during their meeting Monday.
Randy Conrad is completing the project, and had gotten about a third of the paint job completed in the two days that were dry enough to paint last week. The concrete sidewalk and faux...
A building on County Road 527 in Mammoth that formerly housed the Mammoth post office and Mammoth schoolhouse burned to the ground during the overnight hours of May 8-9. According to the Ozark County Sheriff’s Department dispatch report, the call was made reporting the fire at 11:26 p.m. May 8. The...