Get your fingers ready, out of area code calls to require extra digits
The geographic region currently served by the 870 area code is projected to exhaust its numbering supply during the first quarter of 2025. To ensure a continuing supply of telephone numbers, the Arkansas Public Service Commission (Commission) has approved 327 as a new area code for this region. All existing 870 area code customers will retain their current area code in the overlay area and their telephone numbers will not be changed,…
Three arrested in Ozark Acres shooting
From a Press Release from Sheriff Shane Russell A Jan. 3, 2024, in which the Sharp County Sheriff's Deartment responded sounded more like something out of unreal drama or even far fetched comedy, had it not been for the injury of one of those involved. Sharp County Deputies responded to Eagle Trail Road in Ozark Acres in reference to a shooting where a male subject had been shot multiple times. The victim,…
Clearing the path for freedom…
Nesbitt spends Navel career as EOD Diver By Tammy Curtis, Publisher Often times we never know the impact the lives of people in our community have on history. Nothing is more true than of a formerly delusional high school baseball player who knew his life would be as an Atlanta Brave. From diving in world’s sea’s deactivating bombs for the Navy to forensically examining explosive materials from the Iraqi War, Poughkeepsie veteran…
Over $1600 in prizes at stake in Seventh Annual Lost Elf Treasure Hunt in Sharp and Fulton Counties
Tammy Curtis, Editor It is the most wonderful time of the year, again, and it’s time to throw on those hunting shoes, not the kind you wear into the woods for deer or other wildlife, but when you search forfor real treasure. This is the seventh year for our Lost Elf Treasure Hunt and there is a lot at stake. This year we have expanded to include our very supportive neighbors in…
Sawdust piles and Moonpies
Tammy Curtis, Publisher Childhood for a young girl in the Ozarks was a daily adventure, from throwing frog eggs at one another to gathering dry fall flowers and catching fireflies. We witnessed the births and deaths of animals and life renewed each spring. We may not have been the richest family, but we sure didn’t know it. Among my fondest memories were that old sawdust pile just beyond Jimmy Don Hall’s sawmill…
