Despite legacy of community support, library needs volunteers


Ozark County Volunteer Library volunteer Joanne Krupp, left, helps Wasola resident Ginger Sirois sign up as a library patron. Sirois and her husband recently moved to Ozark County from Granite City, Illinois. After settling into their Ozark County home, Sirois said one of the first things she did was check out the local library. Times photo/Regina Mozingo

Ozark County was once a county without a lib

Charlotte Holmes’ story about a visit to heaven goes viral, ‘breaks internet’


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 cal

Local EMT Brian Morgan says he believes ‘someone’ was watching over his son Garrett during serious Dec. 28 crash


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

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