News Staff

News Staff

Tony Dow Dies at 77

Tony Dow, aka Wally Clever, older brother to Theodore “Beaver” Clever, has died following a recent Liver Cancer diagnosis. Dow’s management team had announced that he died on Tuesday, but later in the day it was said that the announcement was inaccurate and that he was still alive in hospice.

State Police Sweeps St. Francis County

An eleven month long Arkansas State Police undercover narcotics investigation in St. Francis County culminated with the arrest of 22 alleged drug dealers today. State troopers are continuing to search for 8 individuals who have evaded apprehension during the arrest operation that has been centered in Forrest City.

NCA PHOTO OF THE WEEK

August is knocking on our front door and August is a great time to plant some grass seed. Here are some favorites for you to consider if you are going to plant some grass. Bermuda grass, Centipede grass, St. Augustine grass, tall Fescue and Zoysia grass are the most popular choices for Arkansas, with Bermuda grass being the most used turfgrass.

PETS OF THE WEEK

Have a Heart would like to introduce you to Peanut! He is an eight-week-old male Siberian Husky mix who currently weighs 8.1 pounds. Mama was a Husky mix and Daddy was a traveling man so we cannot be certain of the other breed.

Y-S Back-to-School Bash

The Yellville-Summit School District (Y-S) will be hosting their annual Back-to-School Bash on Thursday, August 11, from 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.

WAS THERE SILVER IN THEM THAR HILLS

Anyone researching their familiar relationship to the Yocham family in Northern Arkansas, or Southwest Missouri will find plenty of good biographical information about our Yocham patriarchs, James (also known as Jake, and Jacob), and his brothers, Solomon, and Jesse. Whatever else they might have been, they were not dull, or boring.