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Editor's note: The online version of this story was edited slightly from the article that ran in the Oct. 19, 2022, edition of the Ozark County Times, to include four fires that were reported on County Road 503 that are thought to be a part of the alleged arson spree.
A man accused of...
The 2022 edition of Ozark County Cookin’ will feature not only the recipes but also the stories of Ozark County cooks, present and past, whose kitchen talents created warm, enduring memories for generations of area families.
As we do each year, the Times is asking readers to share their memories...
Don Smiley always had a little compulsion about rhyming. He’d jot down poems about whatever subject was on his mind – forest animals, walking in the woods, his love for his wife Connie and daughter Tava or his passion for the Ozarks.
Through the decades of their married life, Don would leave the...
The Ozark County Jail was without water over the weekend, and most of the jail remained without water on Monday due to plumbing issues within the building.
The Sheriff’s Department posted a statement on their Facebook page over the weekend explaining that the jail was mostly without water and...
Gainesville resident Penny Britt says her new co-worker Archie fits in well with patients and employees alike at Hospice of the Ozarks. His teddy-bear-like appearance and sweet demeanor wins over most anyone he meets, and he provides a level of quiet and reassuring comfort that only a canine...
For more than three decades, Dora volunteer firefighters Monte Shipley and John Epley dropped what they were doing when they heard a fire tone ring out from their belt-clipped radios - and they responded.
During family gatherings, during holidays, during birthdays, in middle of the night and first...
Shirley Garrison and son Heath Garrison have once again transformed the lawn around the Isabella-area home where Shirley lives with husband Ronnie Garrison, into an eye-catching and traffic-stopping seasonal fall display. Even though their home on Lake Road 619, off HH south of Isabella, is well...
It’s October in the Ozarks, and the crisp mornings and gentle breezes are ushering in fall colors.
I suspect the lack of rain may hinder a splendorous fall foliage display this fall as it has in past years, but there’s one tree that always looked like money to a poor family during the Jimmy Carter...
In Ozark County, where many enjoy gardening, there is no shortage of green thumbs. But the passion and skill for growing food stands out especially bright in local resident Richard Goerwitz, the garden manager at East Wind.
An intentional community in Tecumseh, East Wind boasts a population of...
It’s that time of year when pumpkins, apple cider and crisp, fall air set a festive tone in the Ozarks. Listed here are Halloween and fall events that residents can visit or attend in the coming weeks.
Those organizing a local fall or Halloween-themed event can contact Jessi Dreckman at 417-679-...