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Voters within the city of Gainesville will go to the polls today to decide a bond issue that would 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. Polls are open until 7 p.m. To vote,...
An investigator for the Missouri State Fire Marshal's office said his office has been unable to determine the cause of a June 26 fire that destroyed the Big Store in Caulfield, and that there was no criminal investigation into the fire. The store's co-owner, Buzz McKee, told the Ozark County Times...
The date for closing the Route 95 bridge over the Little North Fork of the White River in Thornfield has been rescheduled and now will be closed for two months beginning Sept. 19, the Missouri Department of Transportation announced Tuesday. The original closing date was Sept. 12. A public meeting...
The three Ozark County post offices being studied for possible closing by the U.S. Postal Service range from the county's oldest, Rockbridge, established in 1842, to one of its newest, Hardenville, dating from 1921. In between, both in age and in location, is Zanoni, established in 1898. The county...
Oldies in the Ozarks committee members are in the final stages of planning what may be the biggest event weekend Theodosia has ever hosted. "It's been wonderful to see how this community has worked together to plan Oldies in the Ozarks," said event chairman Jo Stehle. "Many people have volunteered...
The Ozark County Health Department has been notified that Ozark County will receive $3,864 to supplement emergency food and shelter programs here. The decision was made by a national board that is chaired by the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and...
Caney Mountain Volunteer Fire Department on Saturday, Aug. 13, will host an eight-hour illicit drug lab class sponsored by Missouri State Emergency Management Association (SEMA). The class, which begins at 8 a.m., will be held at the Caney Mountain firehouse on CR 103 off Highway 181. Caney...
All former and current Bakersfield FFA members are invited to an FFA class reunion to be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, in Pride Park in Bakersfiled. Bakersfield FFA adviser Matthew Pendergrass said Bakersfield FFA is hosting the reunion as an opportunity for FFA members to "learn about...
At a recent national conference, Bakersfield Middle School was one of eight middle schools in the nation honored with an Outstanding Making Middle Grades Work (MMGW) award. Sixteen Bakersfield middle school and high school teachers and one Bakersfield board member attended the conference July 19-23...

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