Gwen Hoffmann announced her candidacy for the position of Harrison City Council representative for Ward I Position II. more

LEAD HILL — Rural education is the place for Mandy Mistler to be. more

Wow, what a change in the weather from 90 degrees on Saturday to 30 degrees. We got all my flowers in. I hate cold weather and I hate wearing a coat and sweater. Hope it is pretty this weekend. more

Greetings from cool, windy Capps. more

BERRYVILLE — The Berryville Library will be spending the week of October 20-26 celebrating its Friends of the Library group as part of the 19th annual celebration of National Friends of Libraries Week. more

Amelia Joyce Hall more

The Compton Volunteer Fire Association held the regular monthly meeting on Monday, October 14 at the County Line Baptist Church. Board members organized officers for the coming year. Karen Armer will continue as Board President, Kent Slape will be Vice-President, and Greg Baccari will be Board more

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

The Christian Motorcycle Association Leadership meeting is in progress this week in Hatfield, Arkansas. Those attending that I know about are Jerry and Janice Harris, Ashton Harris, and Steve Smith. Several years ago I had the privilege of attending one of their meetings and it was an awesome meeting. more

JASPER — Specialist Jordan Edgmon, of the Arkansas National Guard, is assigned as an analyst to the 14th Judicial District Drug Task Force based in Harrison. more

YELLVILLE — Going strong for 78 years, the Yellville Annual Turkey Trot Festival last weekend was a hit yet again, with the event seeing record-breaking attendance. more

Akino Cates loves Harrison. "It's a great place to make your home and raise a family," she shares. Cates was born and raised in Japan; then she met her husband, Wayne, when he was stationed as a Marine in Okinawa. The couple married in 2004. They have two daughters — Akira, and Dacey. more

October is National Cookie Month, and who doesn't love a good cookie? Making cookies is one of my least favorite baking tasks, just because cookies, start to finish, are so time consuming. But I do love cookies! more

October Personal Care and Hygiene Donations – The library will be accepting personal care and hygiene item donations to be distributed to community members in need. Please take donations to the front desk. more

Faye Carter, county council president, opened the Extension Homemakers Club council meeting at 11 a.m., on October 11, 2024. Nancy Sharp read the minutes from the June 14, 2024, meeting. Anne Brisco made a motion to accept the minutes as read. Tammy Allen seconded; all approved. Brisco read the treasurer’s report. All three scholarships given by the County Council have been paid. Marsha Horton made a motion to accept the report as read. Becky Robinson seconded; all approved. more

On Saturday, Oct. 19, Epsilon Sigma Alpha’s Harrison Chapter - Beta Upsilon, will host a 5K run benefiting St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. Medals will be awarded to the top three finishers in each age group. more

YELLVILLE — Mark Lee is a patrol sergeant with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. The department has a staff of 22, according to Lee. The officer has been with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office for over 5 years, starting his career with Marion County in August of 2019 as a jailer in the detention center, and then hitting the road in November of 2020. more

Legacy Hospice of Harrison has announced Angela Heath as their September employee of the month. She is the branch administrator of the company's Harrison office. more

Greetings from Capps. more

On Tuesday evening, Informed Choices Women’s Center held its fifth annual fundraising banquet. The theme of the evening was “Building a Legacy” more