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The modular building that had served for several years as Missouri Community Health system’s Gainesville clinic was dismantled and hauled away Tuesday as workers finished up the new 6,000-square-foot building on the same lot on Elm Street next to the Gainesville post office. The new MOCH...
Blackened grass around the Protem electrical substation shows the result of a small fire that started when power lines came down Friday evening, reportedly due to a boom truck with boom extended running into overhead wires and pulling them down, along with two utility poles. No injuries were reported.
Eighty-eight Protem-area residents were without power for several hours Friday night after electric lines and two utility poles were taken out by an unidentified truck driver.White River Valley Electric Co-op spokesperson Cassie Cunningham said the co-op was told the damage was caused by a boom...
U.S. Air Force Airman Rylen E. Wynn
U.S. Air Force Airman Rylen E. Wynn graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in San Antonio, Texas.The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic...
To contact the Ozark County Sheriff’s Depart-ment or other emergency-responding agencies here, call 679-4633. In an emergency, dial 911.
March 2610:13 a.m. – Vehicle accident on Highway 101. One person involved, and they are out of the car, bleeding from the forehead and wanting to be checked by...
A $20,000 cash-only bond was set March 21 for Dustin Lee, 34, after the Vanzant-area man was charged with one count of burglary and 12 counts of stealing a firearm.The 13 charges, all class D felonies, typically carry a prison sentence of up to four years, but because Lee has been charged as a...
Ozark County Commissioners Monday signed a proclamation supporting the designation of April as Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Awareness Month, and another proclamation designating April 25 as “Denim Day.” Residents are encouraged to wear denim that day to show support for survivors of sexual...
Coddington
Jared Coddington, 22, of Thornfield, was arrested March 28 in Gassville, Arkansas, and was charged in Baxter County with delivery of methamphetamine, unlawful use of a communication device, distribution of a controlled substance near a facility and possession of meth with the purpose to deliver in...
Isabella resident Brittany S. Kohler, 30, and her mother Lisa J. Luna, 53, of Pontiac were injured Sunday morning in this single-vehicle rollover accident on W Highway in Pontiac. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol online crash report filed by Cpl. N. J. Britt, Luna was driving a 2017...
Ray Grisham of Grisham Construction and Concrete, pictured here on the heavy equipment, and partner Greg Simpson, standing alongside the trench, began work March 30 to pour concrete footers for the new Ozark County Ambulance base building. The 1,680-square-foot structure will replace the old...
Studdard
Jerry D. Studdard, 52, of Wasola, charged with forcible sodomy and two counts of statutory sodomy, was granted a supervised bond release March 27 during a hearing before Associate Judge Cynthia MacPherson. Studdard, represented by defense attorney Gregory Scott Taylor of Springfield, is charged in...