Newly released is the music corroboration of two talents, Michael Hosier and Tommy Dean Johnson. Go online to YouYube for ‘Flat Squirrels’ performed by Michael Hosier with the background inspiration from Tommy Dean Johnson. The Arkansas County Music Association will be on June 1 at the Reynolds Performance Hall on the University of Central Arkansas campus in Conway.
(Jan. 06, 1909) “Shhh”! Will watched, as she walked just beyond the whistling pine thicket, leading to her tiny cabin. She was a tall woman, wearing a long skirt that fit high on her waist, and her dark gray hair was fixed in a tight bun. Sadness touched the boy, as he noticed she had a slight limp, and strangely, she was carrying a dead squirrel.
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MANCHESTER - Emily Ford of Flippin has been named to Southern New Hampshire University’s (SNHU) Fall 2025 President’s List.
This week’s featured canine is Chrissy!
Sarah Lynn Dwyer, 37, of Mountain Home, passed away peacefully with her family by her side at the Hospice of the Ozarks in Mountain Home on January 7, 2026. She was born on April 13, 1988, in Joplin, Missouri, the daughter of Stan and Diane Smelser.
Carol Zientek, 91, of Harrison, passed away at North Arkansas Medical Center on January 2, 2026, with her daughter Jane by her side. She was born on May 31, 1934, in Menomonie, Wisconsin.
1 Thessalonians 5:18 In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ concerning you. Gods’ will for our life is to give him thanks for everything that happens to us, good and bad. Thanksgiving is one of the most delightful blossoms in the garden of our lives. Many don’t recognize that ingratitude is a grievous sin in the sight of Heaven.
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Susan Diane Jones-Amici, 80, of Harrison, Arkansas, passed away at home on December 16, 2025, with her family by her side. Susan was born October 5, 1945, in Everett, Washington, the daughter of Theron Vincent and Alberta Eileen Brinner Jones.
