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During their Feb. 3 meeting, the commissioners decided to table action on county employees’ vacation rollover until the Feb. 10 meeting.
According to Presiding Commissioner Terry Newton, the commissioners are getting more information about some different options for the vacation rollovers.
“We’re...
Defense Attorney Joshua Brown and Prosecuting Attorney Lee Pipkins both appeared before Associate Judge Raymond Gross for a bond reduction hearing...
February 6, 2025, 11:38 AM

Times photo/Jessi Dreckman Gainesville resident Holly Uchtman is pictured here with the contents of a care package that will be distributed to a local family through Sammy’s Window, a program within the FosterAdopt Connect organization. The packages include free food, hygiene items, diapers and wipes and other necessities families may need to help support children.
Many people in Ozark County have opened their hearts and homes to children who are not biologically their own. Now, those families have better access...
February 6, 2025, 11:10 AM
At this month’s meeting, January 2025, Gainesville City Councilman Renee Schmucker, who has a seat for the center ward, announced that she was...
January 30, 2025, 11:32 AM
During their Feb. 3 meeting, the commissioners decided to table action on county employees’ vacation rollover until the Feb. 10 meeting.
According to Presiding Commissioner Terry Newton, the commissioners are getting more information about some different options for the vacation rollovers.
“We’re...
February 6, 2025
News
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February 6, 2025During their Feb. 3 meeting, the commissioners decided to table action on county employees’ vacation rollover until the Feb. 10 meeting.According to Presiding Commissioner Terry Newton, the...
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February 6, 2025Defense Attorney Joshua Brown and Prosecuting Attorney Lee Pipkins both appeared before Associate Judge Raymond Gross for a bond reduction hearing for Patrice Santos-Duvalier, a Dora woman who is...
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Times photo/Jessi Dreckman Gainesville resident Holly Uchtman is pictured here with the contents of a care package that will be distributed to a local family through Sammy’s Window, a program within the FosterAdopt Connect organization. The packages include free food, hygiene items, diapers and wipes and other necessities families may need to help support children.February 6, 2025Many people in Ozark County have opened their hearts and homes to children who are not biologically their own. Now, those families have better access to a program to help support them. Sammy...
Obits
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February 6, 2025A memorial service for Glen Dale Boland, 87, of Thornfield, was held Feb. 1, 2025, in the Oak Grove Church in Wasola. Officiating was David Tolliver. He died peacefully on Jan. 28, 2025,...
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February 6, 2025Celebration of life services for Sherry Pemberton, 67, of Gamaliel, Arkansas, will be held from 5 to 8 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, in the Langston Street Chapel of Robertson-Drago Funeral...
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January 30, 2025Gerald Lee Mossolle, 78, of Theodosia, formerly of Tinley Park, Illinois, died peacefully on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. Services will be planned at a later date.Gerald worked as a machinist foreman...
Education
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October 24, 2024Ozark County high school girls golf teams from both Lutie and Bakersfield Schools competed in districts this week. The Bakersfield girls golf team took seventh place in the class 1 district 1...
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October 10, 2024When the covid pandemic began in 2020, Ozark County schools saw a surge in enrollment as families relocated to the quiet hills of Ozark County from other places across the country. Now, four years...
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Photos by Andrea Martin The Dora High School girls cross country team took first place at the Alton Invitational meet held at Tucker Creek Park in Alton Wednesday, Sept. 18. Members of the are, from left, Kara Anderson, Haley Perkins, Madison Howell, Chloe Barton, Kayden Jones, Lily Gunter, Kinley Luna, Isabelle Martin and Coach Sheree Nold.September 26, 2024Ozark County runners from Dora, Gainesville and Bakersfield High Schools competed at the Alton Invitational cross country meet held Wednesday, Sept. 18 at Tucker Creek Park near Alton High School....