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Travis Brown
The Ozark County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a Gainesville man who has now been missing for more than a month.
Travis Lee Brown, 51, was last seen around 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019, walking on Highway 5 north of Gainesville.
“Through investigation, we...
Charlotte Holmes, shown here during a recent speaking appearance at The Church in Mountain Home, Arkansas, has received more than 700 Facebook messages since her story about visiting heaven was published in the Dec. 25 edition of the Times and was posted on the Times’ website. She has also been invited to speak to churches and groups in 10 states, from Arizona to Georgia, Minnesota to Alabama, describing her visit to heaven during a near-death experience. Photo submitted
Charlotte Holmes has been inundated with calls, messages and invitations since the story about her visit to heaven was published in the Dec. 25, 2019, edition of the Times and was posted a few days later on the ozarkcountytimes.com website and linked to the Times’ Facebook page.
Before the Times...
Garrett Morgan, second from right, pictured here with his parents Brian and Nikki Morgan and younger sister Katelyn, was seriously injured in a Dec. 28 accident on Highway 5 north, 2 miles south of Squires. Brian, who serves as a full-time EMT for both Ozark County Ambulance and Mercy Hospital in Lebanon, said he’s seen several accidents with similar damage in which the driver “did not walk away.” Times photo/Jessi Dreckman
Gainesville resident Brian Morgan has responded to hundreds of accidents in his nine-year career as an emergency medical technician, but on Dec. 28, 2019, he experienced a crash in a completely different context than he’s used to.
Instead of delivering his usual professional medical attention to...
Winners of the fundraiser raffle hosted by the Ozark County Long-Term Recovery Committee were (top) Paula Barker, who won the quilt handmade by Charlotte Taylor, and (below) Dr. Aaron Newton, who won the propane-powered fish fryer.
Steve Miller, a prevention specialist with Community Partnership of the Ozarks (CPO), was the guest speaker at the Dec. 10 meeting of the Ozark County Substance Abuse Task Force.
Ten members of the task force were present at the meeting, which was held in the Century Bank of the Ozarks...
Robert Morris
Robert Morris, 54, is being held in the Ozark County Jail without bond in connection with a Dec. 19 incident in which he allegedly attempted to “run a man off” by hitting him in the face with a gun and discharging a shotgun at the man’s vehicle. The vehicle’s back glass was reportedly shot out...
The Ozark County Ambulance District now has two ambulances and crews available seven days a week to respond to medical calls. While one ambulance and crew are available 24/7, a second vehicle and crew are now available from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. each day of the week.
Since mid-September, the...
Tecumseh resident Joe Corbin, left, and Ozark County Emergency Manager Curtis Ledbetter review some of the mapping materials that were shared during a Dec. 24 meeting in which personnel from the State Emergency Management Agency and Wood, the mapping contractor company, talked with local officials about the plan for updating Ozark County floodplain maps.
Missouri’s State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has begun the process of updating outdated floodplain maps to better reflect flood hazards in the state, including those in Ozark County.
SEMA personnel and a representative of Wood, the mapping contractor company, met Dec. 24 in Gainesville to...
At their weekly meeting Monday, Dec. 16, the Ozark County Commissioners approved a payment of $250 to Agape House, a shelter for victims of domestic violence in Mountain View. The payment will be made from Ozark County’s Commission on Domestic Violence fund, which, according to Circuit Clerk...
Barnett
Matthew Barnett, 32, of Gainesville, is scheduled to be arraigned before Circuit Judge Craig Carter Jan. 14, 2020, on a class D felony charge of third-degree assault and a class B-misdemeanor charge of second-degree property damage.
The case stems from a Sept. 14 incident in which Barnett is...