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photo by Ed Doiron A semi truck hauling a gasoline tanker lies overturned near the Spring Creek bridge on Highway 160, with debris scattered across the roadway following a crash April 29.
Traffic on Highway 160, about five miles west of Gainesville, was halted in both directions for more than 12 hours last week after a semi truck hauling gasoline overturned multiple times while descending the hill just before the Spring Creek bridge.
According to this week’s Ozark County Sheriff’s...
Ozark County Western District Commissioner Layne Nance, Eastern District Commissioner Jim Britt and Presiding Commissioner Terry Newton.
Ozark County Commissioners took care of necessary bid notices during the regular weekly meeting Monday morning.
Western District Commissioner Layne Nance and Eastern District Commissioner Jim Britt unanimously accepted the bid from Coastal Energy Corporation for road oil for the Road & Bridge...
Times photo/Regina Mozingo Near the corner of Third Street and Leeton Luna Lane, Shelter Insurance agents Heather Luna and Doug Hawkins installed a mailbox for their office alongside other new mailboxes that went in for Michelle Anderson's Shear Artistry Salon and Mill Country Title.
A recent change in how the U.S. Postal Service delivers packages to some Gainesville residents and businesses has gone smoothly for some but caused frustration for others.
In March, some Gainesville postal patrons received a letter from Gainesville postmaster Crystal Hand that said beginning...
For several months, the Gainesville City Council has attempted to have a property at Main and Sixth Streets in Gainesville cleaned up so it is in compliance with the city’s nuisance ordinance, which aims to ensure that all structures and properties within the city limits remain neat and tidy. And...
Chris Bryant has joined the staff at the Ozark County Sheriff’s Department in a new position as a Crisis Intervention Team coordinator.
You may notice a new face up at the Ozark County Sheriff’s Department these days. Chris Bryant recently joined the department as its Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) coordinator, a position aimed at strengthening how law enforcement responds to individuals experiencing mental health and other types...
Former Ozark County Ambulance Director Stacy Raney was joined by a group of co-workers and family members recently as staff dedicated the ambulance base in his honor. The building is now known as “The Raney Base.” Those pictured are, from left: Dewane Dillon, Jim Glynn, Savannah Bushner, Courtney Holt, Eric Limbaugh, Cindy Dillon, Brian Morgan, Jennifer Evans, Jim Evans, Pat Evans, Stacy Raney, Angie Raney, Garett Raney, Sarah Rickman, Aaron Rickman, Stephanie Moore and Hunter Ryan. Not pictured: Ed Doiron, Craig Fox, Jerri Crawford, Alan Kyle, Doug Hawkins and Heather Luna.
Earlier this month, the Ozark County Ambulance District officially dedicated its building to former administrator Stacy Raney, honoring his two decades of service to the district following a medically-necessary retirement late last year due to the diagnosis of Glioblastoma, an aggressive type of...
Local law enforcement officials say they are making progress in the investigation into the attempted ATM burglary at Stockmens Bank in Gainesville, and new information suggests the suspects may be tied to a larger criminal network operating across the region.
The Ozark County Sheriff’s Office,...
The Real Ozarks Magazine, an annual glossy-covered guide to Ozark County and the surrounding area published by the Times each spring, won first place for the second year in a row at the 2026 Missouri Press Advertising and Marketing Executives contest in the special sections category. The award was one of nine that the Ozark County Times took home for its advertising efforts. Graphic designer Regina Mozingo, pictured above, who designs almost all of the ads in the Times, won several awards including third place in best ad designer in the state.
The 2026 Missouri Press Advertising and Marketing Executives meeting was held last week in Branson. Ozark County Times staff members were honored at the meeting with nine advertising awards.
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The Real Ozarks magazine
For the second year in a row, The Real Ozarks magazine won first...
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...