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Photo: Jerry Studdard An Ozark County man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison on two counts of statutory sodomy of a child. The Ozark County Times reports

Photo: Tecumseh resident Matthew Weatherman (left) has been sworn in as the new Ozark County Prosecuting Attorney. Ozark County Clerk Brian Wise administered

Photo: Jerry Studdard An Ozark County Circuit Court jury has found a Wasola resident guilty of two counts of statutory sodomy of a child in the first degree.

Rebecca Ruud The Supreme Court of Missouri has overturned a circuit court’s ruling in a high-profile Ozark County murder case. According to the Ozark County Times, the Supreme Court sustained a writ of mandamus on April 6, meaning Circuit Judge Calvin Holden must allow an audio recording of a conversation between Rebecca Ruud of Theodosia and her public defender, Nina Lane into evidence. Ruud is accused of murdering her daughter, 16-year-old Savannah Leckie, and disposing her body in a burn pile in Ozark County in the summer of 2017. Ozark County Prosecuting Attorney John Garrabrant and Ant...

Photo: Jerry Studdard The scheduled jury trial of an Ozark County man charged with two counts of statutory sodomy took an unusual turn in the eleventh hour late last month. The Ozark County Times reports the jury pool was summoned to the Gainesville First Christian Church to report for duty but jurors were told soon after they arrived the trial had been canceled and their service was no longer needed that day. The scheduled trial was that of Gainesville resident Jerry Studdard, who had been charged in connection with allegations he had sexually abused multiple children over a 10-year span, da...