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The 52nd celebration of Hootin an Hollarin is scheduled to begin Thursday in downtown Gainesville, and event organizers are finalizing plans and getting everything ready for Gainesville’s population to swell as visitors arrive from far and near.
The festival gets under way at 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept...
Vandals damaged the bathrooms at the Hoerman Memorial Park in Gainesville some time during the past couple days, causing an undetermined amount of damage, mostly in the men's restroom where a sink was broken off from the wall. Officials said toilet paper was also strewn about in the women's...
A mobile home was heavily damaged in a blaze Friday morning, but three young children who were playing in a bedroom where the fire started are safe.
The fire started around 9 a.m. in a mobile home owned by Ann Batesel on CR 342 east of Tecumseh. The home was occupied by Ann's daughter Alethia...
A Gainesville's couple's 1970 Ford F-250 that has an amazing history has been given new life and will be featured in the September issue of Four Wheeler magazine.
The truck, owned by Darren and Deanna Smith, was purchased brand-new by Deanna's father, Leon Barren, in March 1970 at Bob Marrow Ford...
Carla’s Country Café, a well-known restaurant on Bulldog Drive in Gainesville, is closing after nearly 10 years of feeding area residents. Owner Carla Jenkins said the restaurant’s last day will be Sept. 30 - after serving the after-church crowd the popular Sunday fried-chicken buffet. “We’re going...
Contestants are needed for the annual Hootin an Hollarin Queen Pageant, to be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20. The pageant is always one of the highlights during the opening night of Gainesville’s annual Hootin an Hollarin festival, to be held this year Sept. 20-22.
Ozark County girls age 14-...
The Missouri state champion black gum tree, located in Caney Mountain Wildlife Refuge north of Gainesville, fell victim to the strong winds that came in an Aug. 13 windstorm. A small notch cut from the side of the ten-foot stump that remains reveals a largely hollow core, a common occurrence with...
Theodosia fire captain Allen Edgington, who also serves on the Theodosia water district board, and Bob Bochert, a trustee on the Theodosia village board and on the Theodosia Area Volunteer Fire Department board, told the Ozark County Times Monday that a Sept. 16 water leak in Theodosia was much...
The Ozark County Sheriff's Department is investigating a shooting incident Sunday at Udall Marina. One person was taken to Ozarks Medical Center in West Plains.
See the complete story in Wednesday's Ozark County Times.
The vote count did not change in a recount of the Aug. 7 primary election of Republican candidate for Ozark County eastern district commissioner. Gary Lee Collins was still the winner with 633 votes to incumbent T.J. Lewis' 630 votes. The recount was held this morning. Both candidates were present...