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Barbara Baird
The Ozark County Historium will host the "Accidental Ozarkian," also known as Barbara Baird of Norwood, for a free program at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 12. Baird was originally scheduled to present the program in April, but due to high water, the program was postponed until now.
Baird has recently...
Sara Mendel
Drury basketball player Sara Mendel, daughter of Danny and Shannon Mendel of Ava and granddaughter of Sandy Heriford and Robert Klineline of Gainesville, has been selected to play for the U.S. National Team when it competes this summer in Brazil.
The national team, comprised of NCAA-II players,...
The quake (red indicator) occurred in a wooded area behind Kustom Auto Body (marked with the gray dot in the center). Google Maps image.
The U.S. Geological Survey reported a small earthquake occurred in Gainesville at 8:46 a.m. last Saturday morning, May 31.
The report shows that the quake hit a few miles southwest of town, just behind the buildings of Chaney Monument Works and Kustom Auto Body off Highway 160.
The USGS rated the...
The first burial in Welch Cemetery, near Pond Fork, is believed to have occurred in the 1840s. Both Confederate and Union veterans are buried there. At last count, the cemetery enclosed 61 headstones, but a “grave-witching” event in 2015 found 268 more unmarked burials.
Mike Welch loves the old Welch Cemetery, off County Road 910 near Pond Fork, where his great-grandfather, Civil War veteran William Edward Welch, was buried in 1922 at age 79. Mike has lots of other relatives buried there as well, and he wants the cemetery to continue being a place where families...
On March 14, Pam Guffey’s Bakersfield restaurant, Guffey’s Cafe, had its best day of business ever in its five-year history. That night, an EF-3 tornado swept through the area, inflicting heavy damage on the building and forcing the popular eatery to close.
Pam Guffey was exhausted and her heart was already broken that morning of March 15 when she and her husband, Junior, finally drove into Bakersfield to see if the cafe Pam had taken over five years earlier was still standing.
A monstrous EF-3 tornado had roared through the area the evening before,...
According to Ozark County Western District Commissioner Layne Nance, over the holiday weekend, the county received between 8 to 12 inches of rain, and the roadway damages are still being assessed.
“There’s a lot of damage, and we’re trying to fix it as fast as we can,” said Nance.
Many county road...
Cade Nold, Dora High School senior, is the Class 1 state champion in both the 400-meter dash and 800-meter run and is now a state record holder in both events.
Cade set the 400-meter dash record in 2024 when he ran it in 49.15. He won the race this year in 49.18.
This year, he smashed the 800-...
All photos courtesy Ozarks Sports Zone Class 1 state champions The Dora Falcons boys track and field team has been named Class 1 state champions. Members of the team are, from left (front row), Coach Sheree Nold, Zachary Green, Lathan Smith, Carson Howard, Josiah Ward, Coach Kaitlyn Perkins; (back row) Brayden Decker, Daniel Tomlinson, Cade Nold, Joshua Nold, Clayton Collins.
The Dora Falcons have made their 2025 track and field season one to remember with stellar performances at the Class 1 state meet held at Adkins Stadium in Jefferson City May 23-24.
The boys team brought home the Class 1 state championship, scoring 44 points – 2 points ahead of McAuley Catholic.
The...
Doug Hawkins with the Ozark County Chamber of Commerce attended last week’s city council meeting to ask for approval to hold a July 4 fireworks show in town.
The fireworks show would be set off by Kirk and Segra Stephens of Foggy Bottom Fireworks from the top of the ridge facing the east side of...
The city council approved installing a drainage curb and gutter near the Ozark County Volunteer Library to help divert water from the building’s exterior wall on Elm Street due to the fact that Second Street is higher than the curb in that location. The council approved the project and opened the...