Scrapperette summertime hoops
The Scrapperette basketball program is hosting team camp each Thursday afternoon in July at Scrapper Arena. Junior and senior girls teams are competing.
The games...
Scrappers back to the grind following AAA’s ‘dead period’
By John R. Schirmer
News-Leader staff
The Nashville Scrappers are back to their summer routine after two weeks off for the Arkansas Activities Association’s mandatory dead...
‘Voting centers’ likely for 2018 primary in Howard Co.; convenience for voters, lower costs...
By Louie Graves
News-Leader staff
Voters are not going to like this at first, Howard County Election Commissioner Angie Allen warned members of the quorum court...
Nashville school board fills vacancies; consider the construction of agri building at high school
By John R. Schirmer
News-Leader staff
The Nashville School Board filled four more staff positions during a special meeting Thursday, July 13.
Hirings include Jared Jones, seventh...
Hospital CEO ‘disappointed’ in Senate health care proposal; GOP opposition dooms bill
By John R. Schirmer
News-Leader staff
Howard Memorial Hospital CEO Debra Wright is “disappointed” in the latest health care plan under consideration in Washington, D.C. until...
Junior, senior orientation set at Nashville High School
Parent-student orientation for incoming juniors and seniors at Nashville High School will be held Thursday, July 27, at 6 p.m. at Scrapper Arena.
Students will...
Mine Creek Revelations by Louie Graves: Sleep like a log
AT SOME POINT we stopped joking about it.
Our joke was that when we drove out of town, I’d start off behind the wheel and...
Obituary: Beverly Ann (Swindle) Campbell, 85, of Mount Ida
Beverly Ann (Swindle) Campbell of Mount Ida, died July 15, 2017 after a brief illness. She was born November 3, 1932. She was preceded...
Obituary: Hope Darleen Manley, 80, of Mount Ida
Hope Darleen Manley of Mount Ida, AR, passed away on July 12, 2017. She was born May 30, 1937 in Trojan, SD to the...
Obituary: Mary Gilbert Freed, 92, of Chalfont, Penn.
Mary Gilbert Freed, age 92, of Chalfont, Pennsylvania, passed away on Monday, July 10, 2017.
She was born on June 16, 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,...






