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The Tecumseh access boat ramp was closed during the search so that boats could be launched by emergency responders.
It was around 8 a.m. last Friday, March 25, when the Ozark County dispatch office received a call from a couple fishermen who had put their boat in the Norfork Lake access at Tecumseh and, after motoring north a few hundred yards, found a man stranded on a gravel island. The island was surrounded...
The following two candidates are running for one open seat on the Gainesville City Council in the center ward during the April 5 Ozark County General Municipal Election. The Times reached out to each candidate and asked for a photo and a 150-word profile to run in the newspaper prior to the...
The following four candidates are running for two open seats on the Dora School Board during the April 5 Ozark County General Municipal Election. The Times reached out to each candidate and asked for a photo and a 150-word profile to run in the newspaper prior to the election. For more information...
The following three candidates are running for two open seats on the Lutie School Board during the April 5 Ozark County General Municipal Election. The Times reached out to each candidate and asked for a photo and a 150-word profile to run in the newspaper prior to the election. For more...
The following three candidates are running for two open seats on the Gainesville School Board during the April 5 Ozark County General Municipal Election. The Times reached out to each candidate and asked for a photo and a 150-word profile to run in the newspaper prior to the election. For more...
The following three candidates are running for two open seats on the Bakersfield School Board during the April 5 Ozark County General Municipal Election. The Times reached out to each candidate and asked for a photo and a 150-word profile to run in the newspaper prior to the election. For more...
  Lessons for round dance, a type of choreographed ballroom dancing, are being held at 5 p.m. Tuesdays in Theodosia at the Village Hall, located at 23 Village Drive across from Dollar General. Classes will begin April 12. Lessons, which are $5 per couple per class, include two-step, waltz, rumba...

Times photo/Bruce Roberts Tecumseh firefighter Lynn Taylor shows off a plaque honoring him for his 37 years of service with the Tecumseh Volunteer Fire Department. Taylor will be 81 in a few weeks.
For soon-to-be 81-year-old Lynn Taylor, retiring from the Tecumseh Volunteer Fire Department (VFD) after 37 years just means he’s going to get to spend a little more time doing the other things he’s always enjoyed - like working on his hit-and-miss motors, tinkering with one of his antique tractors...

TAVFD photo Fire destroyed cabin #4 at Apple Creek Inn, a resort that features rentable cabins in Isabella.
An unoccupied cabin at Apple Creek Inn in Isabella was heavily damaged during a March 19 fire. According to the Ozark County sheriff’s report, at 10:31 a.m. that Saturday morning, Theodosia Area Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to the property, along with Gainesville Volunteer Fire...
Ozark County Commissioners have finally pulled the trigger on allocating money to a White River Valley Electric Cooperative (WRVEC) fiber optic internet project, voting Monday to earmark $1 million to the project. Presiding Commissioner John Turner read a letter Monday morning during the regular...

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