THIS story is about the medical attention he received. He was still conscious when los personales medicos wheeled him into the local operating room. His wrist was throbbing from the break and his head ...

A former special education elementary teacher with the Dierks School District was arrested Aug. 13 on suspicion of sexual assault and exchanging nude pictures with a 16-year-old high school student.

America 250 is a nationwide celebration to mark the 250th anniversary of signing of the Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776. Events will be held in Nashville and across the United States starting ...

“Since July was such a successful month, Southwest Arkansas Paws is extending its sponsorship of all animal adoptions at Nashville Animal Control through the month of August,” according to organizers.

Howard County will provide $25,000 for a drone and pilot training to be used in search and rescue situations locally. Sheriff Bryan McJunkins was spokesman for a group including the county’s fire ...

Melinda Marcilla Privett Smith, 90, of New Hope died Aug. 11, 2025. She was born June 15, 1935, in Madison, Ark., the daughter of the late Chester and Zora Privett. She was a member of the New Hope ...

Charles Edwin Wilhite, 86, of Tallahassee, Fla., passed away on Aug. 15, 2025. Born on May 15, 1939, in Nashville, Ark., Charles was the son of Icle D. and Anna Lee Wilhite.

Weeks of dedication and hard work recently paid off for 31-year-old Micherre Fox, of Manhattan, NY, when she found a 2.30-carat white diamond at Arkansas’ world-famous Crater of Diamonds State ...

The new principal at Dierks’ JoAnn Walters Elementary School has made a pledge to her alma mater and its students – and signed it in Outlaw Blue. “I will always bleed Blue,” said Beth Shelton (Dierks ...

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Kimberly Woodruff, who left this world on Aug. 10, 2025, at the age of 64, in Nashville, Ark. Born on June 14, 1961, in Amarillo, Texas, Kim was ...

Joe Robert Smith, 82, of Nashville passed away on Friday, Aug. 8 at his home. He was born on July 11, 1943 to Charley Watson Smith and Beyrel Metts Smith. He was preceded in death by his parents, ...

Mrs. Olene Stokes Efird, age 98, a resident of Dierks, Ark., died Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2025, in Bear Creek Healthcare in De Queen. She was born Jan. 30, 1927, in Dierks. She was a homemaker and a media ...