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A 46-year-old Bakersfield woman suffered minor injuries when she struck a deer Saturday evening.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol online crash report, the woman was driving her 2016 Buick Lacross northbound on Highway 101 in Howell County, two miles south of Caulfield. The woman was...
We hope you’re ready to hoot and holler, because the town of Gainesville is just about to be decked out in its celebratory best for the famous three-day Hootin an Hollarin festival, now only a week away. The fun kicks off Thursday evening, Sept. 18, and lasts clear through midnight on Saturday,...
A 30-year-old Ozark County man was killed Thursday afternoon when he was ejected from his ATV.
According the Missouri State Highway Patrol online crash report, the accident occurred at 1:50 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 4 when the Dora resident was driving his Can Am Outlander 1000R ATV on County Road 7590...
For 142 years, folks in Ozark County have been picking up the Times to catch up on the news of their neighbors: who got married, who had a baby, whose boy made the honor roll or which youngster brought home the biggest buck or the best turkey. The pages have also reported deadly tornados, homes...

Photo by Simeon Petresku of SP Photography A record number of entries were entered at the 2024 Bakersfest car and motorcycle, making the 2024 show one of the best ever, according to organizers. The car show, which had 104 entries this year, was one of the main attractions at Bakersfield’s annual fall festival that was held Saturday, Sept. 14. In addition to the car and motorcycle show, festival goers this year will also enjoy live music, vendors, drawings, crafts, games, food and many more activities in the Bakersfield High School parking lot.
The 2025 Bakersfest festival will be held Saturday, Sept. 13, in the Bakersfield High School parking lot. There will be crafts, music and food, along with the “Walk the Streets of Bakersfield” 27th annual car show.
Vendors are needed and can find out more by contacting Kelly Marsh at 417-372-2757...
A Gainesville Junior High student is now facing a charge of unlawful possession of a weapon in connection with an incident last Wednesday, Aug. 27, when he reportedly brought a .38 special revolver to school in his backpack.
According to Sheriff Cass Martin, the student said he had been using the...
Thanks to the help of two local good samaritans, Lacy Green and the Times’ own Regina Mozingo, a great horned owl was carried to safety from the middle of busy Highway 160 in Gainesville last week and is now happily back in the wild.
The incident occurred Wednesday, Aug. 27, when Mozingo was...
Gainesville High School on Saturday swarmed with graduates young and old – or perhaps old and older – as it celebrated its every-five-year, All-School Reunion. Chairperson Paula Herd Rose (class of 1979) said 150 people attended the event, which included two hours of mingling, visiting, enjoying...
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Office on Women’s Health launched the Sexual Assault Forensic Exams via Telehealth Network (SAFEvT) on July 1.
The SAFEvT Network provides telehealth support to hospitals that do not have forensic nurses available 24/7. It is organized in a hub...

Darian Clayton smashes a pie in Kyle Clayton’s face after the girls won the offering challenge at the Mammoth Assembly of God Vacation Bible School. All the funds raised during the offering challenge were donated to Scarlett Hall, a former Gainesville student who was seriously injured in a creek culvert accident June 19. After spending more than two months at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, she is currently receiving treatment at Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital in Maryland Heights, Missouri.
Mammoth Assembly of God Church hosted a boys versus girls challenge at its Vacation Bible School this year, raising funds for Scarlett Hall and her family.
“Every year we do an offering at VBS, and we have a mission project. This year we chose Scarlett because it’s been a huge thing in our...






