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We're less than a week away from the April 8 total solar eclipse that's scheduled to follow a diagonal path across North America, sweeping over Ozark County around midday. For those in the path of Monday's big event, the sky will gradually grow darker as the shadow of the moon slides across the...
Ozark County Volunteer Library Board president Joanne Krupp prepares to sort books that were recently donated to the library. The library's big sale that starts Friday will offer more than 2,000 volumes at super-low prices; almost all of the sale books were donated by library supporters.
The Ozark County Volunteer Library's devoted volunteers are gearing up for one of biggest book sales in the library's history. Touring the library's brightly lit basement last week, library board president Joanne Krupp waves her arm to indicate all the books in sight – which are all available for...
Ozark County Courthouse
The third time was the charm for the Ozark County "use tax" measure. The question passed during the April 2 General Municipal Election with a vote of 643 yes (56.80%) and 489 no (43.20%) after being voted down during two prior elections.The passage means that Ozark County residents will pay 2%...
Justin Turner
Justin Turner and Chris Bales won the two open seats in the Bakersfield School Board race during the April 2 General Municpial Election. The unofficial results recieved from the Ozark County Clerk's office showed the following votes cast:
Chris Bales, 100 votes (36.76%)
Justin Turner, 103 votes (37...
Jabet Wade
Mason Eslinger and Jabet Wade won the two open seats in the Gainesville School Board race during the April 2 General Municpial Election. The unofficial results recieved from the Ozark County Clerk's office showed the following votes cast:
Mason Eslinger, 439 votes (31.29%)
Jabet Wade, 442 votes (31...
The Ozark County Commissioners will hold a final community information meeting to discuss the proposed internet “use tax” this Thursday, March 28. The meeting will be held in the conference room on the second floor of the Ozark County Courthouse in Gainesville. Presiding Commissioner Terry Newton...
White River Connect, a subsidiary of White River Valley Electric Cooperative, has announced that work is now under construction in the Theodosia service area for its high-speed fiber internet service.
According to a White River Connect graphic posted to social media explaining the steps to...
photo by Amanda Mendez, Howell County News A long line of visitors waited patiently during a March 19 open house to enter the new St. Joseph's Monastery that's nearing completion in Douglas County a short distance north of Rockbridge.
On March 19, the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, welcomed a large crowd of curious visitors to an open house at their impressive new St. Joseph's Monastery that's nearing completion off N Highway in Douglas County just a few miles north of the Ozark County line. When finished, the $18...
Voters in Ozark County will take to the polls next Tuesday, April 2, for the General Municipal Election, where ballots will offer contested races for Bakersfield and Gainesville School Boards, a county “use tax” measure and other items. A sample ballot is available on page B6 in this week’s edition...
The Gainesville City council reviewed two bids for “codification,” a process to clean up, analyze and develop city ordinances so that they are easy to understand, enact and enforce. The process would also involve putting the ordinances on a website that would be available to the general public to...