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The Ozark County Historium’s current quilt display features a small sampling of the creations of Dora quilter Virginia Rose Gaskell McMurtrey. To say that Virginia has been a prolific quilter is stating the fact mildly. Four huge notebooks, also on display, are filled with photos and stories that...
Gainesville resident Andrew Brandt Clay, 21, was arrested Feb. 7 and has been held in the Ozark County Jail without bond in connection with a Jan. 24 incident in which Clay is alleged to have knocked a man unconscious, beaten him while he was passed out, bound his legs and feet with duct tape...
Ozark County has passed its annual budget for the year 2020, and by all accounts the process went quite smoothly.
“This is the easiest budget we’ve passed in the 12 years I’ve been here,” said Western Commissioner Greg Donley.
At close to $5 million, it’s probably the largest in the county’s...
This week the Times is publishing “profiles” of the four candidates running in the April 7 general municipal election for the three seats coming open on the Dora R-III School District Board of Education. Candidate profiles for the Gainesville school board ran in the Feb. 5 edition of the Times...
Diana Cobb of Caulfield has always loved animals, especially dogs. Even as a little girl, she knew she wanted to raise, breed and show some type of dog. She just wasn’t sure which breed to choose.
That all changed when she was a young teen and saw the movie “Turner and Hooch.” She immediately...
Longtime Gainesville residents Rex and Frances Johnson expect to celebrate another Valentine’s Day together Friday, still enjoying each other’s company just as they’ve done for more than 63 Valentine’s Days now.
They probably met as children when Frances’ mother, the late Canzada Jenkins,...
Editor’s note: The Times plans to publish a follow-up question-and-answer article on the proposed use tax in an upcoming edition. To submit questions for that article, please email regina@ozarkcountytimes.com or call the Times at 417-679-4641.
In the General Municipal Election on April 7...
Three new cases have been filed against Gainesville resident Jason Laird, 42, in connection with several crimes reported within the area over the last few weeks.
Ozark County Sheriff Darrin Reed first posted Laird’s photo on Facebook on Jan. 24, indicating in his post that the Gainesville man was...
Gainesville resident Andrew Brandt Clay, 21, was arrested Feb. 7 and has been held in the Ozark County Jail without bond in connection with a Jan. 24 incident in which Clay is alleged to have knocked a man unconscious, beaten him while he was passed out, bound his legs and feet with duct tape and...
Ozark County has passed its annual budget for the year 2020, and by all accounts the process went quite smoothly.
“This is the easiest budget we’ve passed in the 12 years I’ve been here,” said Western Commissioner Greg Donley.
At close to $5 million, it’s probably the largest in the county’s...