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Many of the county-owned buildings are in dire need of repairs, maintenance and improvements, county commissioners learned during a recent inspection of all the buildings.
Presiding County Commissioner Terry Newton organized a quarterly inspection of all county-owned buildings, and commissioners...
About a dozen people attended a public hearing last week at Gainesville City Hall to gauge interest in whether or not recreational marijuana sales should be allowed inside the city limits.
Although several in attendance, and all who addressed the council, seemed to be in favor of the idea, city...
Lyndell Strong’s 1948 wedding dress still fits Lyndell (right) and her granddaughter Kristin Crawford Solomko.
Gainesville resident Lyndell Strong recently invited her granddaughter Kristin Solomko to browse through her clothes closet to see if there was “a sweater or something she might wear,” Lyndell said. Instead, it was a simple dress – black crepe printed with pink fountains and flowers – that caught...
Photo courtesy Rachael Schneider
A section of Highway 181 near Hodgson Mill was ripped out by flood waters when Bryant Creek swelled due to heavy rains over the weekend. At press time, Highway 181 was still closed as debris was being removed from the bridge and road and necessary repairs are being...
Ozark County has been awarded $6,518 in federal funds to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the county through the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board program.
A local board made up of...
Ozark County Commissioners toured and inspected county buildings last week and found several improvements that needed to be made, particularly at the recycling center and the jail. Above, Western District Commissioner Layne Nance (left) and Presiding Commissioner Terry Newton are given a tour of the jail facility by jailer Hunter Ryan. Commissioners have cut back funding they planned to give to White River Valley Electric Cooperative for a fiber-optic internet project to focus on county building needs and other projects. County commissioners plan to put a new roof on the jail this year and make other improvements.
Ozark County commissioners have changed the amount of money they are giving to White River Valley Electric Cooperative as a local contribution toward a region-wide high speed internet project.
Presiding County Commissioner Terry Newton told the Ozark County Times that, even though commissioners...
Ozark County native and legendary banker John Harlin, 86, died March 15 at his home in Gainesville.
For more than 30 years, Ozark County legendary banker John Harlin enjoyed a sideline job as a professional entertainer, performing impersonations of a zany cast of famous celebrities and fictional characters for audiences around the region. He loved making people laugh at annual conferences,...
County Commissioners opened bids on new road graders for the county Monday morning, saying they may buy up to four of the new machines.
“It depends on the cost and what they give us for trade-in on ours,” said Eastern District Commissioner Gary Collins, who added the idea is to keep newer equipment...
Jeremy McKee has been named the Dora fire chief. McKee serves as an Ozark County Sheriff’s Department reserve deputy, and is employed as the Dora School resource officer.
The Dora Volunteer Fire Department has announced that Jeremy McKee has been named fire chief, and Josh Spence is now deputy fire chief.
“I was born and raised in Dora. I discovered the fire department shortly after I got out of the Army in 2006,” McKee explained. “I imagine I was lured by the idea...
The 2023 Real Ozarks Magazine, a glossy-covered, full-color guide to exploring Ozark County and the surrounding area, is now available at the Times office and wherever newspapers are sold.
The popular magazine, published annually by the Times, is also distributed at visitor centers across the state...