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Ozark County commissioners donated $15,000 to the Ozark County Substance Abuse Task Force on Monday. The money comes from Ozark County’s part of a national opioid lawsuit settlement, in which Ozark County received $21,588. Shown are (from left) OCSATF president Jeff Dotson, Eastern District County...
Hatchet granny Carry Nation was WCTU's most radical and widely known member. She became known as "hatchet granny" because she used a hatchet to smash liquor bottles and destroy drinking establishments.
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union in Ozark County fought the ‘Woman’s Holy War’ from 1890s to 1960s
Campaigns for total abstinence from alcohol, tobacco and illegal drugs may seem out of step with today’s society, especially now that recreational marijuana is legal. However, the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) is still very much alive after 150 years of activism. Missouri no longer has...
Gainesville Mayor Gail Reich, far left, welcomes new business owner (who also happens to be her sister) Jamie Turner Wyman, center, and her new food truck J’s Grill. Jamie’s granddaughter Teagan Hathcock also stands with the women.
Jamie Turner Wyman, the master chef behind Gainesville’s newest food establishment, J’s Grill, held a grand opening at her food truck Tuesday, and despite the soggy weather, it was a huge hit with locals.
The truck is now open for business during regular hours, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday...
Missouri University Garden Coordinator Larry Roberts, pictured far left, brought the “MU tiger van” to The Center in Gainesville filled with garden supplies for the new community garden. MU Educator Alicia Winrod, pictured center and The Center Manager Kaela Anderson helped Roberts unload the materials.
What happens when a community’s senior citizens and young people are brought together to share what they know with each other? That’s exactly the question that will be answered by a set of new University of Missouri Extension - Ozark County programs that will occur over the next two years, thanks...
The nuns at St. Joseph's Monastery hosted a celebration during groundbreaking a few months ago. Among the friends and supporters who attended was Bishop Edward M. Rice, who presides over the Catholic Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau. He's shown here with the monastery's sisters in front of some of the earth-moving equipment brought in to clear the site. From left: Sister Maria Battista Nyaga, Sister Gemma Rose Hoffmann, Sister Mary Pia Burns (in the white veil), Sister Miriam Esther Podlinsek, Sister Mary Josefa Holcomb, Bishop Rice, Sister Sophia Eid, Sister Judith Marie Meier, Sister Mary Petra Kalinowski and Sister Veronica Oehl.
Editor's note: This feature about the new Monastery of St. Joseph is the second in a three-part series describing four religious communities and facilities that operate a few miles north of Ozark County in Douglas County. Last week's Times featured Assumption Abbey and the Nazareth Hermitage. The...
Jeffrey Patrick, Museum curator at Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield
Good news! We at the Historium are happy to announce that Jeffrey Patrick, museum curator at the Wilson's Creek National Battlefield, will join us at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, for a presentation.
Patrick has worked at the battlefield since 1992 and is the author or editor of numerous books and...
Ozark County commissioners held their final budget hearing Monday for the 2023 county budget, and commissioners voted to approve the budget.
County officials have been working on budget matters since the beginning of the year. The final budget numbers were not available as the Times went to press...
This rendering, taken from the website benedictinesofmary.org, shows the architect's drawing of the new Monastery of St. Joseph now under construction southwest of Assumption Abbey in Douglas County, a few miles north of Rockbridge. The $20 million monastery will be large enough to house 48 nuns when completed and will also include a chapel and a Fathers Shrine to honor earthly fathers, grandfathers and priests. The shrine and many of the services in the chapel will be open to the public.
Editor's note: This feature describing Assumption Abbey and the Nazareth Hermitage is the first of three stories that describe four religious communities and facilities that operate a few miles north of Ozark County in Douglas County. The other two facilities, St. Joseph's Monastery and Holy...
The United States Postal Service announced recently that Karla Hogan has been named the new Theodosia post master. Although she’s new to the title, Karla isn’t new to Ozark County or the USPS.
Karla and husband Mike own a farm in Ozark County in the Nottinghill area.
“I have lived all my life in...
Times photo/Bruce Roberts Log truck rollover Black ice Monday morning was said to be the cause of this log truck rollover just south of the Missouri/Arkansas line on Highway 5. The crash closed the highway for much of the day Monday while crews worked to remove the wreckage and the logs from the roadway. The driver of the truck, Timothy Willenburg, was not seriously injured in the crash.
If you’re hoping for an early spring, you’re not alone.
Ozark County was hit with two winter storms in the last week, the first of which dumped up to 10 inches of snow in some parts of the county and knocked out power to thousands.
Then, on Monday, freezing drizzle in the wee hours of the morning...