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  Gainesville resident Rhonda Sprague, 56, is being held in the Ozark County Jail without bond in connection with a shooting incident at her home on Highway 181.  She was arraigned Tuesday. A bond reduction hearing is scheduled for 1 p.m. May 18.  Sprague faces felony charges of first-degree...

At left, Reagan Jones (Herrington), 1988 and at right, Reagan and her 6-year-old daughter, Vivian.
After a long absence, I was back in a familiar place recently, the soccer field sidelines. I was visiting my daughter and her family on a Saturday morning when her two youngest daughters, ages 4 and 6, were playing soccer in their different age groups.  I don’t know much about soccer, but I sat on...

The Tailgate Ministry is proposing building a tiny home village somewhere in Ozark County to help address the need for affordable housing for family members. The group, which operates as a business and charity construction business, has proposed this type of layout. The village would include small homes or cabins that range from 640 square feet and up. One side of the community would be dedicated to senior housing for community members who may need or want to downsize from a full home. The other side of the community would be for community members who may be having a difficult time paying rent or finding housing for families. In between the two sections of homes, the Tailgate Ministry envisions several buildings and facilities that could be used by all village members. They are proposing a couple playgrounds, a basketball court, a library and computer area, a fellowship hall with a kitchen, a multi-purpose building, clubhouses and storage sheds.
  The Tailgate Ministry has been making quite the impact around Ozark County at a grassroots level, completing tasks that range from bringing free food to residents who need it to helping refinish a garage into an apartment.  Construction work is now a main focus of the charity, as members work to...

Photo submitted Members of the GHS cast and crew for the drama department’s production of “Nifty Fifties” are (standing, from left) Madelynn Corbin, Jackson Rodgers, Emma McGinnis, Jamon Crisp, Ryder Murphy, Dylan Abraham, Colton Dunn, Katelyn Morgan, Makenzie Avila, Calleigh Goodman, McKoy Dobbs and Victoria St. Pierre. Seated (from left) are Eddie White, Brianna Cass, Skylar Acklin, Joslyne Trout, Savannah Bushner, Nicholas Goodson, Sarah Hawkins, Catelyn Flummer, Silvana Sherrill, Katelin Allen, Whitney Jarvis, Starr Meyers and Cheyenne Wachtel.
Musical comedy coming to Gainesville High School gym this Friday and Saturday; showtime is 7 p.m. both nights   The newly-revived Gainesville High School drama department hopes you will come take a trip with them this weekend back to the “Nifty Fifties.” The GHS drama department will host its first...

Owner found: The next day, the OCSD followed up with this mug shot post indicating that the sunglasses owner was found. Huelsenbeck was arrested in West Plains where he was hiding in a closet.
The Ozark County Sheriff’s Department used humor in a recent Facebook post about a subject who fled the scene of an attempted arrest. On April 26, the sheriff’s department posted a photo of an Ozark County Jail striped jumpsuit with a pair of sunglasses on top. The caption of the post was titled, “...
Sometimes the most impactful projects seem to swirl together of their own measure, taking those involved along for the ride as it unfolds in unexpected ways.  Isabella resident Arthur Fortin says the Tailgate Ministry project in Ozark County has been a bit like that for him and the others involved...
Editor's note: After this article was printed, a Times reader called in to report that Dora School did have volleyball at the high school level in the early 2000s.  A sport that has been dormant in Ozark County for nearly three decades is making a comeback as Bakersfield, Dora and Gainesville...

Times photo/Bruce Roberts The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has put up signs and stepped up enforcement of laws prohibiting motorized vehicles along Bull Shoals and Norfork Lakes, including Haskins Ford (shown above and below).
County Commissioners are asking Ozark County residents for a little patience on spring road work, as county road crews are scrambling with a short staff to work on county roads in between rains and storms. “We just ask that people have a little patience, we’re doing the best we can do,” said...

Ozark County Times Graphic Artist Regina Mozingo, left, and Editor Jessi Dreckman attended the Missouri Press Association’s annual ad meeting April 22, at Lake of the Ozarks to accept awards granted for ads in the contest.
The Ozark County Times received four awards in the 2022 Missouri Press Advertising and Marketing Executives (MPAME) statewide Best Ad Contest in the medium-sized weekly newspaper class. Times Graphic Artist and Ad Designer Regina Mozingo and Editor Jessi Dreckman attended the MPAME annual meeting...

The 35th annual Lions Club auction was held last Friday, April 22, inside the Gainesville High School gym.
This year’s Lions Club auction, held last Friday, April 22, raised more money than it has in several years, netting nearly $23,000 for Gainesville’s summer ball program and other local projects supported by the Gainesville Lions Club. The total at the annual fundraiser, now in its 35th year, rang...

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