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A horseshoe pitching competitor takes his best shot during the 2011 Hootin an Hollarin festival. The competition will return this year after being sidelined since 2014. The event, organized by Heath Treat, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in the parking lot on Third Street across from Guffey Motors. Times file photo.
Hootin an Hollarin festival-goers haven’t had the chance to pitch a horseshoe at the yearly festival since 2014, but thanks to Gainesville volunteer Heath Treat, the free competition is making a comeback. A horseshoe pitching competition will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in the parking lot across...
John Rowland. Courtesy of Ozark County Jail.
Three burglary cases were recently filed in Ozark County court. The targets of the break-ins, ranging from a cabin and restaurant to a storage unit, include the theft of several thousand dollars’ worth of items.
Guns, bow and other equipment stolen from a Gainesville cabin
John Rowland of...
Ronnie and Shirley Garrison’s Isabella home is surrounded by flowerbeds, flowerpots and some creative hardscape, including this pond featuring a big ceramic frog Ronnie got Shirley, shown here overlooking the pond, as a joke because she dislikes frogs.
First-time motorists traveling the tucked-away Lake Road 619, off HH Highway at Isabella, perhaps on their way to Ridgewood Resort, are often surprised to round a corner on the tree- and brush-lined road and find a perfectly manicured lawn decorated with a colorful array of flowers and carefully...
This was the scene on the Gainesville square on an October night 54 years ago when Pam Carter (Hutchinson), 16, was crowned as the first Hootin an Hollarin queen in 1964. The Oct. 8, 1964, edition of the Ozark County Times reported that the queen had already been chosen when the 10 “hostesses”...
Hootin an Hollarin Hillbilly 5K organizer Doug Hawkins, right, presents Abel Parker with a custom-made first-place overall trophy at last year’s race sponsored by Hawkins’ Shelter Insurance agency. The 3.1 mile race, billed as the county’s oldest 5K, begins at 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 22. Walkers...
Arson is suspected in a Saturday fire that destroyed a vacant house trailer on Water Tower Street in Bakersfield that stood roughly 100 yards from a vacant house that burned about a year ago under similarly suspicious circumstances.
This week’s Ozark County Sheriff’s report shows that a call came...
The recount requested by Ozark County Prosecuting Attorney candidate John Russo after last week’s primary election will be held Thursday, Aug. 23.
When last week’s Ozark County votes were certified Friday, only eight votes separated Russo and incumbent Prosecuting Attorney John Garrabrant, with...
True Hope Church will host a music night beginning at 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 19, at the church on Highway 160 in Theodosia. Everyone is welcome to come and listen, sing or play.
The Norfork Lake striper bite was very good last week. We fished every day and had limits each day up to Sunday, when the wind was strong and from the east and the schools we have been seeing did not show up. Between my son and I, we did catch 11 stripers, but that’s the lowest number caught this...
The Center in Gainesville will host its annual BBQ chicken dinner fundraiser and dessert auction from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17. The meal will be prepared by the Theodosia United Methodist Church Men’s group and will include chicken, baked beans and delicious potato salad, along with drinks...