Candidates file for Aug. 4 primary election
Thu, 02/27/2020 - 11:37am
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Ozark County Clerk Brian Wise, far right, passed out paperwork Tuesday to candidates filing for county positions that are up for election in the Aug. 4 primary. These candidates were at the clerk's office at 8 a.m. when filing opened: (from left) Christy Thompson, incumbent candidate for treasurer; Jama Berry, incumbent candidate for assessor; Ozark County Deputy Cpl. Curtis Dobbs, who filed for sheriff; and Layne Nance, who filed for western district commissioner. Filing continues through March 31.
Missouri Bat Census surveys caves at Cloud 9 Ranch
Thu, 02/27/2020 - 11:23am
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Missouri Bat Census members braved cold temperatures, mud and water-filled passages to monitor 10 caves during their recent stay at Cloud 9. The group was founded in the winter of 2007-08 by Kirsten Alvey-Mudd, pictured ninth from left.
The Missouri Bat Census recently surveyed 10 caves at Cloud 9 Ranch in Ozark County, and many are surprised by what the survey found.
Rhonda Ann Minge Piland, 51
Thu, 02/27/2020 - 11:19am
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Graveside services for Rhonda Ann Minge Piland, 51, of Mountain Home, Arkansas, were held Feb. 23, 2020, at Bakersfield Cemetery. Mrs. Piland died Feb.
Robert ‘Bobby’ Chambers, 26
Thu, 02/27/2020 - 11:17am
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A memorial service for Robert “Bobby” Chambers, 26, of Gainesville, will be held at 5 p.m. Friday, Feb.
Lawrence David ‘Dave’ Davis, 83
Thu, 02/27/2020 - 11:16am
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A memorial service for Lawrence David “Dave” Davis, 83, of Udall, will be held at Price Mitchell Cemetery in Udall at a later date. Mr. Davis died Feb.
The Old Ozark County Jail (part 1)
Thu, 02/27/2020 - 11:12am
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By 1908, Ozark County's "new" stone jail was housing prisoners on what is now Harlin Drive, just off what is now Third Street. The stone was quarried at a spot along Lick Creek south of Gainesville, and the original iron door and window bars were apparently manufactured by a local blacksmith whose shop was next door, where the old City Hall, now the 416th Bomb Wing Archive, now stands.
The Ozark County Jail made news statewide on Feb.
Rocky Top cabins can be removed for the Tecumseh curves project
Thu, 02/27/2020 - 11:07am
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Work on the Tecumseh access on Norfork Lake is scheduled to be completed this May in a US Army Corps of Engineers project. A nearby Missouri Department of Transportation project to straighten Highway 160 at the curves just west of the access is slated to begin in January 2021 and will take approximately one year. The entrance to the boat ramp at the lake access will remain open during the project, but entrance to the access might take longer than normal because of the highway construction. Times photo/Jessi Dreckman
The highly anticipated project to realign Highway 160 at the Tecumseh curves is once again on the Missouri Department of Transportation’s schedule.