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Trisha Vigna, MSN, APRN, FNP, recently joined Edward Henegar, D.O., and Aaron Newton, M.D. on the staff of the Ozarks Medical Center’s Gainesville clinic.
Vigna will be available to meet community residents at OMC-Gainesville’s free BBQ tailgate party from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, before the...
Ron Evans, a 1962 Gainesville High School graduate now living in Lexington, North Carolina, has established a new $1,000 scholarship for a GHS graduating senior who is planning to enroll in the University of Missouri in the fall following the student’s high school graduation.
In his letter to the...
In celebration of the bicentennial of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft’s journey into the Ozarks, the Ozark County Historium will host a free event featuring the intrepid explorer himself. At 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, all are invited to come hear the adventurer speak about his travels through the portion of...
Santa’s elves aren’t the only ones working hard to make Christmas merry for holiday enthusiasts young and old. Dozens of Ozark Countians are busy planning and working hard to finalize fun, inspiring and generous events intended as gifts to the community.
Ozark County Community Choir
The Ozark...
The late session of Missouri youth firearms deer season will be held Nov. 23-25. Youth ages 6 to 15 are eligible to participate. To have a youth deer season photo published in the Ozark County Times, bring it to the Times office during business hours (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday), send the...
It was just before midnight Saturday night when longtime Caney Mountain firefighter Josh Spence walked outside his home off CC Highway and saw that his neighbor Laura Smith’s trailer house was on fire. Josh yelled to his wife Tiffany, also a Caney Mountain firefighter, to call 911.
“Then he said...
A large crowd gathered at The Center in Gainesville Thursday evening to learn CPR lifesaving skills and drowning prevention. New and long-time parents, grandparents, babysitters, co-workers, caregivers and others interested in learning how to save a life were among those taking advantage of the...
A $30,000 cash-only bond has been set for Curtis Lee Barton, 34, of Ava, in connection with a swath of school and business break-ins beginning as early as February 2017 at Thornfield School and continuing through Nov. 5 at Dora and Bakersfield schools. Barton is charged with two counts of burglary...
Gainesville resident Missy Harlin will be hosting her family’s Thanksgiving gathering this week for the first time, she said Monday, following the death of her beloved “Pud” - short for Puddin’, the nickname for her grandmother, Lois Lorene Workman.
Mrs. Workman, who was 96 when she died in...
Editor’s note: Sid Pierce, a 1974 graduate of Gainesville High School, is the son of Lessie Pierce of Gainesville and the late Herman Pierce, former Ozark County Sheriff. He is a former teacher in Gainesville and Reeds Spring, where he now lives, and after spending more than 20 years mixing sound...