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Ozark County Western District Commissioner Layne Nance said Monday that county road crews are still working on clearing debris from roads after two rounds of severe storms knocked down hundreds of trees across the county earlier this month. The hardest hit area was around Theodosia, where several...

Construction is underway at the Gainesville School new sports complex, which will be located across the street from the high school on a portion of the former Gainesville city airport property. The school acquired the land in 2022 in a land swap with the city. In exchange for the main portion of the former airport property, the city received ownership of the land where the Hoerman Memorial Park, a Gainesville city park, is located.
During a closed session portion of the regular Gainesville School Board meeting Aug. 14, board members decided that the school will drill a well to feed a planned irrigation system on the new baseball and softball fields that are being built on the school campus. The discussion occurred during...

Gainesville resident Ruby Winslow, center, is pictured here with Whataburger CEO Ed Nelson, left, and her husband Butch. Ruby was recently honored as a VIP of the company and was treated to an all-expenses paid trip to the company’s headquarters in San Antonio, Texas, where they celebrated the signing of a National Whataburger Day proclamation, naming Aug. 8 National Whataburger Day.
There is no denying the fact that Gainesville resident Ruby Winslow is a huge Whataburger fan - and the company apparently agrees.  Ruby told the Times she was shocked when she was recently contacted by a Whataburger official who asked her to be one of the company’s VIPs, a prestigious designation...

The 2023 Hootin an Hollarin committee members pictured from left to right are: back row: Chris Harlin, Lily Branco, Tammy Mitchell, Renee Hambelton, Janette McDaniel, Barbara Luna, Sherry Ginthum and Douglas Hawkins. Front row: Nancy Walker, Konnie Plumlee, Diana Premer, Karen Brantingham, Linda Harlin and Paula Rose. Not pictured: Becki Strong, Jerri Crawford, Kerrie Zubrod, Heather Bushner, Gary Maupin, Bill Talley, April Luna and Mollie Smart.
The 62nd annual Hootin an Hollarin festival, scheduled for Sept. 21-23 on the Gainesville square, is a month away, and members of the Hootin an Hollarin committee have been working behind the scenes to finalize details for the big event. This year’s festival theme is “The Best of Yesterday.” The...
Ozark County Commissioners met Monday morning and discussed several topics including plans to update 911 addressing for a mostly off-grid development area off Highway 5 south of Gainesville. Presiding Commissioner Terry Newton said commissioners discovered that several of the off-grid addresses in...
Gainesville School Superintendent Justin Gilmore attended the Aug. 8 regular Gainesville City Council meeting to discuss water needs for irrigating the school’s new baseball and softball fields, which are currently under construction in a parcel of land the school owns across from the high school...
  A tornado warning issued for the city of Gainesville a little after midnight Sunday marked the first time a warning had been issued since the FEMA storm shelter addition was added to the front of the Gainesville School. Superintendent Justin Gilmore said that in the event that a tornado warning...

Times photo/Bruce Roberts Amanda Wells has been hired to operate a daycare at Lutie School. The daycare will provide free childcare to Lutie staff.
With more schools nationally transitioning to four-day school weeks, one local school is going against the grain.  Lutie School announced recently it was switching from its four-day school week back to a traditional five-day school week beginning Monday when classes resume for the 2023-24 school...

Times photo/Jenny Yarger This camper was parked at Theo’S RV Park and was flipped onto its top after strong straight-line winds blew through Ozark County Aug. 9.
Ozark Countians are coming up for air this week with a forecast of hot and dry weather, a welcome reprieve from the hit-after-hit severe weather that residents have endured over the last couple weeks. The storms have left hundreds of thousands of dollars of destruction in their wake.  So, did a...

The late Mason Morpeth is pictured here with his wife Amber (Scott) Morpeth and their young daughter Evelyn. Morpeth died unexpectedly June 8 in a crash on Highway 14 in Douglas County. The community is now organizing a benefit event to help raise funds for his family in his absence.
A benefit auction for the family of the late Mason Morpeth will be held Saturday, Aug. 12, at the strip mall in Theodosia. The event kicks off at 10 a.m. with activities including live music, bounce houses and more. Food and drinks will also be served.  A live auction will be held at 4 p.m. with...

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