School Closings, Cancellations and Delays for Friday December 13, 2013

Closed: Cedar Ridge School District-Closed Highland School District-Closed  Mountain View School District (including Timbo and Rural Special) - Closed Shirley School District - Closed Delayed: Calico Rock - Open 2 Hours Late   … [Read more...]

School Closings, Cancellations and Delays for Thursday December 12, 2013

Cave City School District - Closed Clinton School District - Closed Concord School District - Closed Highland School District - Closed Mountain View School District including Timbo and Rural Special - Closed Quitman School District - Closed Shirley School District - Closed Van … [Read more...]

Lt. Governor Darr Hosts National Lieutenant Governors Association Annual Execute Committee Meeting in Arkansas

Arkansas Lieutenant Governor Darr is hosting a dozen of his colleagues to examine economic development and public safety opportunities available toArkansas.  Lieutenant Governor Darr is hosting the Executive Committee meeting in Little Rock, Arkansas, November 20 – 22, 2013. Speakers at the meeting … [Read more...]

Harding University Names New Chemistry Department Chair

Harding University Provost Larry Long announced today (Nov. 21) that Dr. Dennis Matlock, associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, would become chair of the chemistry department, replacing Dr. David Cole, who is stepping down to return to classroom teaching. In 2006, Matlock was … [Read more...]

Be a Santa To a Senior

Home Instead Senior Care encourages residents of Independence County to join in bringing Christmas cheer to seniors in the area who may not otherwise enjoy the Christmas season due to lack of finances or friends and family. The program is simple yet effective. We have received names of seniors … [Read more...]

School Closings, Cancellations and Delays for Wednesday December 11, 2013

  School Closings for December 11th, 2013:   BeeBe School District- Closed Bradford School District- Delayed 1 Hour Calico Rock School District- Closed Cave City Public School- Closed Cedar Ridge Public School- Closed Clinton Public Schools- Closed Concord Public … [Read more...]

The Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas Power Update

The Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas experienced peak outages of approximately 35,000 on Friday, Dec. 6. Electric cooperative crews and contractors had been on alert since earlier in the week.  Arkansas Valley Electric Cooperative of Ozark and Rich Mountain Electric  Cooperative of Mena were the … [Read more...]

Ozarka College Nursing Capping and Pinning Ceremony Postponed

The Nursing Capping and Pinning Ceremony originally scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 6 p.m. has been postponed due inclement weather. It will now be held on Wednesday, Dec. 11 at 2 p.m. in the John E. Miller Education Complex Auditorium, located on the Melbourne campus. The public is invited to … [Read more...]

Downtown Old Fashioned Christmas Scheduled

Main Street Batesville will be hosting an “Old Fashioned Christmas” event on Friday, December 13 from1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. and on Saturday, December 14 from 10:00 a.m. until noon. The event will take place at 243 East Main in the space located by Thompson’s Jewelry. Santa will be in … [Read more...]

Clerk: City Paying Fair Share For Court

Batesville city officials say the city is paying its fair share for district court, disputing statements made by Independence County Judge Robert Griffin regarding the district court funds. An article in Wednesday’s Guard entitled “City gets paid while county foots bills” by Donetta Hubbard has … [Read more...]