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The Ozark County Food Pantry was recently awarded an urgent needs grant in the amount of $6,000 through Ozark Food Harvest of Springfield, which enabled food pantry volunteers to purchase a Crown 4500 pallet jack. “This makes moving pallets of food and recycle pallets possible,” said Anita Chappell...
A Gepp, Arkansas, woman sustained minor injuries in a July 18 crash on AR Highway near Bakersfield.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s online crash report, the woman was driving a 2011 Toyota Rav4 southbound on AR Highway around 7 p.m. Friday, July 18, when she traveled off the right...
A 39-year-old woman and a 45-year-old man from Teresita, Missouri, were transported by ambulance to Ozarks Healthcare in West Plains after sustaining injuries in a July 19 motorcycle vs. car collision near Dora.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s online crash report, the pair were...
Theodosia VFD photo A woman was seriously injured after crashing her van on Country Club Drive in Theodosia last week.
A Chaffee, Missouri, woman was taken by ambulance to Cox Hospital in Springfield last Thursday, July 24, after sustaining serious injuries in a one-vehicle crash on Country Club Drive in Theodosia.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s online crash report, the woman, whose name is not...
The front porch and attic at this home on Harlin Drive in Gainesville caught fire last week, officials say.
The home of Erica McCullough, located on Harlin Drive in Gainesville, sustained some damage after a fire broke out at the front of the structure last Thursday, July 24.
According to this week’s Ozark County Sheriff’s Department dispatch log, at least two neighbors called in the fire, with the first...
Bubbles, bubbles and more bubbles! McKinley Thomas and Luanna Loftis have fun playing during one of DOW campers’ favorite activities, when camp administrators rent a giant bubble machine that creates mountains of sudsy fun.
For almost 60 years, Ozark County children, along with kids from Douglas and Wright counties, have had the opportunity to spend several days and nights at DOW Camp, thanks to the generosity of local people and businesses. Many of the children who attend the camp, which is held at Hammond Mill Camp...
MoDOT is currently accepting proposals for dismantling and reusing the Theodosia bridge.
The news broke last week that the historic Theodosia bridge on Highway 160 over Bull Shoals Lake will be available for relocation and reuse, free of charge, to one lucky interested party.
Government entities, historical or civic organizations or private individuals may submit proposals to the...
Jack
An 80-year-old Forsyth woman was killed in a one-vehicle crash on Highway 142, about four miles east of Bakersfield last week – and in the days following, her husband was desperately searching for their missing dog, Jack, who had fled the crash scene.
Jack, a black and white border collie mix with...
Many local residents are wondering if the early-morning fire that occurred last Saturday at a home on County Road 609 in Pontiac is connected to the search warrant executed on the same house seven days prior that led to the discovery of methamphetamine, paraphernalia and used hypodermic needles in...
photo courtesy of Brixey/Rockbridge VFD Responders stayed on scene for several hours as the roadway was cleared of the spilled gravel.
Seventy-year-old Gainesville resident Kenny Pickett is now home recovering after spending four days in the hospital last week due to injuries he sustained when he rolled the MLH dump truck he was driving on Highway 181, north of Gainesville, July 14.
“We really appreciate all the prayers, calls,...