Bakersfield News

An Ozark County teen died and another suffered serious injuries Tuesday night when the pickup truck they were riding in crashed on an Ozark County road, the Missouri Highway Patrol reported.

Plans for county Christmas celebrations set for the first weekend in December are in high gear.

U.S. Navy Seaman Recruit Matthew C. Amburgy, a 2009 graduate of Bakersfield High School, Bakersfield, Mo., recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill.

Ozark County News Nov. 17, 1887 James O. Rich of Richland township is here building flues this week.

Thomas F. and Martha Lou Durham were married December 26th, 1959 in Kansas City, Kansas.

Bakersfield School District in Ozark and Oregon counties will be closed Friday, Monday, and Tuesday because of widespread illnesses.

The head workman, Mr. E. P.Blair is finishing up the work on the new school house.

Other area schools reporting more absences Three county schools are reporting higher than normal absentee rates, even while Ozark County Health Center received a limited supply of the county's first H1N1 influenza vaccine.

Authorities in two states continue to investigate five arsons that occurred last week but have not made any arrests in the cases.

Flames can still be seen among the smoldering ruins of an abandoned house south of Bakersfield.

WEST PLAINS, Mo. - Chris Bales and Lynsey Johnson of Bakersfield, Mo., are the parents of a son, Tyson Allen Bales, born May 25, 2009, at Ozarks Medical Center.