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The Douglas/Ozark County unit of the Missouri Retired Teachers and School Personnel will meet Tuesday, April 10, at The Center in Gainesville. Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m. with the meeting and a program given by Kerrie Zubrod of Century Bank of the Ozarks to follow.All retired teachers and...
Blackened grass around the Protem electrical substation shows the result of a small fire that started when power lines came down Friday evening, reportedly due to a boom truck with boom extended running into overhead wires and pulling them down, along with two utility poles. No injuries were reported.
Eighty-eight Protem-area residents were without power for several hours Friday night after electric lines and two utility poles were taken out by an unidentified truck driver.White River Valley Electric Co-op spokesperson Cassie Cunningham said the co-op was told the damage was caused by a boom...
Thank God March is finally over! I have never seen a March like this one in terms of weather and fishing. A normal March brings warm days with south winds and some rain. This March was nothing like that. When we did get a warm day with south winds it was followed by cold north winds, rain and...
U.S. Air Force Airman Rylen E. Wynn
U.S. Air Force Airman Rylen E. Wynn graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in San Antonio, Texas.The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic...
Dr. John “Chip” Rowe
Dr. John “Chip” Rowe will speak on ways to preserve joint function, mobility and quality of life at a free community arthritis-education dinner from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 19, at Ozarks Medical Center Parkway Center in West Plains.The dinner is free, but reservations are required and can be...
Dr. Dave Patterson will talk about the Show-Me Select Heifer Program at the next meeting of the South Central Cattlemen to be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 12, in the Howell-Oregon Electric Coop meeting room, 6327 U.S. 63 north of West Plains. The dinner will be sponsored by New Day Genetics. For...
To contact the Ozark County Sheriff’s Depart-ment or other emergency-responding agencies here, call 679-4633. In an emergency, dial 911.
March 2610:13 a.m. – Vehicle accident on Highway 101. One person involved, and they are out of the car, bleeding from the forehead and wanting to be checked by...
A $20,000 cash-only bond was set March 21 for Dustin Lee, 34, after the Vanzant-area man was charged with one count of burglary and 12 counts of stealing a firearm.The 13 charges, all class D felonies, typically carry a prison sentence of up to four years, but because Lee has been charged as a...
Members of Sampson Masonic Lodge #298 in Theodosia will serve their regular first Saturday of the month community breakfast from 7 to 10 a.m. April 7 at the lodge on Highway 160 next to Lutie School in Theodosia. The menu includes scrambled eggs, sausage, biscuits and gravy, pancakes, waffles, ...
Ozark County Commissioners Monday signed a proclamation supporting the designation of April as Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Awareness Month, and another proclamation designating April 25 as “Denim Day.” Residents are encouraged to wear denim that day to show support for survivors of sexual...