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A storm system dumped more than 6 inches of rain on Ozark County overnight, inundating creeks and closing roads.
According to the Ozark County Sheriff's Department at 8 a.m., Wednesday, T Highway at Mammoth was closed due to flooding, as was Highway 181 at Hodgson Mill and Bell Bridge on Highway 95...
The Missouri Department of Conservation has a new approach to its plans to try and eradicate the feral hog population in Missouri, something that's a real problem in Ozark County, says MDC agent Jerry Kiger.
Kiger met with county commissioners Greg Donley, T.J. Lewis and Dave Morrison Monday...
Only 14 tickets are left for the upcoming performances of The Worst of Times: the Civil War in Ozark County, to be presented at the Ozark County Historium in Gainesville. Ticket chairman John Ault reports there are 11 tickets left for the 7 p.m. Saturday, April 14, performance and only three...
Two more candidates have filed for the Aug. 7 primary election since last week’s listing of candidates in the Times. Jama M. Berry has filed for county assessor, and Phyllis Gaulding Turner has filed for county treasurer. Both are running as Republican candidates.
The filing period continues until...
The city of Gainesville will test its storm sirens at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 28, and the last Wednesday of each month through Aug. 29.
The sirens will be tested as the National Weather Service introduces a new trial program in Kansas and Missouri that’s intended to make important weather warnings...
Ozark County sheriff’s deputies Sunday arrested Nathan Travis Nichols, 19, for first-degree burglary after a break-in and theft from a Gainesville-area residence while the disable resident was at home.
The break-in occurred Sunday afternoon when a local homeowner, who is disabled, heard a car pull...
Organizers of the Hootin an Hollarin quilt show remind area quilters that the festival is a little less than four months away, and they are eager to display the handiwork of talented crafters. This year’s festival will be held Sept. 20, 21 and 22.
All quilts entered in the contest must have been...
Todd Wilber’s ancestral roots are tangled deep in the rugged landscape of the Ozarks, but his military career has expanded his worldview well beyond southern Missouri’s hills and hollows.
Wilber enlisted in the Army right after his high school graduation, following a family tradition that dates...
Ozark County Mutual Aid Board is planning a carnival-type fundraiser April 28 at Cloud 9 Ranch to raise money for equipment and training.
Organizers say there will be all kinds of carnival-type games for kids of all ages, food, music and equipment demonstrations. The games will include small prizes...
Douglas County Sheriff Chris Degase said no arrests have been made in a string of recent fires along the southern Douglas/northern Ozark county line, one of which destroyed the old Spurlock's store building which was being used for storage.
The fires, which began late last year, include numerous...