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Narrows Dam bridge to close Thursday for maintenance work
The signs are up now warning that the Highway 19 North bridge below Narrows Dam will be closed to traffic starting Thursday, Feb. 16...
Local legend passes away Sunday
By John Balch
News-Leader staff
Sunday, Feb. 12 was met with the news Freeman Henderson had passed away.
Forever the Voice of the Rattlers now, Henderson, 90,...
Senator: Session picks up speed
By John R. Schirmer
News-Leader staff
The pace is picking up for the Arkansas Legislature, according to Sen. Larry Teague of Nashville. “We’re getting more done,”...
Mineral Springs off academic distress list
Mineral Springs was officially released from the State Department of Education’s Academic Distress List, last week.
Superintendent Curtis Turner was at the state board meeting...
Mine Creek Revelations by Louie Graves: Idiot could do it
IT’S SO EASY even an idiot can assemble this neat little thingy.
That was the gist of a note attached on the outside of the...
Obituary: Frank Emerson Hite; Story
Mr. Frank Emerson Hite of Story, Arkansas, departed this life on Wednesday, February 8, 2017. He was born July 23, 1926 in Augusta, Arkansas,...
Obituary: Mary E. Waldo; Glenwood
Mary E. Waldo, age 94, of Glenwood, passed away on Friday, February 10, 2017.
She was born on November 24, 1922, in South Somerville, New...
Obituary: Verlean Cogburn; Glenwood
Verlean Cogburn, age 83, of Glenwood, passed away on Monday, February 6, 2017.
She was born on August 28, 1933 in Dierks, the daughter of...
Obituary: Marilyn Habisreitinger; Kirby
Marilyn Habisreitinger, 60 of Kirby, Arkansas passed away on Monday February 6, 2017 at her home. She was born February 23, 1956 in Houston,...
Obituary: William Giles Gilleylen; Delight
William Giles Gilleylen, 82, of Delight, Arkansas passed away on Sunday, February 12, 2017 in Texarkana. He was born October 19, 1934 in Billstown,...
