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Rocky Whanger
In the wee hours of July 31, Charlie Whanger, 20, known to family and friends as Rocky, was lying alone and badly injured in a ditch along Highway 14 just over the line in Douglas County. Her husband Verlan Coble’s 2003 Dodge Cummins pickup that she had been driving stood nearby, its cab crushed in...
The Gainesville R-V School Board will hold a special meeting at 7:30 a.m. Monday in the high school library that will serve as an informal discussion session on Proposition Gainesville Schools. The meeting is open to the public, and coffee and donuts will be served.  Everyone is welcome to attend,...

Marty and Patty Elmore
Family Life Church in Dora will host Marty and Patty Elmore for three days of revival services at 6:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday evening, Sept.14 and 15, and at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Everyone is invited. Pastor Don Hamby says, “Please come and join us in the heart of downtown Dora.”

Justin Goins
Justin Goins graduated Aug. 3 from Army basic training at Fort Benning, Georgia, with Alpha Company, 1-46 Infantry Regiment, 194th BDE. Goins, a 2018 graduate of Gainesville High School, is the son of Dede Goins of Gainesville and Tom and Dee Goins of Bakersfield, California.
Last week’s news item in the Times reporting that Jeremy Welch has been named manager of the Orscheln Farm & Home store in Mountain Home, Arkansas, prompted dozens of calls to the Mansfield Building Supply store in Gainesville, asking if long-time store employee Jeremy Welch was changing jobs...
The Douglas County Veterans Memorial Association in Ava has been selected by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund in Washington, D.C., to host a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Sept. 20-23 at the Missouri Fox Trotting Horse Breed Association facility on Highway 5 north of Ava. The...
The Ozark County Local Emergency Planning Committee will meet at noon Thursday, Sept. 6, at the Ozark County Health Department on Third Street in Gainesville.  New LEPC manager Stephen Ator says he’s looking forward to meeting the committee members and discussing current committee business. 

Shine bluegrass will perform at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16, at a revival held at The Fountain Church in Theodosia.
The Fountain Church will host revival services Sept. 15-16 with Brother Robert Roberts as evangelist. The Saturday service begins at 6 p.m. with special singers Tommy Roberts and Julie Donley; cookies and drinks will be served afterward. The Sunday service starts at 11 a.m. with special singers Joe...
Due to the Labor Day holiday weekend, the regular first Sunday fried chicken dinner fundraiser has been rescheduled for Sept. 9 at The Center in Gainesville. The Lutie High School cheerleaders will serve the meal to earn tips for upcoming projects.  The meal, served from  11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on...
Sherri Beasley, center, administrator at the Gainesville Health Care Center, recently received the 2018 David Duncan Administrator of the Year from the Missouri Health Care Association. The group selects district winners based on submissions by employees, residents, family members and other health...

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