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The bus currently serves all of Ozark County’s schools, Bakersfield, Dora, Gainesville, Lutie and Thornfield - along with more than a dozen others in a four county area.
The big, bright sea life-painted facade of the Missouri Ozarks Community Health dental bus is a head-turner, but it’s the work that occurs inside the dental bus that’s the real star of the show.
The dental bus serves more than 18 schools in its four county service area and provides services for...
Clarence F. Shaw, 89, of Zanoni, was transported by Air Evac helicopter ambulance to Cox South Hospital in Springfield June 17, following a two-vehicle crash on Highway 181, four miles north of Gainesville.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s online crash report, Shaw was traveling...
The Tecumseh Volunteer Fire Department shared this photo to their Facebook page Monday night, showing the front end damage of a 2014 GMC Terrain that was involved in a head-on collision Monday night. The driver and passenger of the vehicle, along with the driver of the truck that hit them, all sustained serious injuries involved in the crash. “Please be careful when driving. Stay focused and keep your eyes on the road... Please say a quick prayer for all those involved,” the post on TVFD’s page said.
A Searcy, Arkansas woman was flown by helicopter ambulance to Cox South in Springfield, and two Arkansas men were taken by ground ambulance to Ozarks Healthcare in West Plains, all with serious injuries, following a head-on crash on Highway 160 in Tecumseh Monday night, June 24.
According to the...
Holly Cooke, a 31-year-old Norwood woman, was killed last Monday night, June 17, on Highway 5, about six and a half miles northwest of Gainesville, after hitting a cow in the roadway. Cooke was a middle school math teacher at Hartville School District. She leaves behind a husband and three children...
Candidates who participated in the June 21 Ozark County Farm Bureau meet the candidates event were, from left: back row: Travis Smith (running for 33rd District State Senate), Matthew Overcast (running for 155th District State Representative), Jim Britt (running for Eastern District Commissioner), Matthew Warren (running for Eastern District Commissioner). Front row: Julie AuBuchon (running for 155th District State Representative), Jama Berry (running for Assessor) and Brad Hudson (running for 33rd District State Senate). All candidates who were present at the meeting are running as Republicans.
There was a packed house at the Ozark County Farm Bureau’s meet the candidates event, held June 21 at The Center in Gainesville.
Candidates each gave a short speech about why they are running and what they bring to the table.
Farm Bureau Vice President TJ Lewis led the event, and after the...
The Ozark County Commissioners met for their regular weekly meeting at 9 a.m. Monday morning in the upper level of the Ozark County Courthouse. Meetings are open to the public, and anyone can attend.
Presiding Commissioner Terry Newton said the county is still working with the Federal Emergency...
This year’s Ozark County Volunteer Library summer reading program “Adventure Begins at your Library” kicks off Tuesday, July 9, in the basement of the library, located off Elm Street in Gainesville. The program sets reading goals for children based on age and includes a once-a-week gathering for story hour, speakers and craft activities. The program is free, and children of all ages are invited. The story hours are geared toward elementary-aged children.
By Aletta Moore,
Ozark County Volunteer Library
Children of all ages are encouraged to read for pleasure this summer as Ozark County Volunteer Library presents “Adventure Begins at your Library.”
This summer reading program will kick off with a story hour at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 9, in the...
Kirk and Segri Stephens, along with Segri’s brother John Ashford (center), are pictured here in their Cobra Pyro Crew t-shirts. The Stephens are the owners of Foggy Bottom Fireworks, a professional pyrotechnics company that puts on fireworks displays throughout Missouri and Kansas (and sometimes in Oklahoma and Arkansas too). John helps out with the shows, along with a crew of employees who work for the Stephens in both their fireworks business and their Kansas City-based construction company, Stephens Restoration LLC.
The Fourth of July is just around the corner, and that means busy work for the crew at Foggy Bottom Fireworks, a professional pyrotechnics business owned by Pontiac residents Kirk and Segri (pronounced See-gra) Stephens.
The Stephens’ work, which pairs the latest pyro-technology with Kirk’s...
Shannon Collins, far right, is pictured here as she is escorted out of the the Ozark County Courthouse, where she was arraigned on second-degree murder charges in connection with a June 12 incident that lead to the death of 62-year-old Gainesville resident Mark Ault.
Shannon Collins, 49, of Isabella, is now facing murder charges in connection with a June 12 incident in which her boyfriend, Mark Ault, was thrown from a vehicle and seriously wounded. He later died from the injuries. She remains in the custody of the Ozark County Sheriff’s Department and is being...
Kevin Piland
The Gainesville City Council met in regular session Tuesday, June 11, at City Hall. Council members Dana Crisp, Renee Schmucker, Treva Warrick and Teri Edades were in attendance. Councilmen Seth Collins and Lana Bushong were absent.
Also attending the meeting was Mayor Gail Reich, City Clerk Lisa...