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The GHS girls cross country team qualified for state when they placed third at the Class 2 District 2 race held Saturday at El Dorado Springs. Pictured from left, Isabelle Workman, Annabell Snelson, Kaitlyn Kahl, Nina Sponaugle, Jessica Suit, Rachyl McGinnis, Sarah Klessig and Jazlyn Wittkofski.
The Gainesville High School cross country teams, coached by Gary Emrick and David Murphy, turned in an impressive performance at the Class 2 District 2 meet held Saturday in El Dorado Springs — highlighted by a historic finish for the GHS girls.
For the first time in school history, a Gainesville...
Editor’s note: The Times staff was not able to be at this month’s city council meeting but is providing these minutes from the meeting.
The preliminary minutes have not been approved by the city council. The council approves minutes from the previous month at their regular meeting; therefore, if...
Kelly Marsh, who helps organize Bakersfest each year (above) and Hootin an Hollarin chair Paula Rose and committee member Gabe Blackburn (below) accept automated external defibrillators purchased by the Ozark County Commissioners using money from an opioid settlement received by Ozark County and hundreds of other municipalities. In the photo at left, (pictured from left) is Ozark County Clerk Brian Wise, Ozark County Presiding Commissioner Terry Newton, Marsh and Eastern District Commissioner Jim Britt. In the photo at right, is Wise, Rose, Britt, Western District Commissioner Layne Nance and Blackburn.
An incident at Gainesville’s Hootin and Hollarin festival this September brought to light the need for festival organizers to have access to automatic external defibrillators. The Ozark County Commissioners recently responded to that need by purchasing two AEDs - each specifically designated for...
Operation Christmas Wish, formerly known as the Ozark County Toy Drive, is now accepting applications from local families who need a little extra help making the holidays special for their children this year, as well as from residents who would like to financially support the program and help bring...
Gainesville resident Tyelor Estes shows the 320 pounds black bear boar that he harvested Oct. 19, in northern Ozark County.
Gainesville resident Tyelor Estes had a hunting experience he’ll never forget when he harvested a 320-pound black bear boar in northern Ozark County Oct. 19. Officials say the bear, estimated to be about three and a half years old, is the first to be tagged in Ozark County since Missouri’s bear...
photos courtesy of Ed Doiron Derric Byington, an employee with Kansas-based Gerard Tank company, is shown here last Saturday, Oct. 25, working to align the top of Gainesville’s new center water tower as his co-worker Kile Kennedy waits patiently on the ladder below him. After it was aligned, two men climbed on top and welded the cap in place. The new tower is funded through a mutli-million dollar grant the city received to improve its water system.
If you’ve driven down Highway 160 toward Gainesville lately, you may have noticed a change to the town’s skyline - the city’s central water tower is standing a lot taller these days. That’s because a brand-new tower, which holds double the capacity of water, has been installed to replace the city’s...
Operation Christmas Wish, formerly known as the Ozark County Toy Drive, is now accepting applications from local families who need a little extra help making the holidays special for their children this year, as well as from residents who would like to financially support the program and help bring...
Zanoni resident Aaron Foster stands alongside the newly re-built ramp at Hodgson Mill that he and his sons recently completed. Caretaker Dennis Goshorn is pictured in the background painting the ramp and railings.
The turn to fall along Bryant Creek brings a quiet kind of magic to the valley. The sunlight cuts through the red and gold leaves, mist drifts above the clear, cold spring water and Hodgson Mill, with its red, rough-sawn cedar boards and stone foundation, stands as it has for more than a century -...
If you didn’t get enough square dancing at Hootin an Hollarin, you’re in luck!
On Oct. 31, the Gainesville square will host the annual trunk-or-treat from 6 to 8 p.m., followed by a square dance block party from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. There will be live square dance music, a concession stand and lots...
Von Martin and his wife Barbara care for dogs, cats, horses and a goat on their Dora farm. When they head to Texas for the winter, they take them all along.
Sometimes, in the midst of an ordinary moment in an ordinary day, some little thing can happen, some random words can be said, and the next thing you know, your life is careening off in a direction you never could have expected. That's how Dora resident Von Martin's life went to the dogs some 30-...