Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson spoke at Thursday’s annual Murfreesboro Chamber of Commerce banquet. Awards included Volunteer of the Year- CADC volunteers Marlene Steen, Sally and Jim McKinnon, John Cothren and Ronnie McKinnon. For more photos and awards, please visit our local news page.
Read More »Tyson Foods Donation to Harvest Texarkana
Harvest Regional Food Bank, Texarkana, received a grant from Tyson Foods, Inc, on Thursday for $50,000 to support Harvest’s Mobile Pantry program in Howard, Pike and Hempstead counties in Southwest Arkansas. Several of the nine Arkansas counties served by Harvest Regional Food Bank lack enough pantries or agencies to …
Read More »City of Nashville Update at Rotary
Nashville Mayor Billy Ray Jones gave an update on city and public works projects at Wednesday’s meeting of the Nashville Rotary club.
Read More »Farmers Bank Donates Former Bank Building to town of Blevins
Farmers Bank & Trust donated the former Bank of Blevins building to the town of Blevins on Tuesday February 26th. Paul Ball of F.B.& T. in Hope is shown handing the deed to the property to Blevins Mayor Bobby Steed. On hand were members of the Blevins City Council and …
Read More »Scrapperettes Win Season Opener
Nashville Scrapperettes defeat Arkansas High in the 2019 season opening softball game Tuesday evening at the Nashville City Park, 11 to 4. Southwest Arkansas Radio is proud to be your home for broadcasts of Nashville athletics. For more photos, please visit our sports page.
Read More »Economic Forum
Jean Ince speaks at the Create Bridges Economic Forum in Nashville Tuesday evening along with Julianne Dunn of Little Rock. Photo shared by Louie Graves.
Read More »Scrappers Win Baseball Season Opener Against Genoa Central
Nashville Scrappers won the 2019 baseball season opener in walk off fashion at Wilson Park Monday evening, 13 to 12 over Genoa Central. A single by Nashville’s Jaydon Hostetler scored the game tying & winning runs in the bottom half of the 7th inning.
Read More »Nashville Graham Inducted into Benton Athletic Memorial Museum Wall of Fame
Nashville School District Superintendent Doug Graham has been inducted into the Benton Athletic Memorial Museum Wall of Fame. Graham received the award on Saturday during the organization’s annual banquet held at Benton High School. Graham graduated from Benton High School in 1979. In 1977, he was a letterman on the …
Read More »SeaPerch Team Advances to Nationals
The Howard County 4-H took part in the SeaPerch competition in Benton on Saturday. SeaPerch is an innovative underwater robotics program that equips youth with the resources they need to build an underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) in an in-school or out-of-school setting. Students build the ROV from a kit …
Read More »Baseball Scrimmage
The Nashville Scrappers hosted Murfreesboro in a scrimmage on Wednesday, February 20th. More photos are available on our sports page.
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