Contentious Ozark mayor loses big in reelection bid
Ozark's mayor, censured in 2023 after turbulent exchanges and threats, lost his reelection bid, securing only 30 percent of the vote.
Mark Blankenship
Ozark Library reopening after policy change, book review
No books were removed due to being obscene, sexually explicit or inappropriate for minors.
Dale County Commission delays budget vote after Ozark mayor calls to defund library
Commission Chairman Steve McKinnon said he does not anticipate a situation in which the library is not funded.
Majority of Ozark City Council expresses public support of library
Three members of the five-person council have explicitly stated they would not support defunding the library.
Ozark mayor calls for defunding library if LGBT books remain in YA section
Mayor Mark Blankenship posted on Facebook that he has been "trying to remove this trash from the kids section."