Nashville News Leader
1977 Dierks graduate to return as high school principal
By John Balch
News-Leader staff
Jeff Jones, Dierks High Class of 1977, will return to his alma mater this summer to assume the duties of high...
Local pastor’s 90th birthday to be celebrated March 4
Celebrating the 90th birthday of Chief Pastor Willie M. Benson, Jr., will take place on Sunday, March 4.
The event will take place from 11-3...
Test drive turns into flight from cops Tuesday morning
At the end of a high-speed, 30-minute chase Tuesday, Feb. 27 morning, a 34-year-old Nashville man was stopped by police tactics before anyone could...
Delight beauty crowned Miss SAU
MAGNOLIA – Reagan Grubbs of Delight was crowned Miss Southern Arkansas University in Harton Theatre on Saturday, Feb. 24.
Reagan is a 21-year-old Agricultural Business major.
In...
Songwriter showcase April 14 in Nashville
An event designed to raise funds for the Howard County Relay for Life will also recognize the area’s original songwriters.
The “Nashville Songwriter Showcase” is...
Mine Creek Revelations by Louie Graves: Arkie ‘Yum’ Places
WE’RE NUMBER ONE. Arkansas won a heart-stopper basketball game at Alabamamama, Saturday, but the Crimson Tide players clearly won the weird hairdo competition.
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Obituary: Leland Oaks, 67 of Dierks
Leland Oaks, 67, of Dierks, died Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018 in Texarkana, Texas.
He was born June 3, 1950 in Lubbock, Texas., the son of...
Obituary: Dr. Electra Campbell Wiley, 99, of Nashville
Arkansas educator and writer Dr. Electa C. Wiley died Feb. 17 in a Nashville nursing home of natural causes. She was 99.
Wiley taught...
