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An Ozark County grand jury has indicted Gainesville resident Sondra F. Clark, 41, with second-degree murder in connection to the 2015 death of a 3-month-old baby.
Clark was arrested Nov. 14 in the case and is being held in the Ozark County Jail without bond. She is scheduled to appear in court for...
A group of 15 wounded veterans and six children got a taste of the real Ozarks when they traveled to Dora. The group floated, hunted, fished, rode ATVs and horses and otherwise enjoyed the five-day Wounded Warrior River Run retreat organized and led in part by Don Hamby, former pastor of the Family...
Ozark County voters turned out last week in near record numbers and overwhelmingly approved a half-cent law enforcement sales tax.
The measure was passed by a vote of 2,398 (65.45 percent) yes to 1,266 (34.55 percent) no during Tuesday’s General Election.
The unofficial election results, released...
Ozark County voters followed trend with other Missouri voters in all matters on the Nov. 8 General Election ballot except one, Amendment 3, which legalizes recreational marijuana in Missouri for those age 21 and older.
The statewide measure passed with 53.11% (1,089,326 votes) of Missouri voters...
For the second year in a row, Pontiac/Price Place Volunteer Fire Department Chief Khristie Jacquin and Squires VFD firefighter Falecia Watson participated in the Missouri State Fire Marshal 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb in Jefferson City. The event honors the 343 New York City firefighters, as well as...
Miller’s Store, as it’s known by many locals, has new owners - and a slightly different name.
Jan (Strong) Robertson and her son Jeff Strong took over ownership of the business Oct. 17 from Tandy and Theresa Strong who had owned the store for the last 20 years.
“Everyone knows it as Miller’s Store...
The Ozark County Sheriff’s Office, along with partners in the Multi-Jurisdictional Task Force (MJTF), conducted a search warrant on two residences in Tecumseh Sunday, Nov. 6. The search yielded seven arrests, methamphetamine, morphine, items indicative of trafficking drugs, firearms and ammunition...
Veterans Day is a holiday honoring people of courage – and I’m sorry to say I’m not one of them. Courage is just not the word anyone would use to describe someone who’s had a lifelong terror of the world’s most harmless spider – granddaddy longlegs. (I do have a relative who’s afraid of butterflies...
Like some of the other Ozark County districts, Bakersfield School pays tribute to area military veterans this time of year with Veterans Day programs honoring the heroes' service. At Bakersfield, however, that tribute continues all year long in a display case filled with photos of recent BHS...
We have a long list of military veterans to thank this Friday on Veterans Day, a patriotic time when we honor everyone who served in our country’s armed forces whether during war or peace. One of Ozark County’s most famous and highly-decorated veterans was Gainesville High School graduate and 30-...