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Bill Cook 1941-2023
Editor’s note: This is the first part of a two-part tribute to Bill Cook, a leader in the Theodosia community and head of the family that, for 71 years, has operated what is now Theodosia Marina Resort on Bull Shoals Lake.
Bill Cook was “just shy of 11 years old” in June 1952 when he and his...
Times photos/Jessi Dreckman Action Recovery Center (ARC) will be operating two in-house residential drug and alcohol addiction treatment programs or “sober living homes” in Gainesville for Ozark County residents. The men’s housing unit (above, left) opens today, Nov. 1, in a building off Highway 5, south of Gainesville. The women’s housing unit (above, right) is slated to open Jan. 1, at its location in the historic three-story yellow home on Third Street, also in Gainesville.
Many residents in Ozark County have been impacted by addiction - either struggling themselves or seeing a family member or loved one in the throws of battle. Broken homes, broken families and broken individuals lie in the wake of addiction-fueled lives here and elsewhere.
But unlike more urban...
Tuesday is Halloween, and we have the lowdown on all the spooky and fun events being planned in Ozark County to celebrate the holiday. Weather forecasted for Halloween night, as of press time Tuesday, Oct. 24, predicts a cold and clear night with a forecasted high near 50 and low near 30.
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The Gainesville High School class of 1973 hosted their 50th school reunion at the high school Saturday, Oct. 21. It was their most well attended reunion yet, organizers say. Classmates, pictured from left, are (front row): Kay Pendergrass McFarland, Linda Ellison Hannaford, Lana Allen Meadows,...
The Ozark County commissioners adopted a resolution concerning Senate Bill 190 during the regular Monday morning commissioners meeting.
“Senate Bill 190 is a really popular thing around the state right now,” said Presiding Commissioner Terry Newton. “We have been going back and forth trying to...
Gainesville city council meetings are held at 6 p.m. the second Tuesday of every month. The meetings are open to the public.
Editor’s note: Although specific dollar amounts were provided for the budget and approved by the city council, the figures in this story are rounded to the nearest dollar for simplicity’s sake.
The Gainesville City Council discussed and set its 2023-24 proposed operating budget during its...
Times photo/Jessi Dreckman Polly Ousley, 85, of Gainesville, was attempting to cross Highway 160 from County Road 503 (Cheese Plant Road) onto Highway 5 North in Gainesville when she pulled into the path of a tanker truck. She died the night after the crash from injuries she suffered in the crash.
Polly Ousley, 85, of Gainesville, died of injuries she suffered in a two-vehicle crash Oct. 20, at the intersection of Highways 160 and 5 North in Gainesville.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s online crash report, Ousley was stopped at County Road 503, known locally as Cheese Plant...
These photos show the construction of the Theodosia Bridge on what is now Highway 160 as it was built over the Little North Fork of the White River in 1952-53. In the photo at left, the newly built piers tower over the old bridge that still spans the river valley. At right, the rising water of Bull Shoals Lake, after the completion of Bull Shoals Dam in Arkansas, has nearly covered the old bridge. The photos are from the collection of Theodosia resident Tinker Langston, who said she doesn't recall how she came to own them. The original source is unknown.
Seventy years ago this month, Ozark Countians joined local leaders, government big wigs and Army Corps of Engineers officers to dedicate a massive new highway structure over Bull Shoals Lake at Theodosia, an engineering marvel at the time known as "Southwest Missouri's million-dollar bridge."
The...
After several months of negotiations between the City of Gainesville and the Gainesville R-5 School District, officials with both entities have come to an agreement on the process in which the school will get water to the irrigation system for the new baseball and softball complex, which is...
Commissioners set the date for opening bids for painting the inside and outside of the Ozark County Courthouse and financing road graders during and heard a report about the Gainesville Elementary School garden during meetings held Tuesdays, Oct. 10 and Monday, Oct. 16.
The Ozark County Commission...