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Once and future coach: Turley returns to Murfreesboro for 2025 campaign
By John Balch
News-Leader staff
After more than six years away from the game, Jay Turley will make his return to coaching football in 2025 after...
15 Scrapper earn football postseason awards
Fifteen Nashville Scrappers have received post-season honors.
They include the following:
Arkansas Activities Association All State - Makhi Johnson, Kasen Morgan
District 7-4A All State - Zaccheus...
Howard County judge reflects on 2024, plans for 2025
By Don Hall
News-Leader staff
Being the county judge for Howard County is no easy job, but Brent Pinkerton, going into his third year in office,...
Narrows Dam enters second year of no hydropower production
Dec. 23, 2024 marked one year since the the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that hydropower production had been halted at Narrows Dam...
Nashville firefighter recognized at annual banquet
The Nashville Fire Department’s Fireman of the Year for 2024, Zachary Miller, received the coveted recognition at the department’s recent annual banquet.
Fireman of the...
Obituary: Bonnie Dixon Staggers
Bonnie Dixon Staggers, 72, of Mineral Springs died Dec. 18, 2024.
She was born Oct., 26, 1951, the daughter of the late Conro and Vera...
Obituary: Wilbert Payne
Wilbert Payne, 69, of Nashville died Dec. 15, 2024.
He was born May 13, 1955, in Forrest City, Ark., to the late Van and Sara...
Obituary: Marnetta Gore Bishop
Marnetta Gore Bishop, 87, a former Nashville resident recently residing in Little Rock, died Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024.
She was born May 20, 1937, in...
Obituary: Virginia Ann Shannon Hardin
Virginia Ann Shannon Hardin, age 78, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, at Howard Memorial Hospital surrounded by her loving children and grandchildren.
Virginia...
Rattler senior to play baseball with Rich Mountain Bucks
Following his senior season and graduation in 2025, Murfreesboro High School Rattler Brody Maroon (second from left) will be taking his talents to Mena...
