My past life in the real estate business allowed me to interact with many people from outside the Harrison area. Unlike our neighbor to the east, people who move to Harrison come from all states. We think that many move here from California, but that usually depends on the housing market. more

YELLVILLE — A 911 call was received by Marion County authorities at 7:41 a.m. on Friday morning. more

Editor's Note: This is the first of a two-part series on the White Family traveling from the west coast to the east coast via horseback. more

LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Commission on Child Abuse, Rape and Domestic Violence (ACCARDV), a statewide organization based at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), recently awarded more than $630,000 to 11 organizations for projects aimed at preventing child abuse and neglect. more

JONESBORO—The office of Representative Rick Crawford (AR-01) will be hosting a mobile office in the local area. more

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office sponsored two Level 1 Active Shooter training courses July 22-25. The training consisted of two 16 hour training courses and was taught by instructors from Arkansas, Iowa, and the FBI. The course is based on the curriculum from the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT) Center from Texas State University, and trains police officers how to respond to an active shooter incident. more

BULL SHOALS — While answering a question from a citizen, a Bull Shoals councilman said Thursday he and another councilman discussed city business by phone outside the realm of an organized meeting.  more

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Adult Programs — For ages 18 and up only. more

JONESBORO—The office of Representative Rick Crawford (AR-01) will be hosting a mobile office in the local area. more

LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission approved a dozen clarifications to regulations passed during May’s Commission meeting. While most changes were simple clarifications in wording, four changes may affect hunters during upcoming deer and turkey seasons. more

41 year-old George Gregory Lynn, of Harrison, pled no contest to ten counts of class Y felony rape in a case opened in September 2021. This month — on July 19, a plea agreement was filed in Boone County Circuit Court and the case was closed. An order for criminal responsibility examination of Lynn was also filed in the case on July 23. The exam request was filed by Lynn's attorney, Dan Hancock. more

Newton County resident and US Navy veteran Robert Roberson was recently honored by Stone Bank in Harrison by naming him the financial institution's Veteran of the Month. more

MT. JUDEA — Personnel was on the Deer/Mt. Judea School District Board of Education's agenda when it met in regular session Monday, July 22, a week later than its normal meeting time. The agenda was also packed with other pre-start of the school year business. more

There will be a Benefit Auction for Misty Henrickson next Saturday August 3, 10 a.m., in the Lead Hill School Cafeteria. For more information or to donate items, please reach out to Missie Jones Reed 870-204-3704. Prayers are much appreciated for our friend Misty. Thank you more

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

JASPER — The Jasper School District Board of Education met in regular session Tuesday, July 23, rescheduled from July 15, and took action on several items in preparation for the first day of school on Aug. 14. That included dealing with school personnel assignments. more

Wilson Marseilles, outgoing president and CEO of the Harrison Regional Chamber of Commerce, shared this week that the Harrison Chamber Board of Directors has selected an interim president for the Chamber. more

Harrison City Council met in regular session on Thursday, July 25. Among the agenda items at the meeting was the condemnation request for a property located at 801 North Chestnut. A hole in the roof  of the structure has been haphazardly patched with a tarp, but this ineffective repair has led to the building becoming more and more unstable over time. more

On Thursday, Mayor Jerry Jackson announced the scheduled opening day for the new Creekside Community Center at the regular meeting of city council. The mayor announced that October 12 will be the big day, with plans being made for a morning event. Further details about the big opening will be announced later. more