The Mine Creek Soil & Water Conservation District board of directors selected Haley Carter, to receive a $500.00 scholarship at their monthly meeting that was held on April 23, 2024, according to, Mark Millwood, Chairman of the district board. Millwood stated that the scholarships are given each year to a Howard County High School Senior that plans to attend a college and pursuing a degree in a conservation or agricultural related field. Carter talked about…
Read More »Friday the Nashville Junior Scrapper Trap Shooters competed in the South Regional Competition in Jacksonville. The Junior Orange Squad finished with 2nd with a score of 107 and is advancing to state. Members are Will McGough, Ethan Hamilton, Braiden Friend, Rhett Young, and Jacob Hale. The Junior Black Squad is also advancing to State. Members are Wyatt Medlin, Ace McKinnon, Warren Jones, Corban Perez, and Abigail Turbeville. There was a total of 518 shooters and…
Read More »Montana Cook who is a Junior at Kirby High School was selected to represent KHS as a delegate to the Electric Cooperative Youth Tour to Washington DC this summer. The Arkansas Electric Cooperatives began sponsoring the tour in 1990. Since then, hundreds of young Arkansans have gone on this trip and been inspired by the sites they see. Cook mentioned what clubs and activities she’s currently involved in. Cook stated that her school counselor sent…
Read More »Aaron Tollett of Nashville was recognized earlier this week as the 2024 Young OD of the Year. Tollett who is a 2012 graduate of Nashville High School provided some of his educational background along with some of his accomplishments. Tollett stated that the Spring Convention is one of the two annual meetings that they have in optometry in Arkansas. Tollett said that he knew the chances were very slim, but this moment was something that…
Read More »Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS), and the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) announced Monday on April 22nd that the state of Arkansas has formally launched the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) program applications, a new grocery benefits program that provides families $120 for each eligible school-aged child to buy groceries when school is out. Governor Sanders announced Arkansas’ participation in this new benefit program on January 2nd, 2024. “No child…
Read More »The Pike County Sheriff’s Department wanted to inform the residents of Pike County that starting at midnight tomorrow April 24th until 6am on Thursday April 25th all phones and internet will be down. All services with South Central will be down during that time frame as well. If anyone in the area would need anything between those times, call 870-925-3205 and 911 will still work for emergencies.
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Howard County Court met this week seeing 17 year old Christopher Lee Brown of Texarkana.…
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