Wishing everyone a blessed Easter. The First Baptist Church of Lead Hill will hold Easter Sunday Service followed by an Easter Egg Hunt for all children up to 6th grade. more

Greetings from Capps. Thank the good Lord for over 2 inches of soaking rain last week. All my ponds filled and outflowed and glorious mud is back but we're so grateful. I've noticed several folks in the Capps area that have broken out the mowers lately, myself included. more

70 years of celebrating the Green Forest Alumni Banquet — the Alumni Association started in 1954 and has been going on for 70 years and it was always the Saturday before Easter and this year it is March 30 but the time has changed to 11 a.m. more

Arkansas Behavioral Health Integration Network (ABHIN) is hosting the first ever ReEntry Fair in Harrison, AR on Friday, April 26 from 10:00am to 3:00pm at the Durand Center. This event is aimed at bringing together much needed resources for people reentering the community after incarceration, addiction treatment, or homelessness. more

Sunday is Easter, also called Pascha or Resurrection Sunday, the holiest of Christian holidays and celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ. more

Bonnie Baker, wife of the late Bill Baker, the founding president of North Arkansas College will receive the 2024 Pioneer Impact award presented by the Northark Foundation. This award was established in 2018 to recognize individuals for their service to Northark and the community. more

The Boone/Newton County Retired Teachers and Support Staff Association recently held their March meeting. more

Cheryl Grant lives near Yellville. She relocated to the Ozarks from Colorado, “I knew I wanted to relocate somewhere just as quiet and peaceful as it was where I grew up,” she shared, “so I started researching and found just the right place at just the right time.” more

The Boone County DAV (Disabled American Veterans) Chapter 06, recently presented the Presidential Volunteer Award to the following individuals.  more

The 41st Annual Arkansas Fiddlers Convention continues Saturday and Sunday morning at the south campus of North Arkansas College in Harrison. The convention opens this morning at 9 a.m. with Jam Sessions all day long. At 10 a.m. Individual Fiddlers (organized by Jim and Shirley Christensen of Harrison) will be on stage at the Little Theatre inside Northark College. 2:30 pm will be the Awards and Acknowledgements, and at 3:30 p.m. will be band performances at the Little Theatre. Sunday will be Gospel from 9—10:30 am by the Unashamed Gospel Bluegrass group. more

Greetings from Capps. It's officially Spring although many of us broke out the shorts weeks ago. Hard to believe that next Sunday is Easter already, it's early this year as it doesn't always coincide with the Passover date, which is later in April. more

Morna Stone and Jeanine Wilson returned home last week from a bus tour they had taken through the Southern states. That seems to be a vacation seniors enjoy taking. Maybe some day when my husband decides to retire from FedEx we can do something like that. more

Eclipse on the Street more

The 41st Annual Fiddler's Convention is ongoing today at North Arkansas College South Campus 1515 Pioneer Drive. Registration takes place in the Little Theater at 9 a.m. 10 a.m., Fiddlers Stage; 1 p.mm W Garrett, Dillion Massengale are hoping to stop by; 2:30 p.m. Awards & Acknowledgements; 3:30-4:30 p.m. All Girls Band; 5-6 p.m. Lasting Impressions; 6-7 p.m. Jimstone Fiddlers; 7-8 p.m. ArkyLogical Fiddle Band. Email; arkansasfiddlersconvention@yahoo.com, Facebook; Harrison Arkansas Fiddle Convention. more

Lunch is served from 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. more

A contingent of US Army Reserve officers and staff were in Harrison Tuesday, March 19, planning for an Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) mission officially named Ozark Wellness. This medical mission to be carried out at the Jasper School and Kingston School campuses will provide training opportunities to Army Reserve medical units while providing incidental benefits to local residents via no-cost healthcare. more

Foundation Tables, a local non-profit group committed to helping neighbors in need, is hosting a Wash Wellness Day on Sunday, March 31, 3—8 p.m. The event will take place at Wash World on the by-pass in Harrison — 400 S Hwy 62/65. more

LITTLE ROCK — Benjamin S. of Russellville won a $25,000 prize in the March 6 LOTTO drawing. He claimed his prize at the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Claim Center on March 15. more

Jerree Winn has spent most of her life in the cosmetology world. Now, with over four decades of experience, she has announced her retirement. Winn's journey began at 15 when she first started cosmetology school. She pursued her training off and on, eventually graduating from Lyle‘s School of Cosmetology in Fresno, Calif. in 1981. more

The Harrison Colony Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution has announced the Chapter winner of the Seventh Grade American History Essay Contest. Lucas Crow of Omaha Middle School is the winner. Lucas is the son of Jennifer and Matt Crow. more