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Nov. 20
8:21 a.m. – Caller reported a 9mm Baretta with 1 clip stolen from car on County Road 519. Handled by OCSD officer.
8:58 a.m. – Medical: 54-year-old female...
Still no rain. The weather changes nearly every day. Warm days and cool nights.
We hope everyone had a good holiday. We went to Travis and Sarah McConnaughy’s for Thanksgiving dinner. The food was great. Travis cooked the turkey on the outside grill. Those attending included Paul and I, Chris,...
Our thoughts and prayers are sent out for all servicemen and women serving our country who are not able to be home with their families during the holidays.
Sandi Chrietzberg Richards came from Ben Wheeler, Texas, and stayed until Sunday with her best friend, Kris Luebbert. Allen Lueppert and his...
Jeremy Haskins, right, received the Best New Product award from American Public Works Association president Bo Mills during the association’s PWX conference in late August in Orlando, Florida. Jeremy, son of the late Jerry Haskins and grandson of the late Charles and Juanita Haskins, formerly of Brixey, is the founder of HoleHat, a manhole safety cover that is now being used by municipal utilities in metropolitan areas, including Los Angeles, California.
Jeremy Haskins, P.E., of Scottsdale, Arizona, invented HoleHat, a portable manhole safety cover now being used by municipal utilities to help prevent falls and injuries. The invention earned him the prestigious Best New Product award at the American Public Works Association PWX Expo held in late...
A craft boutique will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, at the community center in Oakland, Arkansas. Several former Sister Creek Crafters are participating, and coffee, hot cider and cookies will be served.
The Ozark County Long-Term Recovery Committee will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 4, at the Lions Club building on Third Street in Gainesville.
Committee members are hoping representatives from area churches will join the committee as well as any other residents who are interested in working together...
Theodosia United Methodist Church in Theodosia will share “A Service of Hope and Healing at Christmas” at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 18. Everyone is invited.
Organizers say the service recognizes that Christmas is a time of celebration and family but also acknowledges that in the midst of the season many...
Members of Sampson Masonic Lodge #298 in Theodosia will serve their regular first Saturday of the month community breakfast from 7 to 10 a.m. Dec. 2 at the lodge on Highway 160 next to Lutie School in Theodosia.
The menu will include scrambled eggs, sausage, biscuits and gravy, pancakes, waffles...
Bode Long took this photo of a Chevy truck parked about 50 yards from a Mammoth-area apartment that had been burglarized Sunday afternoon. A sign on the truck’s window said, “Broke down. Please don’t tow it away. I’ll be back today. Thanks!” When Long and three other men drove back to the apartment later, a man dressed as a woman came out and attempted to leave the scene.
Sunday afternoon began like any other day for Gainesville resident Bode Long and Mammoth residents Donovan and Dee Goodman, but things took an unusual turn when, late that afternoon, the three men found themselves blocking the roadway to prevent a suspected cross-dressing burglar from fleeing the...
This fall, owner Jerry Ann Lash celebrates 19 years of operating the Christmas House at Rainbow’s End on County Road 555 near Tecumseh. The Christmas House is open from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and from 12:30 to 5 p.m. Sundays through Dec. 10. The store offers seasonal decor and gifts from 20 crafters in southern Missouri. Photo courtesy of Rural Missouri.
Reprinted with permission from Rural Missouri. (Local information added.)
Outside the Christmas House at Rainbow’s End is a sign that owner and artist Jerry Ann Lash says describes her perfectly: “When someone told me I live in a fantasy land, I nearly fell off my unicorn.” It’s easy to see why. A...