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Above: Romance resident Jared Hambelton stands in front of a fire at his neighbors’ barn. The fire completely burned the barn, killing several farm animals.
It was around 6:30 a.m. last Tuesday, March 28, when Romance resident Jared Hambelton left his home as usual to make his way to work when he spotted something alarming in the distance. Dark smoke billowed from his neighbors’ Stephen and Sarah Beauter’s property.
“I just headed that way, and text [...
Theodosia resident Gloria Noah, pictured with a classroom of children above left, has dressed as Mother Goose and visited area schools for nearly 30 years. Now, at age 91 and with failing eyesight, Noah says it’s time to pass the bonnet on to another community member to continue the tradition. Noah chose fellow church member Chrystal Marshall, above right, who says she’s excited to step into the role.
For nearly three decades, Theodosia resident Gloria Noah has enjoyed stepping into her stark white cotton dress, blue plaid apron and signature bonnet to become the famed Mother Goose. Dressed as the imaginary author of a variety of French fairy tales and English nursery rhymes, Noah visited Ozark...
Waylon Loftis
When the Ozark County Sheriff’s Department announced that 2-year-old Waylon Loftis has wandered away from his Tecumseh home and was missing March 31, people far and wide showed up to see how they could help.
Waylon’s mom, Miranda Loftis, reported that the boy had went missing around 3:30 p.m. that...
Incumbents Matthew Shockey and Robert Edwards were reelected to the Lutie School Board during Tuesday’s General Municipal Election. The two incumbents were running against challengers Lois Honeycutt and Mandy Hughes for two three-year terms on the board.
These votes were cast: Shockey: 63 votes (43...
Ozark County relatives are mourning the death of their granddaughter, niece and cousin, Mount Vernon resident Annette Thomas Mesicek, 49, who died after the vehicle she was riding in washed away in high water Thursday night southeast of Fordland.
Annette was the daughter of Ozark County natives...
Many of the county-owned buildings are in dire need of repairs, maintenance and improvements, county commissioners learned during a recent inspection of all the buildings.
Presiding County Commissioner Terry Newton organized a quarterly inspection of all county-owned buildings, and commissioners...
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About a dozen people attended a public hearing last week at Gainesville City Hall to gauge interest in whether or not recreational marijuana sales should be allowed inside the city limits.
Although several in attendance, and all who addressed the council, seemed to be in favor of the idea, city...
Lyndell Strong’s 1948 wedding dress still fits Lyndell (right) and her granddaughter Kristin Crawford Solomko.
Gainesville resident Lyndell Strong recently invited her granddaughter Kristin Solomko to browse through her clothes closet to see if there was “a sweater or something she might wear,” Lyndell said. Instead, it was a simple dress – black crepe printed with pink fountains and flowers – that caught...
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A section of Highway 181 near Hodgson Mill was ripped out by flood waters when Bryant Creek swelled due to heavy rains over the weekend. At press time, Highway 181 was still closed as debris was being removed from the bridge and road and necessary repairs are being...
Ozark County has been awarded $6,518 in federal funds to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the county through the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board program.
A local board made up of...