Weekend Weather
Friday- Still hot in our area. The high temperature near 91 degrees and a low around 71 degrees.
July 2025
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Fay Chism Receives Farm Credit Scholarship
Fay Chism, 2025 Yellville Summit High School graduate, is one of forty western Arkansas students awarded an academic scholarship from Farm Credit of Western Arkansas. Fay plans to attend Arkansas State University in the fall. Fay is the granddaughter of Farm Credit member Kennith Chism. “We proudly award this well-deserved scholarship in recognition of Fay’s many academic accomplishments and student leadership,” said Farm Credit of Western Arkansas CEO Brandon Haberer. “We’ve distributed more than $440,000 in scholarship awards since 1996 to help talented young people like Fay achieve their academic goals,” Haberer added. “These scholarships demonstrate our commitment to the next generation of agriculture and community leaders.” As a financial cooperative, Farm Credit lends money to farmers, ranchers and rural homeowners. The association has more than $2 billion in assets, over 12,000 members and 23 branch offices across 41 western Arkansas counties.
Local F.D. receive $2,000 Grant from Black Hills Energy
Local F.D. receive $2,000 Grant from Black Hills Energy
Mary Angus of Yellville
The world is less jolly and sweet with the passing of Mary Ann (Cheek) Angus on Sunday, June 29, 2025. Mary Ann was born as the fifth child of seven to Marie (Rogers) and OJ Cheek on October 25, 1957. She grew up on the family farm and attended Flippin Public Schools where she graduated in 1976. Mary Ann passed away at her home.
Sherry Ritchey of Peel
Sherry Lee Ritchey, 76, of Peel, Arkansas, passed away at Cox Medical Center in Branson, on July 4, 2025. She was born on January 25, 1949, in Lincoln, Nebraska, the daughter of Howard and Marion (McAdam) Chandler.
Gary Schratz of Yellville
Gary Frederick Schratz, 81, of Yellville, Arkansas, passed away on June 26, 2025, at his home. He was born in Monroe, Michigan, on January 23, 1944, the son of Frederick and Phyllis (Seaton) Schratz.
Edith Anthony of Wilton, California
Edith Juanita Anthony passed away June 26, 2025, near her home in Wilton, California. She was born February 6, 1945, in Yellville Arkansas to Don Cecil Lantz & Altha Wood-Lantz.
Jennifer McGlothlin of Marion County
Jennifer Maree McGlothlin, a beacon of joy and resilience, passed away unexpectedly at her home in rural Marion County, Arkansas, on June 26, 2025, due to complications related to her lifelong condition of Cerebral Palsy. She was born on May 5, 1983, at St.
Burnett Announces for Circuit Court Judge
Ben Burnett is running for Circuit Court Judge to serve the people of Marion, Baxter, Boone, and Newton Counties, the very communities where he was raised, built his law practice, and is now raising a family of his own.
