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“I’M READY TO GO”: Tornado-tossed victim welcomes death

Thursday, July 17, 2008

ATKINS — Five months after a tornado hurled her 200 feet from her home, Doris Vieira informed her family that she had thwarted death long enough.

13 state students are semifinalists for scholarships

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Thirteen Arkansas high school seniors are among 1,600 high school students nationally to be named semifinalists in the National Achievement Scholarship Program for outstanding black students.


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SUBSCRIBER Thompson rejects Huckabee’s one-on-one offer

Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2007

Almost as soon as he became a presidential candidate, Fred Thompson endorsed oneon-one in-depth debates in the general election, rather than the scattershot format that has been common this primary season.

SUBSCRIBER Huckabee camp to expand, restructure

Saturday, Sept. 1, 2007

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee plans to increase the size of his staff and make “substantial changes” to the structure and organization of his presidential campaign, which is attempting to capitalize on his second-place showing in the Iowa straw poll earlier this month.


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Volunteers needed for spay/neuter clinic

Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007

The Humane Society of Faulkner County is recruiting local animal lovers to volunteer their time to help staff a low-cost spay/neuter clinic.

Labor Day ends; clean up now begins

Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007

After Labor Day revelers pack up their tents and go home, volunteers will be heading to Lake Nimrod in Yell and Perry counties and Blue Mountain Lake in Yell County, to pick up litter along the shoreline as part of the Great Arkansas Cleanup. The cleanup at Lake Dardanelle’s will be Saturday, Sept. 29. The statewide cleanup of lake and river shorelines, parks and roadways continues until Saturday, Nov. 24.


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Wing Ding Festival presents 7th annual glider wars

Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007

Area residents will have an opportunity to show their special aeronautical design skills in the seventh annual “First Electric Cooperative Glider Wars.” Those interested should have their crew of aviators complete an application form and mail it back to the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce with the $5 entry fee.

WOLFGANG PUCK’S KITCHEN: The joys of late-summer tomatoes

Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007

No fruit or vegetable I know compares with the wonders of a ripe summer tomato: richly sweet and tangy, juicy and meaty.


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BALD KNOB: State board weighs in on school district

Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007

Bald Knob is nearing the million mark. The community has raised more than $800,000 to try to keep its schools open, and that has caught the attention of the state Board of Education.

Area cancer sew-ins invite volunteers

Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007

Mary Philips, director of Care Cap Connections, recently announced that local cancer support groups need volunteers this month.


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