Yearly Archives: 2017

The Bull Shoals Parks Committee will meet Monday evening at 6:30. The meeting will be held at the Bull Shoals City Hall and is open to the public. WebReadyTM Powered by WireReady® NSI

Baxter County Sheriff proposes way to fund jail expansion Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery offered a possible solution Friday to funding an expansion of the county jail. His presentation was made to a large crowd in the

The body believed to be that of a Nashville, Arkansas, resident missing since last weekend’s flash flooding in Branson has been recovered. According to Springfield television station KYTV, the Branson Police Department says the body likely of

A man accused of a 2016 Boone County murder has accepted a plea agreement from the prosecution. According to the Harrison Daily Times, 23-year-old Shay Butler of Harrison will spend 36 years in prison after pleading guilty

Free medical, dental, and optical care is being offered in three counties in North Central Arkansas beginning Monday and continuing through June 12 to residents ages 2 and over. The services are being offered by the U.S.

Integrity First Bank is proud to announce the addition two new employees to its Mountain Home market. Jaren Beavers was named the new Business Development and Marketing Officer, and Brandon Scallion was selected as the Mountain Home

Arkansas State University-Mountain Home is offering several free classes through their Pipeline to Advanced Manufacturing program. This program was established to foster a successful economic climate in Arkansas by creating a viable pipeline of individuals at various

Mountain Home VFW Auxiliary Post 3246 is announcing the VFW Ladies Auxiliary officially dropped “Ladies” from the title and its membership opportunities have been expanded to include men across the nation. Anyone with a parent, grandparent, spouse,

A 26-year-old Yellville woman, Courtney Rovinsky, has been arrested following an incident in which she is alleged to have forced a second woman to drive a vehicle at gunpoint until it overheated on a Marion County road.

A Horseshoe Bend man has been charged with rape following a call to the Izard County Sheriff’s Office reporting two young girls running down a county road wearing tee shirts and no pants. The Izard County Sheriff’s

June 4th is National Cancer Survivors Day. In celebration, the Peitz Cancer Support House of Baxter Regional Medical Center will host National Cancer Survivors Day: Hope in Motion Monday evening at 5:30. Cancer survivors and a guest

Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery offered a possible solution Friday to funding an expansion of the county jail. His presentation was made to a large crowd in the courtroom in the Baxter County Courthouse. Sheriff Montgomery proposes

    The Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce will be moving to a new temporary office location in Georgetown Square. The decision came Friday during a meeting of the Chamber Board of Directors. The Board voted unanimously to

    In Thursday’s meeting of the Mountain Home City Council, with seven members present, the council unanimously approved two zoning ordinance changes. An area near Sixteenth Street and Laurel Road was rezoned for a single family housing

    The Baxter County Sheriff’s Office is notifying the public that a sex offender who had just recently moved into Baxter County from Wisconsin and registered with the Sheriff’s Office has now left Baxter County and moved

The Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce office is closed temporarily and is searching for a new location as the board and its director wrestle with identifying its future home. President and chief executive officer Jeff Pipkin says

The Arkansas Tax Reform and Relief Task Force is focused on putting Arkansas’ tax laws under the microsope in an effort to attract more businesses to the state. Local Senator Missy Irvin, whose district covers Cleburne, Searcy

The Baxter County Quorum Court is now operating with a vacancy. Justice of the Peace Erric Totty has notified Judge Mickey Pendergrass of his resignation from the Quorum Court citing having moved from District Three which he

The 15th annual Gassville in the Park festival is set for Saturday at Gassville’s City Park on State Highway 345 South. The event is open to everyone not just Gassville residents. Gassville Mayor Jeff Braim says the

The Melodikats are this week’s headliner for the fourth series of Mountain Home’s Friday Night Block Party on the Square. The show is scheduled to kick off at 7:00 Friday evening. Holy Smokes will be serving barbecue.

The Friends of the Baxter County Library recently announced the recipients of their 2017-2018 scholarships. Cara Conner, a Mountain Home High School student, will be receiving a $1,400 scholarship. Conner will be attending the University of Arkansas

Bull Shoals-White River State Park is offering a pair of Nature Camps to local youth. Children ages seven to 12 will have an opportunity to discover the wonders of the outdoors through various activities including camping, hiking,

The month of May didn’t set any records with a total rainfall of 8.96 inches recorded at KTLO, Classic Hits 101.7 and The Boot, the official weather reporting station in Mountain Home for the National Weather Service.

