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Sections of Highway 160 between P Highway west of Theodosia and Mark Twain School at Highway 125 south will be closed several hours on weekdays through Jan. 2 so that culverts can be replaced.
Sections of Highway 160 between P Highway west of Theodosia and Mark Twain School (at Highway 125 south near Reuter) will be closed from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. weekdays through Jan. 2, except for Friday, Dec. 22, and Mondays, Dec. 25 and Jan. 1, when the road will be open.
The Missouri Department...
Happy holidays!
The Ozark County Courthouse and most other government offices, including post offices, will be closed Monday, Dec. 25, in observance of Christmas, and Jan. 1, in observance of New Year’s Day. The Ozark County Commission will postpone its usual Monday meetings until 9 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 26, and...
Doris and Wayne Sayles discuss an exhibit in the 416th Bomb Group Archive, which they began in Gainesville in the WPA building that once served as the town’s city hall.
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Glittering rings often signify memories and monumental life events — just like one, set with a sparkling stone, that...
Hadley Henson, daughter of Chauncey and Kara Henson, stood transfixed before the stage during the Mark Twain Elementary School Christmas program Dec. 12. Schools around the county wrapped up the 2017 year with holiday programs before winter break.
Howards Ridge resident Bobbie Head, 69, suffered multiple injuries Saturday when a tractor rolled over him. First responders from Lick Creek Volunteer Fire Head and an Ozark County Ambulance crew transported him to a landing zone at Highways J and T, and he was flown by Air Evac to Cox South...
Ozark County native Tawnya Crisp Krempges’ photo appeared recently on the Megatron in Times Square as part of an advertising promotion for the Mary Kay cosmetics company.
It’s not every day that an Ozark County native’s photo appears, billboard size, in Times Square, but one was there recently when Tawnya Crisp Krempges’ smiling face appeared on the ABC building’s Megatron in New York City. The publicity came when Tawnya’s Mary Kay unit met the challenge of having a...
The Ozark County Food Pantry is working to raise $5,000 so it can receive a dollar-for-dollar matching grant from Ozarks Food Harvest, the regional food bank for southwest Missouri. The funds are being provided through a grant the regional food bank received recently from the Wal-Mart Foundation...
Joshua Long. Courtesy of the Ozark County Jail.
Joshua Long, 37, of Mountain Home, Arkansas, is being held in the Ozark County Jail on a $5,000 cash-only bond on charges of burglary and possession of methamphetamine in connection with a Nov. 26 break-in at a Mammoth-area apartment where he allegedly attempted to leave the scene dressed as a...
The tan-colored, single-level home just below the red fire-retardant chemical plume in this photo by Riverside (California) Press-Enterprise reporter Brian Rokos belongs to Alex and Vonda Solomko, Ozark County native Kristin Solomko’s in-laws in Murrieta, California. During the Liberty Fire that burned out of control in that area last week, fire crews decided to drop their load there because they saw the fire breaks that had been created around the home and thought it could be saved.
An Ozark County native recently got a too-close-for-comfort view of California wildfires that have made national headlines during the past week.
For the last three years, Kristin Crawford Solomko, daughter of Bryan and Jerri Sue Crawford of Gainesville, has lived with her husband, Michael, in...
West Plains Propane office manager Chrystal Meek said whoever burglarized the facility Tuesday, Dec. 5, caused substantial damage, including this broken glass door, but only got away with two checks made out to West Plains Propane. Photo courtesy Chrystal Meek.
Ozark County Sheriff Darrin Reed warns local residents that burglaries and thefts are on the rise, a trend that typically can be seen nationwide from Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day.
“Please be aware of your surroundings, and lock your vehicles,” Reed posted on his Facebook page. “If you see...