The Howard County 4-H STEM Club will hold a bake sale on Wednesday, March 20 in Nashville. The bake sale will be to raise money to help send the robotics team to compete in the National SeaPerch Challenge at University of Maryland in Washington, D.C. SeaPerch is an innovative underwater …
Read More »Dierks Seeking City Park Improvements
Directors of the Dierks Chamber of Commerce and City of Dierks are taking a second look at the existing city park ball fields. Preliminary work had been conducted on a site north of town, however that would be a large financial commitment. Chamber Director Jerry Mounts says he and Mayor …
Read More »Kirby School Board to Implement Four Day School Week
The Kirby School Board has voted unanimously to implement a four day school week for the 2019-2020 school year. Over the past six months, there has been much discussion, research and surveys between administrators, faculty/staff, students, parents/guardians, and community regarding a four-day school week. Superintendent Pike Palmer says they feel …
Read More »Spring Break at Dierks Lake
Following recent rainfall, all of the US Army Corp of Engineers Tri-Lakes are experiencing high water levels. Natural Resource Specialist Trey Shelton says due to the rising water levels, they ask boaters to exercise extreme caution and watch for floating debris. There is an increased boater presence on all area …
Read More »Congressman Westerman Honoring Notable Women During Women’s History Month
U.S. Congressman Bruce Westerman is honoring notable women from Arkansas’s Fourth District each Friday during Women’s History Month. The congressman remembered Dr. Mary L. Good of Kirby on Friday the 15th. Dr. Good originally intended to become a home economics teacher, but she grew interested in chemistry during her freshman …
Read More »Scrapper Trap Teams Compete in First Tournament of 2019
The first Arkansas Youth Shooting Sports Tournament took place at Rick Evans Grandview Prairie Conservation Education Center on Saturday. The Nashville Scrapper Trap had some great results to start the season. Congratulations to: Junior Squad 1 : FIRST PLACE (Gabe Hagler, Hayden Goodson, Wren Washburn, Landon Dyer, and Wade Westcott) …
Read More »Open House for New Nashville School District Buildings
The Nashville School District hosted an open house event at the new high school agriculture building and district bus barn on Thursday. Superintendent Doug Graham welcomed the district’s architect, Craig Boone, and Scott and Eddie Howard of Doyle Howard Construction. He also thanked past and current school board members for …
Read More »Board of Visitors approves joining NJCAA and adding Women’s Basketball
The Board of Visitors met at UA Cossatot’s Lockesburg campus to discuss and review recent and upcoming information. It was announced that 1,347 students enrolled in courses for the spring 2019 semester and of those students, 551 of them are concurrent high school students. Employees of the college attended both …
Read More »Open House for New Nashville School District Facilities
March 14, 2019
Read More »Evans selected as Nashville Primary School Principal
Nathan Evans The Nashville School Board filled three positions during a special called meeting on Thursday. The board approved the hire of Nathan Evans as Primary Principal to replace Shirley Wright, who is retiring at the end of the school year. Evans has served as the Assistant Principal at the …
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