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Tim Prososki, a member of the popular Protem-based bluegrass band Big Creek, recently released his first solo CD. The project features instrumental tunes and hymns including "How Great Thou Art" and "Orange Blossom Special" as well as several original tunes played on guitar and dobro. The CD is...
The Gainesville High School classes of 1980 and 1981 are holding their 30- and 31-year reunions at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 25, at Antler Pizza restaurant in Gainesville. Plans also include a trip to the river on Sunday.
For more information classmates may contact Carolyn Loftis Hambelton at 417-261-...
Now 39 pounds lighter than she was in mid-February, Dawn Carr is the winner of a weight-loss competition held this spring among Gainesville post office employees.
Others who joined the beneficial challenge included Beverly and Edna Uchtman, Lynell Lewis, Jack Jacobs, Brian Prock, and acting...
Several events are planned this month by the Gainesville Saddle Club at the arena in Gainesville.
A Fun Show will be held at 6:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Thursdays during the summer months, offering a variety of family-style activities involving horses. The first show is Thursday, June 9....
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- By a unanimous voice vote, the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission Wednesday backed a plan that MoDOT Director Kevin Keith said will cut the department's budget by $512 million by 2015.
Keith's so-called Bolder Five Year Plan calls for the elimination of 1200 jobs...
"Family, God and music" are the three most important things in Gainesville High School senior Katy MacMillan's life right now. A self-proclaimed "band geek," Katy, who's been playing the clarinet since sixth grade, is working hard to raise money to take advantage of a once-in-a-lifetime...
The Bakersfield High School All-School Reunion will be from noon until 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 2 at the school. Anyone who has ever attended the school or worked at the school is urged to come celebrate at the reunion.
There will also be activities at the pavilion in downtown Bakersfield that...
Ozark County is mourning the death of Army PFC Matthew J. England, a 2007 Lutie graduate, the son of Pamela Hengen of the Gainesville area and Daniel England of Bartlett, Tenn.
An Army casualty-notification team was in Ozark County Wednesday evening and notified the immediate family. The Army says...
Wanda Beardshear, 89, spent much of World War II glued to the radio, but she wasn't listening for news of how loved ones might be faring in Pacific, European or North African war zones. She was a Navy radioman, monitoring Japanese messages.
Wanda's husband, Dale, 90, also served in World War II....
Locally, accumulation totals ranging from 4-8 inches blanketed Ozark County, making roads treacherous and closing all five Ozark County schools.
Snowfall in Gainesville totaled 5 inches. In Mountain Home, Ark., 8 inches of snow was reported, while Harrison, Ark., and Branson reported a foot of snow...