Wednesday afternoon, Washington mayor Paul Henley and knifemaker Ricardo Vilar spoke to the Nashville Rotary Club about the upcoming James Black’s Bowie Heritage Festival in Old Washington. The festival will be held this Saturday, April 20th. Vilar explained how the festival started about 3 years ago. Vilar and several local knifemakers will be in attendance, including Jerry Fisk of Nashville, Lin Rhea (pronounced RAY), JR Cook and Tim Foster. Fisk was named a National Living…
Read More »Yesterday we had the opportunity to speak with the Assistant Director of Howard County Children and Adult Center Andrea Murphy about the 37th Annual HCCC Bass Tournament that will be held tomorrow. Murphy stated that they will have prizes up to 20th place and prizes donated by Husqvarna. In conclusion, Murphy talked about what the proceeds would go towards, and she even gave a special thanks to the sponsors. For more information you can call…
Read More »Yesterday, members of CASA, Pike County Judge Eddie Howard, along with other officials attended the ceremony for Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month Proclamation. Executive Director of the CASA program for Pike and Clark counties Celeste Davis talked about the outcome of the event. Davis explained what CASA is and what services they provide. Davis discussed why it is important to bring awareness to the community about child abuse. In recognition of Child Abuse Prevention…
Read More »Pictured are members of the HCHS Board of Directors and members of the Society. Seated: (LtoR)HCHS Board Members Patsey Young, Betty Johnson, Vera Marks, Tim Pinkerton and Connie Castleberry. Standing HCHS member Jonathan Lance, HCHS President Freddie Horne, and HCHS Board Member Allen Rhodes. Earlier this week the Howard County Historical Society received the Arkansas Small Museums Grant of $2,500 from the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism. The Small Museum Grant Program is…
Read More »Monday during the Mineral Springs School Board’s regular monthly meeting, there was a unanimous vote to appoint board member William Dixon as president, Dorothy Vaughn as Vice President, Barnardo Thomas as secretary, and Mike Erwin as Treasurer. Superintendent Billy Lee informed the board that he had two resignations, Brandy Wilson as an Elementary Teacher and Rheyshaunna Stewart as a lunchroom worker. Lee also presented the list of re-hires of classified staff for the 2024-2025 school…
Read More »On April 15th, the Nashville School Board met. The first order of business was the plan to update the Nashville Elementary and Primary school serving line. Graham reported the district will use surplus funds from the budget that cannot be rolled over into the next school year. Superintendent Doug Graham stated these updates would be good for the district as the Elementary and Primary schools serving lines have not been updated in many years compared…
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Howard County Court met this week seeing 17 year old Christopher Lee Brown of Texarkana.…
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