Antler Motel and Thomas & Douglas CPA took home the second place float prize during hte 2022 Jingle Bell Parade with a Home Alone-movie themed float.
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This year’s Jingle Bell Parade, set to begin at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1, is shaping up to be one of the biggest and best yet!  Parade coordinator Paula Rose told the Times that as of Monday afternoon, she had 12 floats, 20 festive vehicles, numerous classic cars, the Gainesville High School band and...
The Festival Committee of Bakersfield and the Bakersfield Auto Club are organizing this year’s Christmas festival and parade, to begin at 5 p.m....
November 30, 2023, 11:08 AM
Allisa West, the booth and vendor coordinator for the Wonders of Christmas on the Square event in Gainesville, says she’s excited that almost three...
November 30, 2023, 11:03 AM

Photo by Sue Ann Jones Bobby Grisham, shown here sitting at his peanut-sales table at Gainesville High School during the red-and-white chili supper scrimmage on Nov. 16 with his daughter Greta Bradley, has been named Jingle Bell Parade marshal in Friday night's Wonders of Christmas event in Gainesville. He was honored during the Nov. 16 event for his many years of fundraising on behalf of the Masons in Robert Burns Lodge by selling popcorn or peanuts at Gainesville and Dora schools' sports events. Through his efforts, more than $40,000 has been raised for the schools' backpack programs, which sends supplemental food home with students in need.
Ninety-year-old Gainesville resident Bobby Grisham, this year's Jingle Bell Parade marshal, is a familiar face not only to his friends and relatives...
November 30, 2023, 10:59 AM

Antler Motel and Thomas & Douglas CPA took home the second place float prize during hte 2022 Jingle Bell Parade with a Home Alone-movie themed float.
This year’s Jingle Bell Parade, set to begin at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1, is shaping up to be one of the biggest and best yet!  Parade coordinator Paula Rose told the Times that as of Monday afternoon, she had 12 floats, 20 festive vehicles, numerous classic cars, the Gainesville High School band and...
November 30, 2023

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  • Antler Motel and Thomas & Douglas CPA took home the second place float prize during hte 2022 Jingle Bell Parade with a Home Alone-movie themed float.
    November 30, 2023
    This year’s Jingle Bell Parade, set to begin at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1, is shaping up to be one of the biggest and best yet! Parade coordinator Paula Rose told the Times that as of Monday...
  • November 30, 2023
    The Festival Committee of Bakersfield and the Bakersfield Auto Club are organizing this year’s Christmas festival and parade, to begin at 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, in the parking lot behind...
  • November 30, 2023
    Allisa West, the booth and vendor coordinator for the Wonders of Christmas on the Square event in Gainesville, says she’s excited that almost three dozen vendors are signed up to attend this...

Obits

  • November 30, 2023
     Graveside funeral services for Kenneth Ray Caudill, 82, were held for close family and friends Nov. 24, 2023, at the Ava Cemetery. Rev. Bion Irwin officiated. He died on Nov. 21, at Baxter...
  • November 22, 2023
     A visitation service for Jacob B. Thompson, 30, of Ozark County, was held Nov. 20, 2023, at the Clinkingbeard Funeral Home chapel in Gainesville.He died Nov. 15. He was born April 2, 1993.Jacob...
  • November 22, 2023
     Visitation service for Brian Steven Sherrill, 55, of Isabella, will be held from 1 to 2 p.m. today, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023, in the Clinkingbeard Funeral Home chapel in Ava with a graveside...

Education

  • November 16, 2023
    These Ozark County high school cross country runners were named to the class 1 and 2 all-region cross country teams as voted on by the Southwest Cross Country Coaches Association. Photo courtesy of...

  • Bakersfield academic team
    November 2, 2023
    Gainesville High School hosted a scholar bowl head-to-head competition Oct. 24. Bakersfield’s varsity team took home the win in their matches, while Gainesville’s JV team took home...
  • October 26, 2023
    The Gainesville and Dora school districts were each awarded grants that will help fund the two school districts’ preschool programs.The funds are being made through the Missouri Quality Pre-...

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