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The Bakersfield Festival Committee hosted Christmas in the Park at Pride Park in Bakersfield Saturday. The outdoor event was well attended in spite of changes and cancellations due to covid concerns, according to committee member Kristi Edens. “There weren’t near as many people as we usually have...
The candidate filing period for the April 6, 2021, election begins Tuesday, Dec. 15, for positions coming open on Ozark County school and municipal boards, as well as Public Water District #1 in Theodosia, and the Ozark County Ambulance District. (No terms are expiring on the Ozark County Health...
Jingle Bell parade may include 40-plus entries this year!
Parade organizer Paula Rose said she didn’t know how the 2020 Jingle Bell parade at the Wonders of Christmas festival would pan out this year amid covid-19 concerns, but she has been pleasantly surprised with the number of entries scheduled...
Ozark County hunters harvested fewer deer during this year’s firearms season, Nov. 14-24, than they have in the last 10 years.
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation indicates that 1,681 deer were killed this year during Missouri firearms deer season in Ozark County. The...
Editor’s note: This is one of the stories to be included in the personal memoir now being assembled by Ozark County native Sid Pierce, a Navy veteran, retired teacher and Branson sound technician who for many years traveled the world with country music recording artist Roy Clark. His dad, the late...
In-person donations are being accepted this week at the First Baptist Church for this year’s Ozark County Toy Drive, an annual charity that has helped make Christmas brighter for hundreds of Ozark County children through the decades. The event will be held beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 12, in...
Theodosia residents Elmer and Betty Roberson will celebrate their 72nd wedding anniversary on Dec. 11. But Elmer says he's loved Betty much longer than that.
He was 15 when he first saw Betty Louise Koop. To take a square dance lesson, he had traveled to Dietrich, Illinois, about 20 or so miles...
Editor’s note: This is the time of year when many people think of donating to favorite charities. In upcoming editions of the Times, we plan to feature local charities that serve the residents of Ozark County and the extended area.
To retired teacher Robin Mustion and many people like her,...
Kali, daughter of Scott and Sue Deroo of Taneyville, was thrilled to see this big hay-bale turkey sitting outside Donley Feed & Fertilizer in Thornfield last week. The festive bird features a hand-painted head and canoe-paddle tail feathers. Karen Cunningham told the Times that a Thornfield...
The Gainesville School District has purchased three brand-new school buses as part of the Missouri Clean Diesel Program, a joint effort between the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the Volkswagen Trust that aims to reduce diesel emissions. The grant program paid 60 percent of the cost...