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Many Ozark Countians and thousands of others from across the globe traveled into the path of totality for Monday’s total solar eclipse, one of the most highly anticipated events of 2024.
Gainesville was one of the lucky communities in the path of totality, and if the lines of traffic on the main...
Bakersfield School's Parent Teacher Organization has set a couple of pretty big goals for what it wants to do for the little school in this tiny town. Anywhere else, those big, expensive goals might seem like impossible pipe dreams – especially considering that the Bakersfield PTO isn't really an "...
Ozark County OATS bus driver Bill Hossman says he loves his job, and the riders he interacts with on the bus are “just so, so happy that we’re here to help them.”
Bill mans the wheel of the local OATS bus, happily picking up residents at their homes across Ozark County and driving them to various...
The filing period for the Aug. 6 Primary Election, which features several local Ozark County office races, closed last week. These candidates have filed to run in the following elections:
Western district commissioner
Layne Nance
Eastern district commissioner
Jim Britt
Michael Warren
Ozark...
Ozark County native Vincent Anderson will speak at the Ozark County Historium in Gainesville at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 18, to share his latest source of fascination in colorful Ozarks History – old, necked discoid gravestones (plus stories about the people buried under them). The program is free...
We're less than a week away from the April 8 total solar eclipse that's scheduled to follow a diagonal path across North America, sweeping over Ozark County around midday. For those in the path of Monday's big event, the sky will gradually grow darker as the shadow of the moon slides across the...
The Ozark County Volunteer Library's devoted volunteers are gearing up for one of biggest book sales in the library's history. Touring the library's brightly lit basement last week, library board president Joanne Krupp waves her arm to indicate all the books in sight – which are all available for...
The third time was the charm for the Ozark County "use tax" measure. The question passed during the April 2 General Municipal Election with a vote of 643 yes (56.80%) and 489 no (43.20%) after being voted down during two prior elections.The passage means that Ozark County residents will pay 2%...
Justin Turner and Chris Bales won the two open seats in the Bakersfield School Board race during the April 2 General Municpial Election. The unofficial results recieved from the Ozark County Clerk's office showed the following votes cast:
Chris Bales, 100 votes (36.76%)
Justin Turner, 103 votes (37...
Mason Eslinger and Jabet Wade won the two open seats in the Gainesville School Board race during the April 2 General Municpial Election. The unofficial results recieved from the Ozark County Clerk's office showed the following votes cast:
Mason Eslinger, 439 votes (31.29%)
Jabet Wade, 442 votes (31...