The Baxter and Marion County Farm Service Agency has been approved to hold a sign-up for the Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) for damage that occurred from recent flooding. The flooding has caused severe damage in both counties.

The Mountain Home High School Alumni Oldies Reunion is scheduled for Saturday. The reunion of the 40s, 50s and 60s through 1967 will be held in the Baxter County Fairgrounds’ education building. Classes will be able to

The Mountain Home City Council has scheduled its regular June session for Thursday evening at six. Items on the agenda include a pair of ordinances to rezone properties and ordinances to amend the rate schedule for the

     The Baxter Marion Rural Water Association number one Board of Directors will meet Thursday evening at 6:00. The meeting will be held at the Oakland Community Center. WebReadyTM Powered by WireReady® NSI

The Yellville-Summit School Board will hold a special session Thursday evening at 6:00. Items on the agenda include the establishment of a quorum and an executive session for personnel matters. The meeting will be held in the

48-year-old Tommy Hitt of Mountain Home was arrested again Tuesday on a felony burglary charge after officers responded to a burglary complaint on Nevada Street, his previous residence. Officers tracked Hitt to a residence in Clarkridge Tuesday

The Ozark Opportunities, Inc. Board of Directors’ executive committee will meet Thursday afternoon at 3:30. The meeting will be held at the central office on East Prospect Avenue in Harrison.     WebReadyTM Powered by WireReady® NSI

Two Helena-West Helena residents, 33-year-old Christopher O’’Neil and 27-year-old Lauren Baker suspected of stealing from a vehicle parked at a local convenience store over two months ago, were arrested Tuesday after a traffic stop in which an

The Cotter-Gassville Joint Sewer Commission will meet in a special session Thursday morning at ten. Representatives of the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission will be in attendance as agenda items include discussion of the depreciation accounts to be

The Donald W. Reynolds Library Serving Baxter County offers a variety of beginning computer classes in June.The Windows of Beginners Class will be held Thursday at 10:30 to teach participants about the mouse, desktop, icons, task bar,

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children says when children run away, within 48 hours, one in three will be approached by a sex trafficker. When children are on the run, they have a lot of

Connie Williams of Midway was sentenced to four years probation during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday after admitting that she had drugs in her possesion when she was pulled over in late April for

A legendary country music group will be part of the North Arkansas Electric Cooperative’s 77th annual meeting. Shenandoah will take the stage Thursday at the Salem Civic Center. The afternoon activities will kick off at two p.m.

It was a busy Memorial Day weekend for the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office and the Arkansas State Police. Several arrests were conducted including 18 for driving while intoxicated, nine for public intoxication, nine for disorderly conduct, two

The American Red Cross is urging anyone who has never given blood in the past and anyone who hasn’t given recently to make an appointment to give blood or platelets to help sustain a sufficient community blood

A road in Mountain Home will go through some major changes over the next year. An intergovernmental agreement was signed Tuesday by Baxter County Judge Mickey Pendergrass and Mountain Home Mayor Joe Dillard to expand Buzzard Roost Cutoff

Wednesday is the deadline for the Personal and Business Personal property assessment in Arkansas. There is a 10% penalty for anyone who assesses after the deadline. The County Assessor’s office is required to appraise and assess all

The Memorial Day holiday weekend was relatively calm according to the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff John Montgomery says there were a total of 100 complaint calls or calls for service made to the Sheriff’s Office from

A Mountain View man has died five days after he crashed his motorcycle in Searcy County. Fifty-five-year-old Shea Smith was traveling north on highway 263 near Big Flat when his Honda motorcycle left the highway and struck

The inaugural Cotter Memorial Day Ceremony scheduled for Tuesday evening at six at Walnut Hill Cemetery. In case of rain, the ceremony will be moved to the Smith-Johnson VFW Post 5742. The city of Cotter will be

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District has increased spillway releases from Bull Shoals Dam. At 10 a.m. Tuesday, ten spillway gates were opened to one foot each, and seven gates will be at one-half

The Bull Shoals City Council has scheduled a special session for Tuesday evening at 6:30. The main item on the agenda will be the review and approval of the city’s budget for the fiscal year 2017. The

