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Scrappers take 51-30 win at Idabel; Nashville to visit Arkadelphia Friday in early showdown
By John R. Schirmer
News-Leader staff
IDABEL, Okla. - One week after being upset by De Queen, the Scrappers came back and defeated Idabel 51-20 last...
Arkansas’ welcome center has Howard County touch
By Louie Graves
News-Leader staff
The formal grand opening of the new $2.5 million Red River Welcome Center on U.S. Highway 70 north of Texarkana took...
School board dines at Nashville High School; students give presentations
By John R. Schirmer
News-Leader staff
Members of the Nashville School board gathered twice during the past week - once informally for lunch at the Nashville...
Howard County JPs to consider ‘voluntary tax’ at next meeting
By Louie Graves
News-Leader staff
A lingering fiscal problem might be resolved next month when Justice of the Peace Kirk Bell brings a proposal to the...
Mine Creek Revelations by Louie Graves: Smell? What smell?
MY GREAT FEAR of being invited to appear on a hoarder TV show is finally letting up a bit.
That’s because I have found some...
Obituary: Verlos ‘Gene’ Myers, 82, of Royal
Verlos “Gene” Myers, age 82, of Royal, passed away on Friday, September 15, 2017 at CHI St. Vincent, Hot Springs.
He was born on October...
Obituary: Max D. Chown, 69, of Mount Ida
Max D. Chown, age 69, of Mount Ida, AR, passed away September 17, 2017. He was born February 8, 1948 to the late Bob...
Obituary: Mildred ‘GaGa’ Singleton, 91, of Pencil Bluff
Mildred Singleton (GaGa), age 91 of Pencil Bluff, AR, passed away September 11, 2017. She was born December 1, 1925 to the late John...
Obituary: Joe Wayne Hamilton, 81, of Mount Ida
Joe Wayne Hamilton passed away September 13, 2017 at home surrounded by his family. Joe was born May 23, 1936 in Black Springs, Arkansas...
Obituary: Donald Ray Whitney, 79, of Fayetteville
Donald Ray Whitney, age 79, of Fayetteville, passed away on Sunday, September 10, 2017.
He was born on March 2, 1938 in Coolidge, Arizona, the...
