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The Missouri Department of Transportation this week opened the newly rebuilt bridge on Highway OO over Lick Creek near Ocie.
Andy Meyer, MoDOT's southeast district construction and materials engineer, said the $454,000 project included building a temporary crossing to route traffic over the creek...
The Ozark County Senior Center is hosting evening Bingo every third Thursday. Bingo cards go on sale at 5:30 p.m.; the first game begins at 6.
"In the winter, when the folks from Cloud Nine Ranch have gone home, our daytime Bingo crowd really goes down," said center administrator Jerri Crawford. "...
The Ozark County Times last week asked readers and Facebook fans to send us photos of veterans to include in this Veterans Day salute. We planned maybe a half page of small headshots and invited our advertisers to support the little display.
Instead, Ozark Countians opened their hearts, as they...
Gainesville city voters overwhelmingly approved a $3.5 million bond issue that will help fund mandatory updates to the city's lagoon system. The updates are required by the Department of Natural Resources and the Environmental Protection Agency.
According to the Ozark County Clerk's office, 65...
Kristi Edens' community team and Sandra Robert's youth team came out on top at the end of the four-week Walk-A-Bout contest.
Final community team standings are as follows:
Kristi Edens 28.0, The Hill People & The Grouchy Old Man 24.5, LGS Stinks! 22.2, We Move the Mail 20.9, Brenda Miller 20.1...
Just in time for Thanksgiving, the Ozark County Health Department encourages Ozark Countians to stop smoking "cold turkey" on Thursday, Nov. 17, as part of the 36th Great American Smokeout. Names of participants will be put into a drawing for a free turkey donated by Gainesville's Town &...
Ozark County is still several months away from having its 911-system addresses activated, but residents of Price Place, Ark., just south of Pontiac, were notified last week that they should immediately begin using their new 911-system addresses assigned by Marion County, Ark. The requirement will...
Gregory F. Sanders, son of Walt and Sheran Sanders of Pontiac, was recently promoted to the rank of chief master sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. By law, only 1 percent of the enlisted force can be promoted to this rank, Walt Sanders said.
Gregory Sanders is currently the Sixth Aircraft Maintenance...
Winners' names were drawn recently in the Lick Creek Volunteer Fire Department fundraising raffle. Pat Rackley of Dora won the .30-30 rifle, Scott McKenzie of Gainesville won the hunting vest and Darren Smith, also of Gainesville, won the grunt call.
The Theodosia Area Volunteer Fire Department auxiliary will hold the annual spaghetti supper from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, March 11, at the Theodosia United Methodist Church on Highway 160.
Cost for the supper is by donations. Desserts will be accepted.
For more information, call Joanne Krupp at 273-...