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The four Gainesville City Councilmen who were present at the Dec. 21, 2023, monthly meeting voted unanimously to deny a request for a variance that would allow a building on the northwest corner of the square to be marketed and used as residential space.
The decision was made “Citing the lack of...
During the Jan. 9 regular Gainesville City Council meeting, Councilwoman Treva Warrick brought up the topic of motorists parking on the Gainesville city sidewalks, particularly on Third Street, making the ADA-compliant sidewalks inaccessible to those in a wheelchair or with other mobility issues....
The Bakersfield and Gainesville School Districts will have contested races in the April 2 General Municipal Election.
At Bakersfield, incumbent Chris Bales has refiled to run in the race. The other incumbent, Jonathan Lashley, chose not to sign up to run for another term. Other candidates who have...
Something really extraordinary will happen April 8 in Ozark County – and also in some other lucky communities and cities across a narrow swath of North America.
On that date, for those of us fortunate enough to be in the right spot, the sky will darken, and for a few precious minutes, day will...
Retired MSHP Driver Examination Chief Freddie Long, 73, of West Plains, who also serves on the Multi-Jurisdictional Task Force and as a reserve deputy for the Ozark County Sheriff, was injured in a crash on Highway 14 in Howell County Jan. 5.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s online...
“It doesn’t affect everybody, but it will aid everybody.”
That’s what Ozark County Presiding Commissioner Terry Newton said during the Monday morning commissioners’ meeting. The commissioners were discussing the need for what is called the “internet use tax” – a measure that has been put on the...
It was 1 o’clock in the morning, under an inky black December sky when a 16-year-old Gainesville boy slowly walked into the frigid water of Bull Shoals Lake.
He was followed a few steps behind by Lilly Ridge General Baptist Church Pastor Davin Friend, while a team of nearly 30 boys and men watched...
Most folks today probably think of funeral homes as somber places where the hard fact of death is a constant presence. But for a certain bunch of Gainesville kids who grew up in the 1950s and '60s, Clinkingbeard Funeral Home was a fun place where we shared way more laughter than tears.
It was a...
Joseph L. Kish, 42, was killed in a head-on crash at 3 a.m. last Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023, on Highway 5, about five miles south of Wasola.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s online crash report, Kish was driving a 2013 Chevrolet Cruze southbound on Highway 5 when, around 3 a.m., he...
Debra Schilling Smith and Peggy Williams with United Country Missouri Ozarks Realty raised $3,400 for the Ozark County Sheriff’s Department Shop with a Cop event.
The pair organized a fundraising effort called "Stuff the Stockings with Change for Christmas," in which they placed 5-foot tall candy...