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Two Scrappers sign track letters with SAU
By John R. Schirmer
News-Leader staff
Two members of the Class 4A state runner-up Scrapper track team have signed letters-of-intent to run track at Southern Arkansas...
‘Contentious’ session of Legislature in recess
By John R. Schirmer
News-Leader staff
The recently recessed session of the Arkansas Legislature was “interesting and contentious,” according to Sen. Larry Teague of Nashville.
Legislators dealt...
NHS senior awarded Ralph Gross Scholarship
Nashville High School honor graduate Ty Gordon has been named the winner of the 2021 Ralph Gross Memorial Athletic Scholarship.
Gordon, an all-state performer in...
Dierks’ Pine Tree Festival returns in 2021
The annual Dierks Chamber of Commerce Pine Tree Festival will return this year on July 30-31.
After having to cancel last year due to covid-19,...
Sign up now for CADC Head Start programs, ABC in Pike County
Central Arkansas Development Early Head Start/Head Start/Arkansas Better Chance is now accepting enrollment applications for the 2021-2022 school year at all Clark, Hot Spring,...
Nominations for NCC awards now being accepted
Covid protocols forced cancellation of the annual Nashville Chamber of Commerce annual awards banquet, earlier this year, but the awards will still be given...
Nurse practitioner to open office in Dierks
Dierks will get a new medical facility later this month when Access Medical opens its doors in a small gray building beside a carwash...
Mine Creek Revelations: Forlorn Place
YES, I AM STILL HERE looking over my shoulder, and peeking out of the newspaper’s window on Main Street. I am wondering what in...
Obituary: Frank Ellis Quinonez, 53, of Nashville
Frank Ellis (Frankie) Quinonez, 53, of Nashville died Friday, May 14, 2021.
He was born Jan. 1, 1968, at the San Diego Naval Base hospital,...
Obituary: Wilburn W. Barnes, 89, of Nashville
Wilburn W. Barnes, 89, of Nashville died Tuesday, May 11, 2021 in Dierks.
He was born July 2, 1931 in Sheridan, the son of the...
