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The Ozark County food pantry last month spent $7,000 from its cash reserves to support the 250 Ozark County families it served, food pantry director Tom Bentele said last week. “We always hope we’ll have enough food donated so we don’t have to spend money to augment that, but last month we had to...
The United States Postal Service has some requirements for new 911 addresses that are being changed in Ozark County.
Letters have been sent out to Gainesville routes 1, 3 and 5 notifying residents of their new 911 addresses, according to Gainesville post office employee Crystal Hand, who said the...
With the recent news that Nabors Sanitation is going out of business as of Nov. 30, many rural Ozark Countians are scrambling to find new trash-pickup service.
In Gainesville, unless residents want to rent a wheeled cart for delivering their trash to the curb, those who live inside the city limits...
At a time when many farmers sell their livestock under contract with large corporations or raise animals to sell at the local sale barn, Ozark County's Klessig family is guiding their farm in a different direction. The owners of the 110-acre farm located 10 miles north of Gainesville pride...
Bill Cook of Theodosia will talk about his family’s 60-year history in developing and operating what is now the Theodosia Marina Resort during the Oct. 25 meeting of the Ozarks Genealogy and Historical Society at the Historium in Gainesville. The quarterly meeting, which is free and open to...
A Noble-area teenager was killed and a Gainesville teen was injured in a one-vehicle crash Thursday evening on T Highway about 1.4 miles from J Highway, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The crash was the third serious wreck in less than a week in Ozark County.
Joshua H. Lane, 18, of...
A two-vehicle head-on crash Tuesday afternoon near Theodosia sent three people to a Springfield hospital with serious injuries. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said 22-year-old Maggie Miller of Thornfield was driving a 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis west on Highway 160 just east of the Theodosia...
This year's Trunk or Treat is set for 6 to 8 p.m Wednesday, Oct. 31, on the square in Gainesville. Treat-givers park on the square and decorate the trunks, beds or tailgates of their vehicles to pass out candy to the costumed children.
For safety reasons, no moving vehicles will be allowed on the...
A Springfield family riding in a Toyota 4Runner, including a four-month-old infant, was transported to Baxter Regional Health Center Sunday by Ozark County Ambulance after driver Carl Bullock, 37, apparently lost control of the vehicle as it entered a curve as the vehicle traveled south on Highway...
Absentee voting for the Nov. 6 general election continues. Voters who will be unable to go to the polls on Election Day should contact the clerk's office for the required application. Absentee ballots may be voted by mail or in person at the clerk's office from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through...