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Jill Morrison
Reprinted with permission from the Springfield News-Leader with local information added.   A Walnut Grove woman was charged Dec. 12 in connection with a 2016 crash that left a mother dead and her two children injured. Billie Jo Howard, 39, said she had smoked marijuana, drank alcohol and taken an...

Photo courtesy Shirley Bator.
Members of the Pontiac Ladies Club spent one morning recently wrapping gifts they’re providing for 20 Ozark County children in need. Funds for the gifts were raised at the club’s pie and cake auction following a community chicken dinner last summer. Club members expressed thanks to residents who...
To contact the Ozark County Sheriff’s Office or other emergency-responding agencies here, call 417-679-4633. In an emergency, dial 911.   Dec. 11 8:05 a.m. – Caller said beagles are running through his property. Officer talked with reporting party on the phone.  8:36 a.m. – Caller hit a deer with...
Gainesville First Baptist Church will host a churchwide discipleship series beginning at 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 7. Adults will meet in the Relevant classroom, youth will meet at the Family Center on Third Street and elementary students will meet in the sanctuary. The study will focus on “The Story,”...

Misty Gant. Courtesy of Ozark County Jail.
Misty (Pendergrass) Gant, 38, of Gainesville, appeared before Circuit Judge Craig Carter on Dec. 6 and was sentenced to a 120-day institutional drug treatment program in the Missouri Department of Corrections in connection with a high-speed chase and assaulting a police officer while intoxicated. A...

Soil samples may be mailed directly to the University of Missouri Soil and Plant Testing Laboratory – or delivered to the local Ozark County Extension office. The fee for the soil test goes up $5 beginning Jan. 1, so area residents are urged to purchase the tests – or gift certificates for the test – this week because the Extension office will be closed Dec. 25-Jan. 1, reopening Jan. 2.
Soil tests can save farmers thousands of dollars, according to Missouri University Extension, and buying the tests before Jan. 1 can save farmers even more money because, beginning Jan. 1, 2018, the fee charged by the Extension service will increase from $14.50 to $19.50 for basic soil testing. For...
Missouri State University-West Plains’ dual credit classes will be the topic of the Friends of the Garnett Library monthly luncheon meeting Friday, Jan. 12, on the MSU-WP campus. Dr. Michael Orf, assistant dean of academic affairs, will discuss aspects of the university’s dual credit program and...

Delta Kapp Gamma
Xi chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma, an organization of professional women educators, met Nov. 18 at the West Plains Country Club for a program on Americorps. Ginny Henderson, of West Plains, introduced the team of 14 Americorps workers from all over the United States who are doing a project in...

American Red Cross
A total of 14 donors participated and 14 units of blood were collected during the Dec. 13 American Red Cross blood drive. Donors included Ned Upton, Patty Wright, Charlotte Barr, Diane White, Joe Easterday, Jim Gynn, Robert Edwards, Edmund Beckham, Dennis Lawson, Bob Main, Danny Walker, Jack Strong...

Robert Chambers. Courtesy of the Ozark County Jail.
Robert Chambers, 24, of Gainesville, is being held in the Ozark County Jail on a $3,500 cash-only bond in connection with a bizarre incident in which Chambers allegedly broke into Lee and Stephanie Bearden’s shed in Gainesville, pulled the Beardens’ dirtbike out into their yard and set it on fire....

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