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Ozark County Sheriff Cass Martin, Sheriff’s Office Administrator Curtis Ledbetter, Jail Administrator Dajana Watkins and Evidence Custodian and Office Assistant Robert Simpson are pictured here outside the Ozark County Sheriff’s Department, which is finalized its ninth month of housing and transporting federal prisoners last week.
The Ozark County Sheriff’s Department is now nine months into its contract with the Department of Homeland Security to house and transport federal detainees for ICE and prisoners for the U.S. Marshals Service. Today, Sheriff Cass Martin says the operation is running smoothly, but it wasn’t always...
Gainesville’s Care to Learn coordinator Brenda Frye, left, and school social worker Misty Cullipher help with many of the efforts inside Gainesville’s new Community Resource Center including providing students in need with the free clothing and shoes shown here. Gainesville School staff members Nicole Wallace and Allisa West are also Gainesville Care to Learn liaisons.
Tucked away on the Gainesville School campus, a humble building hums with the energy of open hearts and open arms, a blessing both to the students who rely on its services and to the devoted staff who feel fortunate to provide them.
Each day, the sound of morning showers blends with the constant...
Happy Thanksgiving to all of our readers. The staff here at the Ozark County Times is thankful for each and every person reading this edition, as well as all community members who submit news and photos that allow this publication to continue recording the history of Ozark County each week.
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On Veterans Day, the Ozark County Historium hosted a live remote broadcast by radio station KUKU 100.3 FM of "Cowboy Rick" Hamby, right, interviewing local area veterans. From left, Terry Wyrick, Larry Warrick and Don Luna. Robert Klineline, Hamby's cousin, co-hosted the program and told stories, with Warrick, about their many years of working for the telephone company here.
Editor's note: This is the first 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. This week, we share the personal Vietnam story of one of the...
Coe Hamm, 2-year-old son of Brad and Kursten Hamm, has been diagnosed with metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD), a rare, terminal genetic disease that rapidly deteriorates the white matter of the brain.
Former Gainesville residents Brad and Kursten Suter Hamm, now living in West Plains, say they have been overwhelmed by the generosity the community has extended to them in the last few weeks as they navigate an unimaginably difficult circumstance.
On Oct. 27, they received the devastating news...
Vicki Smith, far left, with Options Pregnancy in Gainesville accepts a $400 check on behalf of Dora middle school students in the life skills class, from left, Emily Lamoreaux, Gracie Whitman and Kenneth Belcher. Tiffany Pleasant, life skills instructor, is pictured at far right.
The halls of Dora Middle School have been buzzing with excitement each week after the Falcon Nest Café opened its doors for business. Run entirely by the middle school life skills class, the café has become a beloved tradition among faculty and staff and an incredible hands-on learning experience...
Photo credit Tony Logue Sid Pierce's 50 years in music includes playing drums and other instruments as well as running soundboards and traveling with dozens of bands.
An old adage says people who differ from the norm "march to the beat of a different drummer." Those who know Ozark County native Sid Pierce say he's one of those different people, and Sid agrees. After spending more than 50 amazing years in the music industry, as well as time in the Navy Reserves...
Times photo/Jessi Dreckman There were about 85 residents who attended the MoDOT community briefing on the plans for building a new bridge on Highway 160 at Theodosia. Staff members told the Times that the plan is to keep the existing bridge open until the new bridge is completed and open.
There were about 85 local residents in attendance at the Missouri Department of Transportation’s drop-in style meeting in Theodosia last week, according to Project Manager Donna Philpot - and most people wanted to know if the bridge, which spans Bull Shoals Lake on busy Highway 160, would remain...
Gainesville cross country runners and coaches traveled to Columbia to compete at the Class 2 state cross country championship meet Saturday, Nov. 8. From left: Head Coach Gary Emrick, Physical Therapist Anne Kimbrough, Jazlyn Wittkofski, Kaitlyn Kahl, Sarah Klessig, Faith Avila, Annabell Snelson, Isabelle Workman, Nina Sponaugle, Jessica Suit, Archer Luna and Coach David Murphy.
The Gainesville High School girls cross country team made school history Saturday, competing in the Class 2 State Championship Meet at Gans Creek Recreation Area in Columbia.
It marked the first time a Gainesville cross country team has ever qualified for the state meet, and the Lady Bulldogs made...
Photo by Andrea Martin The Dora Lady Falcons cross country team took second place in the class 1 cross country meet held at Gans Creek Recreation Area in Columbia Saturday, Nov. 8. Members of the team are, from left, Bailey Bettis, Brynlee Walker, Kinley Luna, Isabelle Martin, Haley Perkins, Kara Anderson, Alexis Anderson and Coach Sheree Nold.
The Dora High School girls cross country team returned to the MSHSAA Class 1 State Championships over the weekend and came away with another strong performance, finishing second overall.
The boys team also qualified to compete, with junior Daniel Tomlinson earning All-State honors for the second...