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Rock and roll bucket list: NJHS teacher retires after 5,000 students, 38 years
By Dixon Land
Leader Staff
“I was nine when Kennedy was assassinated, and it was very impressionable. I would wake up in the middle...
Council recommends termination of PARCC
Governor Asa Hutchinson has received the first recommendation from the Governor’s Council on Common Core Review regarding testing in Arkansas.
The Council has recommended...
Common Core Council ‘enlightening” to local administrator
By John R. Schirmer
Leader staff
Serving on Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin’s Common Core Review Council has been “very enlightening,” according to Jason Williamson, assistant principal...
Nashville church to celebrate 90th anniversary
Immanuel Baptist Church of Nashville will celebrate its 90th anniversary Sunday, June 14, with a special worship service starting at 10:30 a.m.
Former pastor Rev....
State semifinalists in Class 4A softball honored at banquet
By John R. Schirmer
Leader staff
Scrapperette senior infielder Mattie Jamison received the Caitlin Spradlin Spirit of the Game Award June 4 at the Scrapperette softball...
Search for Nashville softball coach continues
The search for a Scrapperette softball coach continues in the Nashville School District.
Coach Paul Ernest resigned earlier in the year to accept the head...
Tennis camp June 23-25 at Nashville City Park
The Nashville Parks & Recreation Tennis Camp will be June 23-25, during the hours of 9-noon at the city park.
There is a $25 registration...
‘FUNdamental’ basketball camp June 15-17 at Ashdown
The Ashdown FUNdamental Basketball camp will be held June 15-17 at the Ashdown High School Gym.
The camp will be divided into two sections.
The first...
Former Scrapper coach dead at 71
Former Nashville High School Scrapper football coach Billy Laird, 71, died Thursday, June 11 at the Louisiana State University Medical Center in Shreveport.
Laird had been hospitalized...
Nolan “Hickernut” Dowdy, Navy Veteran, 77, June 10, 2015
Nolan Dowdy, age 77, of Athens, passed away on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at Arkansas Inpatient Hospice in Hot Springs. He was born on February...
