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Veterans’ resource day May 24 in M’boro

A Veterans’ resource day will be held in Murfreesboro in the conference room of the Murfreesboro Municipal Building on May 24 from 10 a.m.-2...

Senior becomes first from NHS to earn band ring

By John R. Schirmer News-Leader staff Senior trumpet player Brody King became the first Nashville High School bandsman to earn a state ring in band earlier...

Pike County voters to get notification cards soon by mail

Randee Reid, the Pike County clerk and voter registrar, has announced that her office, in compliance with the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) of...

The Cecil ‘Birddog’ Harris Memorial Early Files

125 years ago: 1894 Helen Keller, the blind and deaf prodigy of Tuscumbia, Alabama, is visiting relatives at Hot Springs. The celebration at Bluff Springs will...

Obituary: Rev. Gary Wayne Gulley, 51, of Prescott

Rev. Gary Wayne Gulley, 51, of Prescott, died Tuesday, April 30, 2019. He was born Oct. 26, 1968, the son of Emma Dean Gulley of...

Obituary: Billy Luke Spears, 88, of Nashville

Billy Luke Spears, age 88 of Nashville, Ark., passed away on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 in Texarkana, Texas. He was born July 7, 1930...

Obituary: Margaret Diane Woodley, 66, of Mineral Springs

Margaret Diane Woodley, 66, died Thursday April 25, 2019. She was born Aug. 29, 1952 in Bowie, Texas, to the late Mary Margaret Smith Myrick...

Obituary: Bobby Dale Kesterson, 70, of Dierks

Bobby Dale Kesterson, 70, of Dierks, died Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at his home.  He was born March 14, 1949, in De Queen. He was...

Obituary: Shane Huntter Mathis, 12, of Lockesburg

Shane Huntter Mathis, 12, of Lockesburg, died Tuesday, April 30, 2019. He was born March 6, 2007 in Mena, the son of Jason Mathis and...

Obituary: Oneta Helen Jones Boozer, 89, of Nashville

Oneta Helen Jones Boozer, age 89, was born Aug. 15, 1929, in Paluxy, Texas. She was the third of four children of Walton H....