Gainesville News

Road work to watch out for in the region this week: - One-lane traffic on Route 38, east of Hartville.

Framed proclamations from the Missouri House of Representives were presented to Gainesville High School FBLA members during senior awards night.

A 55-year-old man from Tecumseh died Monday after a crash in Ozark County. James Huff died after the 1995 GMC pickup he was driving on County Road 160-308, about seven miles south of Gainesville, went off the right side of the road and struck a tree, according to a report from the Missouri Highway Patrol.

Our family would like to take the opportunity to thank the Ozark County community for all of the support we have received regarding our son Cash.

Sheriff Cpl. James Tilley arrested Cody Dale Kendall, 25, of Gainesville, Mo., Thursday morning for indecent exposure after a complaint from a person who claimed Kendall was openly masturbating at Pigeon Creek Park on Norfork Lake.

Opal Bearden, left, has been named the honorary chair for the 2009 American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Ozark County.

A Gainesville man was taken to a north Arkansas hospital Friday evening with serious injuries suffered in a single-vehicle crash near Theodosia, the Missouri Highway Patrol reported.

Students entered in the kindergarten through second grade division were, from left: Teagan Broderick, Gracyn Blackburn, Payton Lynne, Golda Biby; NovaLee Newkirk, Taylor Morgan, Jaden Lane, Lori Ellison, Jaxon Britt; and Cooper High, Blakely Morrison, Garrett Eichler.

Truman J. "T.J." Miller, 92, passed away Tuesday, June 9, 2009, in Gainesville, Fla., from complications related to Alzheimer's. Truman was born Feb.

Rev. M. H. Hutchison passed through town Monday on his way to his home near Hammond from Clear Springs near Dawt where on Sunday he preached the funeral of George Garrett, who died at his home at Tecumseh a few months ago.

Four members of the Gainesville Elementary School staff were the lucky winners of a Relay for Life challenge held at the school.

Kirsten Watson, a fifth grade Gainesville music student, and daughter of Scott and Julie Watson, received a "II" rating at the Fair Grove Music Festival.

The first drove of fat cattle from this section started for the St. Louis market Tuesday.

On April 3, the Gainesville Music Department participated in District Music Contest at West Plains.

Gainesville Airport Manager Ron Weldon and his wife Cindy gave Gainesville Headstart students and teachers a tour of the Gainesville Memorial Airport March 25.

Caney Mountain Volunteer Fire Department thanks everyone who donated baked items for our bake sale on May 9 and to everyone who purchased baked goods.

Gainesville FFA competed in the statewide t-shirt design contest. The Gainesville FFA t-shirt design was selected as the first-place winner and will be used for the design of the 2009 Missouri State FFA Convention T shirt.

Therese Sigafus, 51, of Gainesville, Mo. and Christine Dale, 55, of Clarkridge were both injured Friday when their vehicles collided on Hwy.

A Gainesville, Mo., man was sentenced to life in prison Friday after pleading guilty to second-degree murder.

There will be a decoration and Mothers' Day program at Strong Hope the second Sunday in May.