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The Ozark Community Center provided area fathers to create some special moments with their daughters during its annual Father-Daughter Dance on Saturday, Jan. 31. About 350 people attended the event, which was themed “Under the Big Top”. Dads and daughters were able to enjoy dancing, refreshments, photo opportunities, a limbo contest, prizes, and more.
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Steve Chapman
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2/4/26
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A Texas man was taken into custody hours after he and a four-year-old boy he allegedly abducted were spotted in Ozark and an AMBER alert was issued in regards to the alleged abduction.
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Steve Chapman
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2/4/26
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About eight month after he allegedly caused an accident that resulted in the death of a motorist and seriously injured three others, including himself, a Springfield man was booked into the Christian County Jail on Tuesday, Jan. 27. Scottie Smith, 50, faces one count of first-degree involuntary manslaughter, as well as misdemeanor charges of driving with a suspended/revoked license and operating a motorcycle without a valid license.
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Steve Chapman
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2/4/26
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Stephen Dunn
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2/4/26
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Linda Kay Mincks
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2/4/26
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Naioma Joan Willoughby
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2/4/26
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Van Ray "Speed" Whiting
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2/4/26
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Jeffery Niel Irby
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2/4/26
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Rose Elizabeth Kuppinger
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2/4/26
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I really liked the results of the sign that Twila made for Marie Davis's drive. She and her husband do such good work.
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Marie Day
Chadwick Historian
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2/4/26
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As part of its mission to save more lives through organ and tissue donation, Mid-America Transplant is pleased to welcome Beth Polivka, Senior Vice President and System Chief Nursing Officer at CoxHealth, to its governing board.
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2/4/26
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Roger Terriance Cochran
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1/28/26
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My son, a friend of mine, and I were crappie fishing in a quiet cove on Stockton Lake. It was a cold, but tolerable day in February. We had almost reached our limit when we heard it. The sound was almost like a scream. Sounds we are accustomed to hearing were the wind through the trees, waves on the rocks, crows cawing, geese honking, or the sound of an eagle who was out fishing like we were.
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Larry Whiteley
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1/28/26
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Randy Sixkiller, age 65 of Ozark, died Jan. 8, 2026. He was born Sept. 3, 1960, in Kansas City, Mo., the son of Burney L. and Bernice “Pat” (Wainwright) Sixkiller.
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1/28/26
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Nestled in the heart of the Ozark Mountains near Oldfield, Missouri, in newly #Agri-Ready Designated Christian County, sits Gilbert Cattle Company. The family-owned seedstock cattle operation is rooted in hard work, good cattle, and values that grow deep in rocky soil.
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Jaron VanHouden
Contributor
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1/28/26
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OZARK, Mo. – University of Missouri Extension offers the annual Christian County Livestock and Forage Conference from 6 to 8:45 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3, at the Ozarks Technical Community College agriculture building community room of the Richmond Valley campus at Ozark.
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Tim Schnakenberg
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1/28/26
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Honduran National illegally residing in the Springfield, Mo. area, was sentenced in federal court today for Illegal Re-entry by an Alien after subsequently being convicted of a prior felony crime.
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1/28/26
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The man said to his wife, “Mom and Dad sure are looking older. They both have a lot more wrinkles. Dad’s cheeks are a little gaunt. He was always skinny, but he looks even more so now. He is almost eighty years old, and Mom is already there. I am beginning to wonder how much longer they will be around.”
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Larry Whiteley
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1/28/26
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An Ozark man was sentenced to a total of 21 years in prison two months after he pleaded guilty to three counts of second-degree statutory sodomy.
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Steve Chapman
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1/28/26
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Wanda Lee (Finney) Gideon was born to Henry “Ermal” and Clara (Marlin) Finney on Oct. 6, 1943, in Chadwick, Missouri. She passed away at her home in Chadwick, Mo., on Jan. 18, 2026.
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1/28/26
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Jewell Maxine Holt
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1/28/26
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Cox Health celebrated the grand opening of the Cox Health Rehabilitation Hospital, located in Ozark, with a ribbon cutting held on Wednesday, Jan. 21. During the event, guests were able to tour the new facility and learn about the various services that will be available there. The hospital will begin admitting patients on Tuesday, Feb. 3.
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Steve Chapman
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1/28/26
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An Ozark woman was booked into the Greene County Jail after she allegedly attempted to break into a Springfield Police vehicle and attacked the officer driving it. Dawn Marie Friend, 44, is charged with two felony counts of disarming a police officer and three misdemeanor counts of fourth-degree assault.
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Steve Chapman
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1/28/26
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There is one thing we can expect as we enjoy living in Missouri; the weather can change in the drop of your hat. And just look at the crazy stuff that just happened all over the place. I do not enjoy this long spell of very cold and snowy weather. The animals don't much like it either. It looks like it is here to stay. It is not tennis shoe weather, and my coveralls are a bit thin.
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Marie Day
Chadwick Historian
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1/28/26
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Craig Steven Warner, age 77, passed away on Jan. 12, 2026, at Cox South Hospital in Springfield, Mo.
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1/21/26
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