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The “Hello, Hollywood” fashion show, to be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 28, at the Theodosia United Methodist Church in Theodosia, is sponsored by the church, not by the Theodosia Area Chamber of Commerce, as was mistakenly reported in last week’s Times. Tickets are $12 each, and seating is...
Montgomery Mitchell, 8, killed this turkey April 7 while hunting with her dad, Brett Mitchell. The bird weighed 24 pounds and had a 10 1/2-inch beard and 1 1/8-inch spurs.
The Missouri Department of Conservation encourages homeowners and landscapers to avoid planting Callery pear trees this spring. Better known as Bradford pears, the Callery pear tree is an invasive species known to multiply quickly and crowd out Missouri native plants. While it’s been a popular...
The Ozark Heritage Garden Club will meet at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 24, at the Theodosia United Methodist Church. At the meeting, Lutie High School agriculture students will speak about the future of agriculture. The meeting’s hosts, Laura and Bruce Bach, will serve pulled pork. Those attending...
Theodosia Area Chamber of Commerce will host its fourth annual golf tournament and Cinco de Derby party on Saturday, May 5, at Lost Woods Golf Course in Theodosia. Tee-off in the two-person scramble tournament begins at 10 a.m. Cost is $50 per person, with lunch and door prizes included. Sponsors...
Local farmers and artisans are invited to sign up as vendors at the Fourth Annual Ozark County Homegrown and Homemade Festival, to be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 5, on the Gainesville square. Vendor applications are due April 20, and completed applications should be returned to any...
Photo by Josh Dooley/The Baxter Bulletin Sgt. Lee Sanders, right, and Eldon Cooper discuss the night Cooper was trapped in a tractor underwater at his Clarkridge home.
This article is reprinted with permission from The Baxter Bulletin, Mountain Home, Arkansas.
Eldon Cooper doesn’t consider himself lucky to be alive. This despite being trapped inside the cab of a tractor upside down, submerged in a frigid pond on his Clarkridge, Arkansas, property for more than...
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The 13th annual Blessing of the Fleet will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 28, at Pontiac Cove Marina in Pontiac. The day will begin with a lake, park and highway clean-up sponsored by the marina from 9 a.m. to noon. The marina will provide trash bags and gloves to anyone who participates, and a...
Mega Motorsports, a PowerSports dealer in West Plains, in partnership with manufacturer CFMOTO, has provided this 2017 ZForce 800 EX utility vehicle for use at Cloud 9 Ranch by ranch manager Ed Barfield during the spring and summer riding seasons. Pictured, from left: Mega Motorsports PowerSports...
Ashley Thomas carries her 1-year-old daughter Amanda, know as Deedle to her family, as they prepare to leave Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock with husband and dad Markus Thomas and Deedle’s grandmother, Ann Thomas.
Last week’s Friday the 13th ended with an evening of challenges that Noble residents Ashley and Markus Thomas are unlikely to forget.Friday night, they were at Baxter Cinema in Mountain Home, Arkansas, watching the movie “A Quiet Place” when “everyone’s cell phones started going off with the...