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This year marks the 142nd year that the Ozark County Times has been in business, and the 10th year of being locally-owned by Norene and Tim Prososki of Protem. The newspaper office is located on the southeast corner of the Gainesville square.
For 142 years, folks in Ozark County have been picking up the Times to catch up on the news of their neighbors: who got married, who had a baby, whose boy made the honor roll or which youngster brought home the biggest buck or the best turkey. The pages have also reported deadly tornados, homes...
Photo by Simeon Petresku of SP Photography A record number of entries were entered at the 2024 Bakersfest car and motorcycle, making the 2024 show one of the best ever, according to organizers. The car show, which had 104 entries this year, was one of the main attractions at Bakersfield’s annual fall festival that was held Saturday, Sept. 14. In addition to the car and motorcycle show, festival goers this year will also enjoy live music, vendors, drawings, crafts, games, food and many more activities in the Bakersfield High School parking lot.
The 2025 Bakersfest festival will be held Saturday, Sept. 13, in the Bakersfield High School parking lot. There will be crafts, music and food, along with the “Walk the Streets of Bakersfield” 27th annual car show.
Vendors are needed and can find out more by contacting Kelly Marsh at 417-372-2757...
A Gainesville Junior High student is now facing a charge of unlawful possession of a weapon in connection with an incident last Wednesday, Aug. 27, when he reportedly brought a .38 special revolver to school in his backpack.
According to Sheriff Cass Martin, the student said he had been using the...
Lacy Green helped rescue a great horned owl that was sitting stunned in the middle of Highway 160 in Gainesville last week.
Thanks to the help of two local good samaritans, Lacy Green and the Times’ own Regina Mozingo, a great horned owl was carried to safety from the middle of busy Highway 160 in Gainesville last week and is now happily back in the wild.
The incident occurred Wednesday, Aug. 27, when Mozingo was...
Colene Pitcock Rose, 93, class of 1949, was recognized as the oldest graduate attending Saturday's Gainesville High School All-School Reunion. Gainesville superintendent Justin Gilmore presented the recognition during the reunion program.
Gainesville High School on Saturday swarmed with graduates young and old – or perhaps old and older – as it celebrated its every-five-year, All-School Reunion. Chairperson Paula Herd Rose (class of 1979) said 150 people attended the event, which included two hours of mingling, visiting, enjoying...
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Office on Women’s Health launched the Sexual Assault Forensic Exams via Telehealth Network (SAFEvT) on July 1.
The SAFEvT Network provides telehealth support to hospitals that do not have forensic nurses available 24/7. It is organized in a hub...
Darian Clayton smashes a pie in Kyle Clayton’s face after the girls won the offering challenge at the Mammoth Assembly of God Vacation Bible School. All the funds raised during the offering challenge were donated to Scarlett Hall, a former Gainesville student who was seriously injured in a creek culvert accident June 19. After spending more than two months at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, she is currently receiving treatment at Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital in Maryland Heights, Missouri.
Mammoth Assembly of God Church hosted a boys versus girls challenge at its Vacation Bible School this year, raising funds for Scarlett Hall and her family.
“Every year we do an offering at VBS, and we have a mission project. This year we chose Scarlett because it’s been a huge thing in our...
The 2025 Hootin an Hollarin festival committee, pictured above, includes (from left) back row: Mollie Smart, Kerrie Zubrod, Lily Branco, Janette McDaniel, Mike Gardner, Doug Hawkins, Dave Bushner, Gabe Blackburn and Barbara Luna. Middle row: Heather Bushner, Jerri Sue Crawford, Heather Gardner, Sherry Ginthum, Dia Premer and Becki Strong. Front row: Linda Harlin, Paula Rose and Nancy Walker. Not pictured: Chris Harlin, Karen Brantingham, Renee Hambelton, Konnie Plumlee and Gary Maupin.
Get your overalls washed and dust off your outhouse-racing shoes! Hootin an Hollarin is just three weeks away.
This year’s festival committee has been hard at work managing the last minute details of the beloved 3-day festival, set for Sept. 18-20, on the Gainesville square.
The Ozark County Times...
Rona and Jeff Sagert of Cedar Ridge RV Park and Storage Units in Bakersfield stand in front of their newly opened laundromat, which is open to the general public Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Wednesdays from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Thursdays through Mondays: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Residents of Bakersfield and surrounding areas who don’t own a washer or dryer now have a convenient new option: a self-service laundromat located at Cedar Ridge RV Park and Storage. The facility, which opened recently, offers the use of eight washers and 12 dryers to the public at affordable...
The Gainesville School District issued a statement this morning, Aug. 27, informing parents and the community that a student was found in possession of a firearm on school property today. Superintendent Justin Gilmore told the Times that the firearm was found in a backpack inside the school, and...