Wanda Jayne Maddocks, 87, of Diamond City, Arkansas, passed away peacefully, at her home, with her family by her side on August 19, 2025.Wanda was born in San Angelo, Texas, on February 7, 1938, the daughter of Aubrey and Etta (Blaylock) Lacky.
MOUNTAIN HOME – Baxter Health Fulton County Hospital is reminding the community about the availability of its Swing Bed Unit; a specialized program designed for patients who are no longer in need of acute hospital care but still require skilled nursing and rehabilitation before safely returning home.
Yellville-Summit School District will be hosting its Annual Title 1 Meeting on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, at 3:30 p.m. in the Yellville-Summit Elementary Cafeteria.
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Defense in Hot Pursuit to get the running back for GF to the left
Looking at a blast from the past; many Marion County residents may remember a fire in 1984 that destroyed a downtown restaurant in Yellville. The Mountain Echo is scheduling a different memory for Marion County Residents each week. Some of these glimpses into our past will be theme based depending what is going on that week. Please, let us know if there is something in particular that you want to remember or pass down to the next generation.
Kathy Denise Patton, 62, of Pyatt, Arkansas passed away on August 15, 2025, in Fayetteville, Arkansas, at the Willard Walker Hospice Home with your family by her side. She was born in Bakersfield, California on January 11, 1963, the daughter of Buford and Shirley (Shaw) Hancock.
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Seventy-five years ago, in November 1946, a brief article appeared in the Birmingham Star Gazette with an accompanying photo. Patients from the Birmingham VA Medical Center in Van Nuys, California beat the team of doctors they were playing in a game of wheelchair basketball by a score of 16-6.
By Representative Jason Nazarenko
