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Gloria Noah filled her 94 years with an extraordinary variety of jobs and community activities. After moving to Theodosia from her hometown of Chicago in 1982, she encountered a frightening "jungle" of pack rats, snakes, ticks, chiggers and "squirrels that chewed up everything." Soon, though, she fell in love with her new home in the Ozarks. In her life story, she wrote, "I thank God that we found the beautiful town of Theodosia in Ozark County." She added, "Oh, the life I've had!"
While Gloria Noah’s friends and family mourn her death a few weeks ago, they can’t help but smile when asked to imagine what she might be doing in her new heavenly home. “She’s got ‘em all lined up and ready to go,” her longtime friend H.K. Silvey mused.
Gloria, who died Feb. 2 at age 94, was a go-...
This still shot was taken from a video showing former Gainesville resident Mike Dixon making a backward, half-court one-bounce basketball shot last October. The clip was aired on the March 28 episode of “America’s Funniest Home Videos.”
If you happened to be watching “America’s Funniest Home Videos” on March 28, you might have spotted a familiar face, Gainesville High School graduate Mike Dixon, class of 1972, making his national television debut, all 16 seconds of it.
Dixon was featured sinking an impressive half-court, backward...
Clint and Shelby Hall stand with their daughter Scarlett in front of Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital, where Scarlett has been undergoing treatment following an accident at a creek last year in which she was stuck underwater in a culvert for a significant amount of time, leading to a traumatic brain injury.
In a therapy room at Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital in St. Louis, Scarlett Hall is doing something doctors once said she never would again - responding.
It was not long ago that her family sat in a hospital room at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, hearing words no parent is prepared to...
Voters in the Dora School District passed the “Proposition K.I.D.S” ballot measure. Unofficial election results showed the following ballots were cast:
• Yes: 104
• No: 66
Voters in Ozark County passed a ballot question asking if property taxes should be frozen for all residents related to SB 3. Unofficial election results showed the following ballots were cast:
• Yes: 750
• No: 600
Voters in Ozark County passed a use tax for the Ozark County Ambulance District. Unofficial election results showed the following ballots were cast:
• Yes: 713
• No: 643
Tony Johnson, Kevin Sewell and Diana Hamby were elected to the Bakersfield Village Board during the April 7, 2026, General Municipal Election. They will join current village board members Terena Lester and Dianna Stover.
Unofficial election results showed the following ballots were cast:
• Tony C....
Stanton Cory Lamb was elected into the contested seat on the Bakersfield School Board. He will join Matthew L. Evans, Timothy Watlington and Darren Johnson, who were also on the ballot in an uncontested race, and other currently serving Bakersfield School Board members Justin Turner, Joe Vaughan...
Ryan Garrison was elected into the contested seat on the Lutie School Board. He will join Wanda DeForrest and Travis Carlile, who were also on the ballot in an uncontested race, and other currently serving Lutie School Board members Jenni Garrison, Carl Kruger, Amanda Vandewalle and Marlena Homer....
Marti Warden, Wes Uchtman and Jeff Lane were elected to the Gainesville School Board during the April 7, 2026, General Municipal Election. They will join current school board members Jabet Wade, Mason Eslinger, Dakota Nash and Sally Hambelton.Unofficial election results showed the following ballots...