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The Tailgate Ministry has been making quite the impact around Ozark County at a grassroots level, completing tasks that range from bringing free food to residents who need it to helping refinish a garage into an apartment.
Construction work is now a main focus of the charity, as members work to...
Musical comedy coming to Gainesville High School gym this Friday and Saturday; showtime is 7 p.m. both nights
The newly-revived Gainesville High School drama department hopes you will come take a trip with them this weekend back to the “Nifty Fifties.”
The GHS drama department will host its first...
The Ozark County Sheriff’s Department used humor in a recent Facebook post about a subject who fled the scene of an attempted arrest. On April 26, the sheriff’s department posted a photo of an Ozark County Jail striped jumpsuit with a pair of sunglasses on top. The caption of the post was titled, “...
Sometimes the most impactful projects seem to swirl together of their own measure, taking those involved along for the ride as it unfolds in unexpected ways.
Isabella resident Arthur Fortin says the Tailgate Ministry project in Ozark County has been a bit like that for him and the others involved...
Editor's note: After this article was printed, a Times reader called in to report that Dora School did have volleyball at the high school level in the early 2000s.
A sport that has been dormant in Ozark County for nearly three decades is making a comeback as Bakersfield, Dora and Gainesville...
County Commissioners are asking Ozark County residents for a little patience on spring road work, as county road crews are scrambling with a short staff to work on county roads in between rains and storms.
“We just ask that people have a little patience, we’re doing the best we can do,” said...
The Ozark County Times received four awards in the 2022 Missouri Press Advertising and Marketing Executives (MPAME) statewide Best Ad Contest in the medium-sized weekly newspaper class. Times Graphic Artist and Ad Designer Regina Mozingo and Editor Jessi Dreckman attended the MPAME annual meeting...
This year’s Lions Club auction, held last Friday, April 22, raised more money than it has in several years, netting nearly $23,000 for Gainesville’s summer ball program and other local projects supported by the Gainesville Lions Club. The total at the annual fundraiser, now in its 35th year, rang...
Hello from our Gainesville Healthcare Center home to yours.
We have had another good week. However, we are still looking for that nice weather. The residents are asking for warmer weather on a regular basis. It’s nice one day and the next it’s been cold and windy. But it’s springtime in the Ozarks...
City of Gainesville Water Specialist Jessi Price says the city is already seeing the results of its recent major water project, which included replacing a water line that ran 15-foot underground from near St. William’s Catholic Church east through the Dollar General parking lot and to near Highway...