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David Haskins Incumbent candidate for Jackson Township Republican committeeman
David Haskins and Adam Freeman will be on the Republican ballot for voters who live within the Jackson Township, an designated area in Brixey.
The committeeman position is an unpaid, political party position. Ozark County Republican Committee Chairman Roger Pittaway provided us with this...
The two separate positions of eastern district county commissioner and western district county commissioner are up for election this year.
Duties are the same for both positions, but each commissioner respectively manages their own side of the county.
Incumbent Layne Nance is running unopposed in...
The Village of Theodosia holds its meetings at 5:30 p.m. every first Monday of the month at the Village Hall, off Highway 160 in Thedosia.
Registered voters who reside within the Theodosia city limits will have a chance to vote on the Village of Theodosia’s “use tax” measure on Election Day Aug. 6. The measure asks voters to impose a local use tax at the same rate as the total local sales tax rate. It also indicates that if the local...
Incumbent Jama Berry faces challenger Kim Wilson for the Ozark County Assessor’s position in the Aug. 6 Primary Election. Both are on the Republican ballot.
The assessor is charged with several administrative and statutory duties; however, the primary duty and responsibility is to assess all real...
The Ozark County Clerk’s Office is located on the main floor of the Ozark County Courthouse, and staff there are available to answer any questions about the election. Voters can also cast absentee ballots in the Clerk’s office for the Primary now through Aug. 5.
By Jessi Dreckman,
jessi@ozarkcountytimes.com
Missouri’s 2024 Primary Election will be held next Tuesday, Aug. 6, and the Times is providing this voter’s guide to help local residents be informed before heading to the polls.
Voters who participate in the Primary Election will determine which...
Bakersfield VFD photo Firefighters, pictured at the left of this photo, work to extinguish a blaze at a travel trailer residence on O Highway July 20. There were no people injured, but three dogs died in the fire.
Firefighters from Bakersfield, Tecumseh and Caulfield VFDs worked together to extinguish a blaze at a travel trailer and a roofed structure it sat underneath on O Highway Saturday, July 20.
The camper trailer was the residence of Brian Mottus and Janette Blake, according to J.B. Duke with the...
Times photo/Jenny Yarger Some of the friends and strangers who rushed to help Logan Hillhouse July 1, when his heart stopped while he was working at Pontiac Cove Marina, met him there again last week for a group photo on the narrow fuel-dock walkway where he fell. From left, Pontiac-Price Place VFD chief and first responder Joe Bator, paramedic Chelan "Shaye" Phillips, Hope Hillhouse, Logan and his girlfriend Abbie Johnson, Corey Hillhouse, marina employee Jadrien Hyatt and marina managers Jabet and Matt Wade.
On July 1, Logan Hillhouse, 17, was going about his usual duties as a dockhand at Pontiac Cove Marina when his heart stopped unexpectedly. It stopped without warning, without any related health history and, doctors say now, without any reason they've been able to diagnose so far.
This is the story...
Editor’s note: This is the second article about the 130-year history of the Bank of Gainesville, now Century Bank of the Ozarks. The bank will celebrate its anniversary during an open house from 1 to 3 p.m. Friday, July 26, at the Gainesville office. The bank’s branches in Ava, Bakersfield,...
Drone photos/Ed Doiron
David W. Mahan, 70, of Theodosia, was airlifted by helicopter ambulance to Cox Hospital in Springfield with serious injuries in a two vehicle crash on Highway 160, about four miles west of Theodosia July 13.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s online crash report, Mahan was traveling...