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Some community residents attended the Aug. 26 meeting of the Ozark County Commission to join in the discussion about a new state law regarding concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs. The law, which was to become effective today, Aug. 28, prohibits counties from enacting health-related...
The Gainesville building near the low-water bridge on North Main Street where Dr. Norm Klayman practiced dentistry for 34 years was demolished Monday.
Klayman retired July 18, 2016, and the building has been vacant since then. It sustained water damage during the historic flood of 2017, and earlier...
The Ozark County Courthouse and Gainesville City Hall will be closed Monday, Sept. 2, in observance of the Labor Day holiday. Banks, post offices, most government offices and many businesses will also be closed, along with The Center, the Gainesville License Office and the Ozark County Volunteer...
As the new school year gets off the ground, at least one Ozark County school is seeing record enrollment increases and is having to adjust to handle the influx of new students.
Bakersfield superintendent Dr. Amy Britt said the R-4 district has a record 41-student gain in enrollment over last year’s...
Last week as the line of mourners at Sam Kirkland’s visitation stretched out the door of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home in West Plains and down the block, his mother, Cindy Kirkland, heard time and again of her youngest son’s random acts of kindness.
An Amish couple, Lavern and Josephine Yoder, who...
“Party on the Hill,” a benefit event for the Semper Fi Fund, a national charity that assists wounded post-9/11 veterans from all branches of the military, will be held Saturday, Sept. 14, near Theodosia.
Organizer Debbie Daniel, who is hosting the event on her land on Ashlynn Acre Lane, off P...
In September, lovers of fine painted china will have a unique opportunity at the Ozark County Historium. From 10 a.m. until noon on three Wednesday mornings – Sept. 4, 11 and 18 – Vicky York of Theodosia will teach a china-painting class where participants will learn the details of this fine...
As the new school year begins, Ozark County schools say their policies regarding unpaid student lunch fees bear no resemblance to other schools’ “lunch shaming” practices that have made national news lately. Still, school administrators say, unpaid student fees are a problem sometimes.
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Century Bank of the Ozarks recently donated $20,000 in tuition to South Central Career Center (SCCC) for Ozark County high school students who are interested in attending the career and technical school in West Plains. The county’s four high schools – Lutie, Gainesville, Dora and Bakersfield –...
A possible Ozark County health ordinance related to concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, was the main topic of discussion at the Ozark County Commission’s regular weekly meeting on Monday. The ordinance is expected to be discussed again at next week’s meeting, to be held at 9 a.m....