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photo courtesy of Ron Schott, Wright County Journal Dora Falcon cross country runner Cade Nold, a junior, stands with Falcons coach Sheree Nold, who is also his mother. Cade took third place in the 2023 class 1 state meet at Gans Creek in Columbia Nov. 3.
Building on a multi-season climb to continued success, the Dora Falcons and Lady Falcons cross country teams clawed their way to the state summit again this year, ending the season by claiming three coveted medals and several other admirable accolades at the Nov. 3 class 1 state cross country meet...

Bill Cook and his wife, Nadine, pictured center front, loved having their family gather at the Cooks' Thornfield home. Front row, from left: grandson Mitchell Cook, Kentlee Cook, Bill (holding great-granddaughter Breklyn Cook), Nadine, great-grandson Maverik Cook and granddaughter-in-law LaTasha Cook. Back: Son Bret Cook and his wife, Melanie, Vikki Cook and her husband (Bill and Nadine's son) Ben. The Cooks' daughter Becky died in September 2021. Two family members, great-grandsons Chase and Eli Cook, were not available for the photo.
Editor's note: This is the conclusion of a two-part tribute to Bill Cook, who came to Ozark County in 1952 with his parents and sister and spent the rest of his life serving the public there through the extensive Theodosia Marina Resort his family developed during the next 71 years. He died Oct. 14...

Dora Lady Falcons Class 1 District 1 XC champs The Dora High School varsity girls cross country team took first place at the Class 1 District 1 meet held Saturday, Oct. 28 at Cape Girardeau. Isabelle Martin, a freshman, took first place at the meet, finishing in 20:57.23. Five other runners on the team also qualified individually for state. Emma Martin, a junior, took fifth place in 21:39.04. Kara Anderson, a freshman, placed 10th in 22:31.63. Kinley Luna, a freshman, was right behind her in 11th place with a time of 22:45.62. Haley Perkins, also a freshman, placed 20th in 23:39.82 and Chloe Barton, a junior, placed 25th in 24:14.15. Pictured, from left, Kara Anderson, Kayden Jones, Chloe Barton, Emma Martin, Isabelle Martin, Haley Perkins and Kinley Luna.
Runners from Bakersfield, Dora and Gainesville competed at district cross country meets on Saturday, Oct. 28. Bakersfield and Dora traveled to Cape Girardeau for the Class 1 District 1 meet, and Gainesville went to Lamar for the Class 2 District 2 run. The top 30 individual runners and the top four...

This photo was taken by Janet Taber on the courthouse lawn Sunday, Oct. 22, nearly at the peak of the color of the maples.
As a child growing up, my vision was not focused on my surroundings. It didn't need to be; things had just always been the same and would continue to be the same, as far as I was concerned. No new, big projects were built in our little town; no noticeable population growth or change took place. The...

Bill Cook 1941-2023
Editor’s note: This is the first part of a two-part tribute to Bill Cook, a leader in the  Theodosia community and head of the family that, for 71 years, has operated what is now  Theodosia Marina Resort on Bull Shoals Lake.     Bill Cook was “just shy of 11 years old” in June 1952 when he and his...

Times photos/Jessi Dreckman Action Recovery Center (ARC) will be operating two in-house residential drug and alcohol addiction treatment programs or “sober living homes” in Gainesville for Ozark County residents. The men’s housing unit (above, left) opens today, Nov. 1, in a building off Highway 5, south of Gainesville. The women’s housing unit (above, right) is slated to open Jan. 1, at its location in the historic three-story yellow home on Third Street, also in Gainesville.
Many residents in Ozark County have been impacted by addiction - either struggling themselves or seeing a family member or loved one in the throws of battle. Broken homes, broken families and broken individuals lie in the wake of addiction-fueled lives here and elsewhere.  But unlike more urban...
Tuesday is Halloween, and we have the lowdown on all the spooky and fun events being planned in Ozark County to celebrate the holiday. Weather forecasted for Halloween night, as of press time Tuesday, Oct. 24, predicts a cold and clear night with a forecasted high near 50 and low near 30.  ...
  The Gainesville High School class of 1973 hosted their 50th school reunion at the high school Saturday, Oct. 21. It was their most well attended reunion  yet, organizers say. Classmates, pictured from left, are (front row): Kay Pendergrass McFarland, Linda Ellison Hannaford, Lana Allen Meadows,...
The Ozark County commissioners adopted a resolution concerning Senate Bill 190 during the regular Monday morning commissioners meeting. “Senate Bill 190 is a really popular thing around the state right now,” said Presiding Commissioner Terry Newton. “We have been going back and forth trying to...

Gainesville city council meetings are held at 6 p.m. the second Tuesday of every month. The meetings are open to the public.
Editor’s note: Although specific dollar amounts were provided for the  budget and approved by the city council, the figures in this story are rounded to the nearest dollar for simplicity’s sake.     The Gainesville City Council discussed and set its 2023-24 proposed operating budget during its...

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