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A group from Mammoth Assembly of God drove 10 hours and spent the night in a cold van to get to experience a spontaneous revival that broke out at Asbury University in the sleepy town of Wilmore, Kentucky, recently.
The revival, which made the news worldwide, began on Feb. 8 when Asbury students...
Wasola resident Sean Sweeney was killed Feb. 22 while piloting a twin-engine Beech B200 plane for CTEH, an environmental consulting firm whose headquarters are in Little Rock, Arkasnas. Sweeney and four employees of CTEH were flying to Ohio for work connected to the metal factory explosion site in...
Gainesville City employee Josh Easterday recently completed training and passed a test to become certified as a “operator class C” allowing him to be the city’s wastewater treatment operator. City Clerk Lisa Goodnight says Gainesville city wastewater treatment facility requires the operator to be...
Recent vandalism at the Hoerman Memorial Park was discussed at the Feb. 14 Gainesville city council meeting, where city employees say the park’s pavilion lights were recently broken out and signs asking park patrons to clean up their trash were torn down.
City officials explained that vandalism at...
For more than a year, Gainesville city has been in the process of attempting to repair a section of sidewalk that stretches down Third Street from Smokin’ Joes BBQ around the corner at Shelter Insurance - Douglas Hawkins agency and onto Main Street in front of Mill Country Title. Although the...
The city council’s agenda for the Feb. 14 meeting included a 5:30 p.m. public hearing before the main city council meeting in which citizens could voice their opinions on whether or not the city should allow the sale of recreational marijuana inside the city limits. A meeting notice was posted at...
The Gainesville City Council met for their regular monthly meeting at 6 p.m. last Tuesday, Feb. 14, at City Hall. The following council members were present: Renee Schmucker, Ken Crawford, Seth Collins, Lana Bushong and Dana Crisp. Mayor Gail Reich was also in attendance, as were City Clerk Lisa...
Absentee voting for the April 4 General Municipal Election has begun. The election is open to those who live within the Gainesville city limits and those who live in the Lutie and Bradleyville School Districts.
Gainesville Board of Alderman (city council): Three positions are open, and the three...
The Community Foundation of the Ozarks, in partnership with the Coover Charitable Foundation managed by Commerce Trust, awarded a $24,801 grant to Hammond Mill Camp Inc. in Dora to make improvements to the historic camp's bathhouse and main dining hall building in rural Ozark County.
“We lease our...
Betty Stanley's unexpected death last week caused deep sadness among a very diverse group of people – some who didn't know each other.
Betty and her husband, John, moved to the Ozarks many years ago from Texas, eventually settling on a few tucked-away acres near Warren Bridge on Bryant Creek. John...