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Times photo/Jessi Dreckman Connor Strack of Mountain Home, Arkansas, installed this life jacket loaner station at the Tecumseh boat ramp as part of this Eagle Scout project. He also installed stations at Gamaliel, Cranfield and Panther Bay.
There’s a new life jacket loaner station installed at the Tecumseh access and three other boat ramps and swim beaches on Norfork Lake thanks to the hard work of Mountain Home, Arkansas, resident Connor Strack.  The life jacket loan stations were completed as an Eagle Scout Project by Strack with...

Times photo/Bruce Roberts The Bakersfield School greenhouse is chock full of plants and veggies that will be available during a one-day sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. this coming Saturday, April 16, at the school. Shown are students, from left, Waylon McCollum, Trace Luna, FFA advisor Jordan Grigg and Alexis McGhee, as they prune coleus plants.
The Bakersfield FFA and horticulture class has been working hard this past winter making major upgrades to their greenhouse and now has it stuffed wall-to-wall with vegetables and flowers they hope to sell at a one-day plant sale this Saturday. “We’ve been busy,” said Bakersfield FFA advisor Jordan...

Renee Schmucker
Renee Schmucker was re-elected over new candidate J.C. Barber to fill the center ward position on the Gainesville City Council in the April 5 General Municipal Election. The unofficial results released Tuesday night by Ozark County Clerk Brian Wise indicated that 46 total votes were case in the...

Suzanne Meeks and Jennifer Garrison
Incumbents Jennifer Garrison and Suzanne Meeks edged out competitor John Lubbers and were elected to fill the two open seats the Lutie School Board in the April 5 General Municipal Election.  The unofficial election results released Tuesday night by Ozark County Clerk Brian Wise indicated that 274...

Dylan Leroy and Shelby Nold
Dylan Leroy and Shelby Nold edged out candidates Tim Masters and Jessica Green and were elected to fill the two open seats on the Dora School Board in the April 5 General Municipal Election.The unofficial election results released Tuesday night by Ozark County Clerk Brian Wise indicated that 341...

Darren Johnston and Brad Maynard
Darren Johnston and Brad Maynard edged out competitor Kyle Clayton and were elected to fill the two open seats on the Bakersfield School Board in the April 5 General Municipal Election. The unofficial election results released Tuesday night by Ozark County Clerk Brian Wise indicated that 160 total...

Heather Bushner and Robby Walrath
Incumbents Heather Bushner and Robby Walrath, edged out competitor Laramie Johnson, and were re-elected to fill the two open seats on the Gainesville School Board in the April 5 General Municipal Election. The unofficial election results released Tuesday night by Ozark County Clerk Brian Wise...
For the second time, in a similar defeat margin as the first attempt, Ozark County voters have turned down a proposal by Ozark County to pass a “use tax,” a 2.5 percent sales tax on purchases made through the internet and catalog sales.  The use tax would have created additional revenue for the...
Noel Cole, 46, of Theodosia is now facing several felony charges in connection with a March 21 incident that led to Cole’s second reported high-speed chase from Ozark County Deputy Miller, which left the officer with a dislocated finger.  Cole is charged with assault - causing serious physical...

Beth and Andy Schultz’s home on County Road 142 in the Wasola area was extensively damaged after a fire broke out in the home’s attic March 24.
Wasola residents Beth and Andy Schultz and their 13-year-old daughter Ella have had a heartbreaking week after a fire broke out in the attic of their 90-year-old home on County Road 142 in Wasola last week, causing extensive damage to the structure.  “After living in Oregon for 27 years, [the...

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