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Geocaching at Crater of Diamonds State Park
By Sarah Reap
CDSP
Greetings from Crater of Diamonds State Park! Most people come to Crater of Diamonds to search for diamonds, but the park has...
‘High-end’ EF-2 tornado confirmed in Kirby area
The National Weather Service of Little Rock has confirmed a “high-end EF-2” tornado touched down in Kirby last Thursday night.
Pike County Emergency Management director...
Robotic surgery underway at HMH
By John R. Schirmer
News-Leader staff
Howard Memorial Hospital’s daVinci Robotics Surgery System has been kept busy since the program was launched Feb. 9, CEO Debra...
Time to spring ahead while some states consider doing away with Daylight Saving Time
Don’t forget that Daylight Saving Time will end this coming Sunday morning at 2 a.m. local time for essentially the entire nation -- the...
Obituary: Jimmy Lyndell Staggs
Jimmy Lyndell Staggs, age 83, of Nashville, Ark.,, passed away on Monday, Feb. 27, 2023, at his home. He was born on Dec. 30,...
Obituary: Loretta Faye Barbre
Loretta Faye Barbre, age 87, of Nashville, Ark., died Monday, Feb. 27, 2023, in Murfreesboro, Ark. She was born Dec. 11, 1935, the daughter...
Obituary: Oscar B. Coulter
Oscar B. Coulter, 92, of Center Point, Ark., died Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, in Nashville.
He was born Aug. 30, 1930, in Hot Springs the...
Obituary: Mozelle Turner
Mozelle Turner, 84, of Murfreesboro, Ark., died on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, in Murfreesboro. She was born July 10, 1938 in Nashville, Ark., the...
Prosecutor, mother named in civil suit filed by victims of convicted child rapist
By John Balch
News-Leader staff
Prosecutor Jana Bradford and her mother have been implicated in a civil lawsuit filed in Clark County by the victims of...
Dierks Outlaws secure another title trophy
The Dierks Outlaws and Coach Kevin Alexander put another basketball trophy in their case Friday night, beating the Murfreesboro Rattlers 69-43 in the district...
