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Wasola resident Sean Sweeney was known for his piloting skills. This photo of Sweeney in his DR-107 airplane was published in a 2018 edition of the Times.
Wasola resident Sean Sweeney was killed Feb. 22 while piloting a twin-engine Beech B200 plane for CTEH, an environmental consulting firm whose headquarters are in Little Rock, Arkasnas. Sweeney and four employees of CTEH were flying to Ohio for work connected to the metal factory explosion site in...
Gainesville City employee Josh Easterday recently completed training and passed a test to become certified as a “operator class C” allowing him to be the city’s wastewater treatment operator. City Clerk Lisa Goodnight says Gainesville city wastewater treatment facility requires the operator to be...
Recent vandalism at the Hoerman Memorial Park was discussed at the Feb. 14 Gainesville city council meeting, where city employees say the park’s pavilion lights were recently broken out and signs asking park patrons to clean up their trash were torn down.  City officials explained that vandalism at...

The Gainesville City Council voted at their Feb. 14 meeting to accept a bid to replace the sidewalk on Third and Main Streets including this section of the sloped sidewalk on Main Street, which is currently not ADA-compliant. The new sidewalk will be ADA-compliant.
For more than a year, Gainesville city has been in the process of attempting to repair a section of sidewalk that stretches down Third Street from Smokin’ Joes BBQ around the corner at Shelter Insurance - Douglas Hawkins agency and onto Main Street in front of Mill Country Title. Although the...
The city council’s agenda for the Feb. 14 meeting included a 5:30 p.m. public hearing before the main city council meeting in which citizens could voice their opinions on whether or not the city should allow the sale of recreational marijuana inside the city limits. A meeting notice was posted at...

Gainesville School Superintendent Justin Gilmore asked the Gainesville City Council to consider closing or gating off a portion of High School Drive, shown here, a city street that runs in front of the school. Gilmore said that people frequently speed down the road, and the school is making plans to build an additional parking lot and possibly have classrooms on school-owned property directly across the street, meaning students and community members will be crossing the roadway often.
The Gainesville City Council met for their regular monthly meeting at 6 p.m. last Tuesday, Feb. 14, at City Hall. The following council members were present: Renee Schmucker, Ken Crawford, Seth Collins, Lana Bushong and Dana Crisp. Mayor Gail Reich was also in attendance, as were City Clerk Lisa...
Absentee voting for the April 4 General Municipal Election has begun. The election is open to those who live within the Gainesville city limits and those who live in the Lutie  and Bradleyville School Districts. Gainesville Board of Alderman (city council): Three positions are open, and the three...

Hammond Mill Camp board members who accepted a more than $24,000 grant from Community Foundation of the Ozarks and the Coover Charitable Trust are, from left, seated: Rex Berry, Rich Mustion, Ann Zimmerman, Pinky Gum and Andy Ingalsbe; standing: Shanda Engelhardt, Zohn Engelgardt, Robin Mustion, Thad White, David Grant, Don Pinckney and Abbie Ingalsbe.
The Community Foundation of the Ozarks, in partnership with the Coover Charitable Foundation managed by Commerce Trust, awarded a $24,801 grant to Hammond Mill Camp Inc. in Dora to make improvements to the historic camp's bathhouse and main dining hall building in rural Ozark County. “We lease our...

Betty and John Stanley
Betty Stanley's unexpected death last week caused deep sadness among a very diverse group of people – some who didn't know each other.  Betty and her husband, John, moved to the Ozarks many years ago from Texas, eventually settling on a few tucked-away acres near Warren Bridge on Bryant Creek. John...
Gainesville resident Chris Harlin says that the Harlin family is commissioning an large mural on the side of a building next to Century Bank of the Ozarks. The mural will likely be placed near where the two signs are now hung for United Country Missouri Ozarks Realty, above. Harlin says he has...

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