Ozark News

Eleven jobs moved out of Springfield and into Christian County when Naught-Naught Insurance Agency expanded its Ozark office.

CoxHealth hired three new EMTs to serve in Christian County. The move keeps the ambulance district fully staffed with more hiring on the horizon.

Name of business: Downtown Marketplace Address: 103 E. Church St., Ozark Phone: 417-581-4438 Website: downtown-marketplace.com Hours: 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday; closed Sundays and holidays; open until 8 p.m. Thursdays through the Ozark Downtown Farmers Market season.

The owner, Evelyn Malone, is also an ordained minister available to officiate wedding ceremonies.

OZARK, Mo. - You are born with it and have to live with it for the rest of your life.

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A short program will be followed by a proclamation from Mayor Bob Stephens. 417-864-6199; email: lknauer@cfozarks.org Springfield Police Chief Paul Williams: Coffee with the Chief is 7 a.m. today at Big Momma's Coffee & Espresso Bar, 217 E. Commercial St. The purpose of the meeting is to encourage an open discussion between the public and the ... (more)

Utility customers will be asked to fill out and return the survey form enclosed in their utility bill so that the Nixa City Council may determine what to do with 33 acres of land at the intersection of Northview Road and Gregg Road.

Federal agents say they have busted a local drug conspiracy throughout Christian, Greene and Webster counties that has distributed Mexican meth.

A vote of the Ozark Board of Aldermen could make the city the latest in Missouri to ban over-the-counter sales of pseudoephedrine, a drug used to treat cold and allergy symptoms that is also used as an ingredient in methamphetamine.

Flocks of rubber duckies will migrate from their traditional bathtub habitats to the waters of the Finley River for the Sertoma Duck Race.

The U.S. Census Bureau released a set of data on commuting that brought little surprise to Christian County, which loses 23.4 percent of its population each day to jobs in other counties.

A problem with the water system has prompted a boil water advisory for the City of Ozark.

Five people are in the Greene County Jail while a sixth, Jerry Wright, 37, of Ozark, remains a fugitive sought by federal agents.

Hidden away in the foothills of Taney County are ruins of a town that few Ozarkians remember.

Political debate over public education benchmarks at the national and state levels trickled down to a local school district as educators in Ozark attempt to explain changes in curriculum to the public.

Most lawyers who make court appearances probably have a favorite judge. This was especially true in the old days when judges and attorneys socialized more frequently, and the duck blind was as important as justice herself being blind.

Durable roads come with a price. The Christian County Commission decided to examine road construction standards and asked Great River Associates Principal Engineer Spencer Jones to study the requirements in surrounding communities.

The CALI award is given to the highest scoring student in each law class at many law schools throughout the country, including MU's law school.

The Springfield News-Leader reports that the Christian County Health Department has posted advisories warning swimmers about high levels of E. coli bacteria at the Jim Turner Access at Finley River Park in Ozark, the Shelvin Rock Access southwest of Nixa and the Delaware Access west of Nixa.