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In a Jan. 17 closed executive session, the Lutie school board voted not to renew superintendent Marty Witt's contract in a narrow vote.
According to the minutes of the executive session, Witt's
contract for the 2011-2012 school year was up for renewal and the board voted after a job evaluation....
Ozark County finally got in on the winter snow act, to the tune of 4-6 inches.
That's more than the 1-3 inches being predicted by the National Weather Service.
On the roads, the snow left almost as quickly as it came, thanks to full sunshine all day Saturday and temperatures around the 40-degree...
Trey Crawford of Gainesville and Wyatt Miller of Pleasant Hill came home with several honors after competing recently in the College Recruiting Rodeo at Northeast Oklahoma State University in Miami, Okla.
Competing against 71 other high school-age teams from Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas and...
Christmas is coming, and Ozark Countians' calendar are filling up with church and social activities celebrating the season.
First up this Saturday, Dec. 3, is Bakersfield's "Country Christmas" celebration, beginning with breakfast with Santa from 9 to 11 a.m. in the Bakersfield School cafeteria....
A fire that is believed to started in the laundry room near an electrical panel destroyed a Gainesville home Wednesday morning.
Firefighters from Gainesville, Lick Creek, Pontiac, Timber Knob and Caney Mountain battled the blaze at the home of Bruce Durbin on old Highway 160 near the high school....
Ozark County Clerk Lisa Hawkins reminds prospective candidates wishing to run for school, municipal, ambulance and health department board positions in the April 3, 2012, general municipal elections that they may file beginning Dec. 13. The filing window continues until 5 p.m. Jan 17.
School and...
A former Douglas County Sheriff's Deputy has been indicted by a grand jury.
Douglas County Prosecuting Attorney Roger Wall says James Verow has been charged in a two-count indictment that includes one charge of harboring a fugitive and one charge of tampering with a witness in a judicial proceeding...
The Gainesville Board of Aldermen voted unanimously Monday to call a special election on Nov. 8 to put before voters a bond issue that would pay for a DNR-mandated update to the city's aging lagoon.
The lagoon currently does not meet Department of Natural Resource and Environmental Protection...
The Ozark County Ministerial Alliance will sponsor a fall crusade Sept. 7 through 9 at Benton Breeding Stadium at Gainesville High School. Services will begin at 7 p.m. each evening.
"We are excited to bring local Christians together in this event with local pastors preaching and singers and...
The fate of post offices in Hardenville, Zanoni and Rockbridge is now in the hands of the community, according to United States Postal Service investigative coordinators Frances Boman and Bobbi Jenkins, who spoke to public meetings in the affected communities last week. Boman, postmaster in Aurora...