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Several Ozark Countians are among the 267 candidates for graduation from Missouri State University-West Plains during commencement ceremonies to be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 19, at the West Plains Civic Center.  Chelsea D. Johnston from Bakersfield and Tara L. Land of Dora will graduate with a...
Four Ozark County graduating seniors have been awarded scholarships this year from the PFC Matthew J. England Memorial Scholarship fund. Cassy Jean Doebler, Gainesville High School,  received $1,000. Cassy was salutatorian of her class and plans on becoming a pharmacist.  She is entering the pre-...
Photo, far right: Dora runners, from left, Bryson Luna, Austin White, Mason Luna and Auston Luna qualified for state when they finished in third place in the 4x200 relay during the Class 1 Section 2 track meet Saturday, May 12, at Carl Junction High School. The  relay team will compete in the Class...
Gainesville School superintendent Jeff Hyatt attended Monday’s meeting of the Ozark County Commission to ask for the commisioners’ help in applying for a government grant that would be used to be build a freestanding preschool building on the Gainesville campus.  Hyatt was accompanied by...

Gainesville High School pitcher Will Uchtman had a great game against the Alton Comets at the Bulldogs’ last home game of the season Tuesday, May 7. The Bulldogs won 5-2. Photo by Karla Smith
Bailey Jo Frazier, a graduating senior at Dora High School, has won a $2,000 MFA Foundation Scholarship, to be awarded May 13 during the school’s graduation ceremony. Bailey, the daughter of Melinda Andrews, plans to attend Missouri State University-West Plains to study psychology. Her goal is to...

Cameron Yeager Bakersfield High School FBLA VP of Membership
Ozark County was represented at the state level of FBLA by Cameron Yeager of Bakersfield High School and Faith Harlin of Gainesville High School for the 2017-18 school year. Their terms ended after this school year, and the two are graduating, but both students said the experience was a rewarding...

Gainesville FBLA’s Public Service Announcement team – Chasity Mansker , left, and Shai Meek – took sixth place at the April 8-10 State Leadership Confer-ence in Springfield.
On April 8-10, FBLA members attended the State Leadership Conference at the University Plaza Hotel in Springfield. The 19 members attending earned top-five positions in their events at the district level that allowed them to compete at the state level.The members participated in workshops, talked...
Bakersfield will hold its eighth grade promotion ceremony in the Taylor gymnasium at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 10.  The senior awards and scholarship program will be at 9 a.m. Friday, May 11.Bakersfield’s senior graduation  ceremony will be at 7 p.m. Friday, May 11, in the Jerry Taylor gymnasium. A...
Samuel Turnbull of Dora won the Missouri FFA Forest Management Proficiency award at the 90th Missouri FFA Convention.Turnball, a junior at Dora High School, is the son of Melvin (Toby) and Sheri Turnbull. He is a member of the Dora FFA chapter. His FFA adviser is Paula Bodenhamer.Turnbull’s...

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