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Most of Dora High School’s cross country team members hit a new personal record (PR) at the Class 1 District 2 meet Saturday, Oct. 30, at Clever High School, and three Dora runners - Autumn Nold, Emma Martin and Cade Nold – qualified to run at the state meet to be held Saturday, Nov. 6, at Gans...
Ronee Looney will host Gray Barn Studio’s first annual open house from noon until 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12, and from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13, at her home in Pontiac. The open house features ceramics by Ronee, Lynne Akins, Shelly Cannon and Karen Eubank, fabric art and handbags by...
The duo behind Hardenville’s Triple Treasures Marketplace, Jan Hoyt and daughter Dana Welch, have been hard at work the last few weeks, gearing up for their Holiday Treasures Festival this Friday and Saturday. The event runs from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5, and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m....
Decent internet access in Ozark County, and other rural areas, has been an issue for several years. But recently, the issue has come to the forefront of federal, state and local governments that are all struggling to find an economical solution to the continuing problem.
Much of Ozark County...
The Highway 160 Tecumseh curves project is completed except for “touch-ups,” a Missouri Department of Transportation spokesperson said Monday. Work on the $3.4 million job, described as a “realignment” of multiple curves in a 1-mile stretch of Highway 160 that snaked up the hill west of Norfork...
By Jessi Dreckman
jessi@ozarkcountytimes.com
The village of Theodosia Board of Aldermen has been discussing and working on several projects this year. Some of those activities are outlined here. The board’s most recent monthly meeting was held Oct. 4 in the Village Hall on Highway 160. The next...
The city of Gainesville announced recently that residents will now receive a free wheeled trash cart to use at no additional charge for weekly trash pickup from Green for Life Environmental Inc. (GFL).
“This will make it possible to put trash out the evening before trash pickup and not be...
The city of Gainesville’s water system is a major part of the municipality’s work. City water specialist Jessi Price recently gave the Times an update on the condition of the water system, including issues that have arisen from aging pipes and infrastructure and several improvements the city has...
On Oct. 20, a 12-person jury consisting of nine women and three men found Wasola resident Jerry Studdard guilty of two counts of statutory sodomy of a child in the first degree for subjecting a female victim to deviate sexual intercourse by touching her genitalia in 2007 when she was 11, and again...
The storms that swept through some parts of Ozark County Saturday and Sunday washed out several dirt roads west of Thornfield, caused delays in the annual Docktoberfest fundraiser event in Pontiac, knocked out power just over the county line in Protem and wreaked havoc around at least one Howards...