Robert “Bobby” Vernon Bishop Jr. 66, of Harrison, Arkansas passed away June 16, 2025, at his second home with his family by his side. He was born in Louisiana November 12, 1958, to Robert Vernon Bishop Sr. and Cecil Marie Bishop who preceded him in death.
PICTURED L/R: Jacob Bruggeman, Vice President, Arvest Bank; Layton Lee, Executive Vice President, Arvest Bank; Scott Copeland, President, CEO, Arvest Bank; Dr. Bentley Wallace, ASUMH Chancellor; Victor Beck, ASUMH Workforce Development Center Director; Christy Keirn, ASUMH Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement; Nathan Lueck, ASUMH Director of Secondary Center
By Office of Women’s Health On June 12, 1948, President Harry S. Truman signed into law the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act, which gave women the right to serve as regular, permanent members of the Armed Forces. Today, there are more than two million living women Veterans across the country—the fastest-growing group of Veterans.
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By Robert Lyons, Editor Donald Trump, president of the United States, authorized three (3) lethal air strikes in Iran Saturday, June 20.
Miss Emma Cook, grade 10, age 15, from Flippin High School was awarded 3rd Place at the Arkansas Veterans of Foreign Wars American Patriotic Arts Contest held at the Department of Arkansas and its Auxiliary 94th State Convention held in Jonesboro, Arkansas on June 5-8. Emma Cook is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
The Marion County Farm Bureau Women’s Committee donated funding to purchase healthy snacks to feed all the children at Flippin Elementary School during their Body Walk/Farm to Table event. Pictured here are from left to right, Cheryl Blasdel, Marion County Farm Bureau Women’s Committee Chairman and Kristie Sumpter, Flippin Elementary School, sponsors of the event.
LITTLE ROCK — Hunting season forArkansas’s largest reptile may be months away, but anyone looking to have a shot at a Natural State gator on public land needs to get their application in soon. Applications for the 2025 Arkansas alligator hunting season will be available at www.agfc.com from 8 a.m. June 15 through midnight July 14.
I joined the No Kings protest of 300 (protestors) in Mountain Home last weekend with over 5 million others across the US. My sign read “ Due Process.” We overthrew King George in our Revolution, and we aren’t going back.
