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Christmastime is here, and there are several events planned in Ozark County to celebrate the season.
To add your Ozark County holiday event to the list, email jessi@ozarkcountytimes.com.
• Library Christmas giveaway table (now through Dec. 13) - The Ozark County Volunteer Library is hosting a...
Nancy Walker, this year’s Jingle Bell Parade marshal during Gainesville’s Dec. 6 Wonders of Christmas celebration, led the Hootin an Hollarin Committee as chairperson from the early 1990s until turning over the leadership role to Paula Rose in 2021.
Nancy Walker has never been one to criticize others, but she keeps thinking Gainesville’s Wonders of Christmas Committee could have found someone more deserving to honor as the 2024 Jingle Bell Parade marshal.
[Reporter checks notes. Nope. No one deserves the honor more than Nancy, who has been...
D.E. Pleasant drives his truck pulling the Bumper-to-Bumper Christmas float during last year’s Jingle Bell Parade at the 2023 Wonders of Christmas on the Gainesville square event.
The annual Wonders of Christmas on the Gainesville Square festival and Jingle Bell Parade will be held this Friday, Dec. 6. The festival opens at 5 p.m. with vendor booths, which will remain open throughout the night. Also at 5 p.m., there will be singing in the gazebo, located on the courthouse...
A family is pictured here working together to hang Christmas bulbs on the town Christmas cedar at Village Hall in Theodosia during the 2023 inaugural Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony. This year’s Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony and Holiday Kick Off event is being held this Saturday at Village Hall, and everyone is invited.
This year’s Theodosia Christmas Tree Lighting and Holiday Kick Off event will be held from 1 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, at Village Hall.
Festival organizers Nancy Wilson and Karen Metzger have been working hard on festival plans for the fun and festive event, and it’s shaping up to be even better...
One-year-old Dawna Kay is back home in Wasola with parents Jordan and Darci Dimirsky after spending 32 days at Mercy Children’s Hospital in Kansas City recovering from serious injuries she sustained in a Sept. 7 car crash.
Wasola residents Jordan and Darci Dimirsky have an extra reason to be thankful this Thanksgiving season. Just over two months ago, their 1-year-old daughter, Dawna Kay, was released from the hospital following a 32-day stay recovering from serious injuries sustained in a Sept. 7 car crash.
Dawna,...
Just prior to the regular weekly meeting of the Ozark County Commissioners, Western District Commissioner Layne Nance said the west side of the county experienced more damage during flooding earlier this month than during the 2017 flood. He said the extra damage was likely because of several small...
Dustin Pippin
Nearly four years after 73-year-old Julia “Chris” Hicks was found dead in the roadway after a hit-and-run crash Dec. 20, 2020, officials believe they have apprehended the man who hit her - and then fled the scene.
Dustin Pippin, 29, of Squires, has been charged in Douglas County with second degree...
The cover of the 2024 Ozark County Cookin’ cookbook features Seth and Whitney Miller of Gainesville.
This year’s Ozark County Cookin’ cookbook is now available wherever the Times is sold. The annual Times’ publication that showcases Ozark Countians’ favorite recipes, along with photos and articles about local cooks.
The cover features Gainesville husband-and-wife duo Seth and Whitney Miller. Seth...
VFW Auxiliary member Ruby Winslow, left, and Reserve Deputy Stephen Ator, are pictured here serving at a past VFW community Thanksgiving dinner.
Multiple area community Thanksgiving dinners are being planned in Ozark County in the next couple weeks. If you don’t have a place to enjoy the holiday - or even if you do - come out and feast with friends and neighbors at these local events:
Lutie School, Theodosia
5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22
Lutie...
Mountain Home Christian Clinic Medical Director Brandi Sharp directs an army of about 100 volunteers, including medical professionals and non-medical helpers, who strive to create a “bridge to better healthcare” for those who need help finding medical help or equipment.
Ozark Countians – and everyone else from anywhere else – are welcome at the Mountain Home (Arkansas) Christian Clinic, a charitable medical facility that began 25 years ago in the minds of some area residents who participated in a medical mission trip to Brazil.
Members of the First United...