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Times photo/Jessi Dreckman Lonnie and Bev Uchtman show two of the recent plaques that were awarded to them in honor of Lonnie’s achievement of being the only man to own the top three reproducing Bluetick Coonhound stud dogs in history.
If you know anything about Bluetick hounds or the sport of coon hunting, you’ve probably heard of Lonnie Uchtman. The Tecumseh resident has made quite a name for himself in the coon hunting community, building a legacy that reaches far beyond this place he calls home.
In his many decades...
Ozark County Commissioners assure residents that road and bridge crews are doing everything they can to fix roadways this year. The crews have battled round after round of heavy rains and floods that continue to destroy county roads.
“We’re fixing roads from the [previous] floods, and now there’s...
The stained glass artwork of Gainesville resident Janice Culp is currently on display at the Ozark County Volunteer Library’s visiting artists exhibits. The work will be up for the next couple months, organizers say.
The intricate stained glass art of Gainesville resident Janice Culp is now displayed at the Ozark County Volunteer Library as part of the organization’s visiting artist exhibits. The exhibit will be up for the next few months, exhibit organizers say.
“I am a native of the southeast, having been...
Photo courtesy of Janet Taber Donna Murphy Walker, a 1944 GHS graduate, was given the award for being the oldest graduate who attended the all-school reunion in 2021. The award was delivered by Trevor Hicks, a 2007 graduate who is now assistant junior/senior high principal. This year’s event will be held Aug. 30
This year’s Gainesville High School All-School Reunion will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 30, at GHS, with a few changes over past years’ events.
The all-school reunion is open to anyone who attended classes at GHS as well as former teachers, administrators, school staff or anyone who...
Map data ©2025 Google Bakersfield’s Pride Park, which includes the school’s baseball and softball fields, will be moved to a new location, about a half mile northwest of the school on O Highway at County Road 593. The move for the school-owned ball park is being prompted in large part by the school’s discussion with the insurance company on the old location, which sits in a floodplain and has received repeated major damage.
After much discussion, it’s been decided that Pride Park and the Bakersfield baseball and softball fields will be moved to a new location on O Highway, about a half mile north of the school.
The relocation comes after school board members approved a land swap involving the 20-acre longtime Pride...
On June 30, 1989, 24-year-old Kelli Ann Workman was reported missing from the church cemetery at Dogwood Hill near Seymour. She was found murdered several days later in Christian County.
Exactly 36 years later, to the day, of Workman’s disappearance, 64-year-old Brixey resident Leonard “Dwight”...
Responding to widespread community concerns about recent property tax increases, some as high as 12% or more, Representative Matthew Overcast clarified the reasons behind these hikes and highlighted local solutions provided by recently passed Senate Bill 3 (SB 3).
“It’s important to set the record...
A year ago, on July 1, 2024, Logan Hillhouse, then 17, suffered an unexpected, unexplained cardiac arrest while working as a dockhand at Pontiac Cove Marina. He survived, thanks in large part to friends and strangers who performed CPR and then used an automatic external defibrillator to restart his heart. He’s shown here with his parents, Corey and Hope Hillhouse, left, and girlfriend Abbie Johnson, right.
During his decades in emergency services, Joe Bator, first as a professional firefighter in Illinois and most recently as a volunteer with Pontiac-Price Place Volunteer Fire Department, has responded to dozens, maybe hundreds, of calls where someone's heart has stopped unexpectedly. He has seen...
Tecumseh VFD’s Assistant Fire Chief JB Duke shared videos of responders locating a missing woman on the North Fork river near River of Life Farm.
What began as a day of adventure on the North Fork of the White River turned into a tense evening Saturday, June 22, when a kayaker was reported missing on the winding waters near River of Life Farm in Dora.
Volunteer fire departments from Dora, Tecumseh and Bakersfield, along with the Missouri...
A group prayer was held last Friday at the summer league ball fields in Gainesville in honor of former GES fifth grade student Scarlett Hall, who remains in the hospital with serious injuries following an accident in which she was trapped in a creek bridge culvert last week. Photo by Karla Smith.
Last Friday night, amid the dusty, sun-soaked Gainesville summer league ball fields, where generations have poured their hearts into the game, Gainesville First Baptist Church Pastor Mason Eslinger led a powerful group prayer for fifth grade student Scarlett Hall.
With players, parents and...