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An early-morning fire destroyed Chaney Monument's main building on Highway 160 in Gainesville Wednesday morning.
Gainesville fire chief Brian Morgan said he wasn't sure what caused the blaze that started around 1-1:30 in the morning, saying it could have been electrical.
Morgan said he has called...
A Theodosia woman was seriously injured Dec. 20 in a one-vehicle accident on Interstate 44 west of Lebanon.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 34-year-old April L. Bias was transported by ambulance to Mercy Hospital in Springfield. The accident, nine miles west of Lebanon, occurred when Bias,...
Christopher B. Miller, 39, of Gainesville, was sentenced Nov. 30 to three years probation and successful completion of drug court by Circuit Judge John Moody on one charge of possession of a controlled substance.
Miller originally faced a lengthy list of charges including removing a VIN number from...
A broken pump in the city of Gainesville’s west water well Tuesday resulted in Gainesville city employees William Walrath and Karl Thaning going door to door to about 120 Gainesville residences and businesses to advise citizens that they would be without water until Wednesday night.
The men...
Parents eager to accept Ozark County’s help in making Christmas merry for their children lined up beginning at 5 p.m. the night before this year’s Ozark County Toy Drive began Saturday morning, Dec. 15, at the Ozark County Senior Center.
Toy drive chairperson Nancy Walker assures parents each year...
The Ozarks Mountaineer, a popular regional magazine that has published stories and photos of historical significance for more than 60 years, has announced it has ceased publication.
Owners of the magazine, based in Kirbyville, made the announcement Dec. 21.
"The Ozarks Mountaineer has tried in vain...
Cheers erupted today from family and friends of accused rapist Daniel Sanders, of Mountain Grove, and gasps from those with the defendant, as he was discharged by 44th Circuit Associate Judge Craig Carter. Sanders was facing two unclassified felony charges of forcible rape and forcible sodomy after...
Brian Morgan was appointed by Gainesville mayor Don Luna as the city's new fire chief after a surprise resignation Friday by chief Ed Doiron.
Luna said Doiron came into city hall Friday and resigned.
Doiron told the Ozark County Times that he had no comment on why he resigned, saying only that he...
The Ozark County Historium’s latest publishing project, Pieces A’Plenty: Quilts and Other Comforts, is 142-page book of stories and full-color photographs about quilts with links to Ozark County - and the quilters who made them.
One of the entries in the book is this story by Frances Johnson of...
An Isabella woman was injured Thursday when the pickup she was riding in clipped a trash truck and overturned several times.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol said 64-year-old Phyllis E. Beard suffered moderate injuries in the 12:45 p.m. crash. She was taken by ambulance to Baxter Regional Medical...