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Ozark County Sheriff’s K9 Rye and her handler, Deputy Josh Sherman, are quite the duo within the sheriff’s department, aiding in searches for drugs, missing people, paraphernalia and other potential evidence that proves beneficial to investigations.
The pair also serve as approachable ambassadors...
A benefit event in support of Stormy Jean Sigman, a 10-month old child diagnosed with cancer, is being held from 4 p.m. Feb. 4, to 2 a.m. Feb. 5, at Take 5, located on Highway 5, south of Gainesville, near the Arkansas state line.
A fried chicken dinner will be served for $10 for adults and $5 for...
Gainesville resident Ruby Winslow says she has recently obtained an accolade that she’s dreamed of nearly all her life. She is now one of the few people who can say they’ve purchased the first Whataburger sold at a location of the popular chain restaurant.
“It’s the ultimate achievement of any...
Ozark County leaders were shocked recently to learn that a half-cent sales tax approved by voters in the November general election could not be collected by the Missouri Department of Revenue.
The news about the sales tax technicality broke last week as the Ozark County Times was going to press....
Ozark County’s officials were sworn into their new terms by Associate Judge Raymond Gross and Clerk Brian Wise on Friday, Dec. 30, in the upstairs courtroom at the Ozark County Courthouse in Gainesville.
Among those being sworn in are three new officials: Prosecuting Attorney Lee Pipkins,...
Have you ever wondered why your ancestors look so grim in those old, brown photographs taken at the turn of the 20th century? It’s not because of bad dentistry, nor because they’re unhappy or prudish. It’s because they’re trying to be still.
Camera shutter speeds were slow and had to remain open at...
Ozark County Sheriff Cass Martin told the Times Thursday morning that his office is involved in a case in which the Humane Society of Missouri’s Animal Cruelty Task Force recovered 29 Lakeland Terriers from an Ocie-area property in Ozark County Jan. 4.
The 29 dogs were taken from a formerly-...
The Ozark County Commission released a statement Tuesday afternoon explaining that they’ve become aware of an issue with the additional half-cent law enforcement sales tax that voters here passed in the November General Election.
“It has come to our attention, after notification from the...
Ozark County Commissioners voted to update the county’s hazardous mitigation plan, a routine task commissioners do every five years. The Ozark County Multijurisdictional Local Hazardous Mitigation Plan is something that is prepared for the county by South Central Ozarks Council of Government (...
Toys and other gifts for more than 200 Ozark County children were distributed Saturday, Dec. 17, at this year’s Ozark County Toy Drive. The event was held in the former Senior Center building on Third Street in Gainesville.
“We had plenty of toys and lots of good workers,” said chairperson Nancy...