A fire engulfed the Gainesville Volunteer Fire Department building early Tuesday morning exactly one month after it was gutted by floodwaters. According to the Ozark County Times’ Facebook page, the building at Highway 160 and Highway 5

A Gainesville man, already facing felony charges in Baxter County, is now accused in an alleged sexual assault in Ozark County. According to the Ozark County Times, 28-year-old Michael Cox was scheduled to be arraigned last week

A 26-year-old Henderson man, Tyler Blake Lee, was booked into the Baxter County Detention Center on Thursday on two felony counts of terroristic threatening. The charges stem from an incident in early April in which Lee is

The construction of a corporate hangar with a price tag of $600,000 has been approved by the Baxter County Airport Commission. The approval came in a special Commission meeting last week. Baxter County Airport manager Kathy Frederick

Human trafficking, or modern day slavery, at first glance may be categorized as a problem occurring throughout major cities across the United States. The problem, however, is occurring in small towns across the U.S. including rural areas

Listen: right-click to download mp3     That was the sound of the 21-gun salute followed by the playing of Taps at the annual Memorial Day Ceremony held Monday at the Mountain Home Plaza 2000. In addition to

The annual Twin Lakes Boys’ Basketball Camp is scheduled for Tuesday through Friday on various Mountain Home School District campuses, and one group of campers will have a change of venue. The camp will be for boys

Thursday was marked as an Employee Appreciation Day for the Mountain Home School District. Nearly 250 people were in attendance for the Mountain Home Education Foundation’s Celebration of Excellence on the campus of Mountain Home High School.

Christie Lundholm of Mountain Home entered a no contest plea to forgery and theft of property charges against her in Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday and was given four years probation. On February 24th, Baxter County investigators

The Patriot Guard Riders is a 100 percent volunteer non-profit organization whose sole purpose is to ensure dignity and respect at memorial services honoring fallen military heroes, first responders, and honorably discharged veterans. Their main mission is

The overhaul of the state’s pay plan for about 25,000 of its employees has proved problematic for the Arkansas Department of Community Correction says the Board of Corrections chairman Benny Magness of Gassville. In the long run,

Former Mountain Home High School and FIRST Robotics student Corey Boelkens and his company RaftUp Technologies has launched a new web safety technology called EyeRescue. The new technology is made exclusively for 911 and public safety agencies

The floods that hit Branson this weekend led to the deaths of two Nashville, Arkansas, residents, and a third is missing. According to Springfield television station KYTV, two bodies were found, and rescue personnel continue to search

A child was the victim of a drowning incident Saturday in Fulton County. According Fulton County Sheriff Al Roork, nine-year-old Heath LeBegue died after being sucked into a tunnel by the swift water in English Creek. The

Mucha enters not guilty plea on arson charges Mark Dennis Mucha of Lakeview, who is charged with torching two residences he owns, appeared in Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday and pled not guilty. He was ordered to

Mountain Home Fire Department personnel were out on the scene of a fire Friday night on the edge of the city limits. According to a fire department spokesperson, the structure on East 16th Street and Glenbriar Drive

Severe weather hit the Twin Lakes Area again Saturday night. While there was no local damage to report, several residences were without power. At one point during the storms, North Arkansas Electric Cooperative had reported nearly 1,700

An alleged sexual assault of two young girls was reported in Izard County. According to Chief Deputy Earnie Blackley, a 34-year-old Horseshoe Bend man was taken into custody as a suspect. The Izard County Sheriff’s Office received

Joshua Lane of Gamaliel was sentenced to 12 months in prison during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. The 36-year-old Lane was arrested

The annual Memorial Day Ceremony is scheduled for Monday morning at 11 at the Mountain Home Plaza 2000 across from the Baxter County Courthouse. This year’s event is hosted by the North Central Arkansas Veterans Council and

Memorial Day weekend is often considered the kickoff of the vacation season. It’s also a time for remembering those who have died while serving in the country’s armed forces. But the chairman of the Arkansas Cemetery Board,

The Friends of the North Fork and White Rivers has a couple of events scheduled for the Memorial Day weekend. Both events will be Sunday in the Yellville area as the local organization holds its annual fundraiser.

Most government offices are closed on Monday in observance of the Memorial Day holiday. A spokesperson for the Baxter County Judge’s office has advised county offices are closed on Monday. The City of Gassville offices are also