Tracy Tumey, 57, Mountain Home (Conner)

Funeral arrangements for 68-year-old Richard Allen Lane of Mountain Home are pending at Kirby and Family Funeral and Cremation Services in Bull Shoals. Richard Lane died Sunday in Lakeview.

Funeral arrangements for 82-year-old Mary Ann Hardy of Gassville are pending at Roller Funeral Home. Mary Ann Hardy died Tuesday in Gassville.

Funeral arrangements for 64-year-old John Chapman, Jr. of Gassville are pending at Conner Family Funeral Home and Cremation Center. John Chapman, Jr. died Sunday in Gassville.

(Path of totality for the 2024 solar eclipse) An event that is just under two years away is already drawing interest from officials in the Twin Lakes Area. A solar eclipse will occur April 8, 2024 and the path of totality, or where the moon completely covers the sun meaning nearly total darkness, includes a big area of north central Arkansas and a part of southern Missouri. All of Baxter, Fulton, Izard, Stone and Searcy counties in Arkansas and Howell County in Missouri are in the path of totality. Most of Marion and parts of Boone and Newton counties in Arkansas and about half of Ozark and a small part of Douglas counties in Missouri are in the path.

Crystal Sherr (Photo courtesy of Baxter County Sheriff’s Office) A 51-year-old Calico Rock woman, Crystal Sherr, has been arrested after she allegedly robbed the First Security Bank branch inside the Mountain Home Walmart Tuesday afternoon. No one was injured in the incident in which Sherr told tellers she had a bomb.

The newly released June unemployment numbers from the Arkansas Division of Workforce Services and the Missouri Economic Research and Information Center show the number of unemployed has seen an increase since May in northern Arkansas while southern Missouri’s numbers improved. In Baxter County, the rate is at 4%, up...

The Yellville-Summit High School football team has been preparing for upcoming season, and they’ll get a chance to hit someone other than their own teammates Tuesday night. The Panthers will head to Hackett for a benefit jamboree with the Hornets and Berryville. Yellville-Summit head coach Justin Crain says he...

A man had what was termed a possible injury from a one-vehicle accident early Sunday morning in Norfork. Forty-nine-year-old Travis Prillwitz of Norfork was transported by ambulance to Baxter Health. According to the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office, Prillwitz was traveling on Arkansas Highway 5. He reportedly attempted to negotiate a...

The Mountain Home Christian Academy volleyball program began its season on a winning note Saturday when they traveled to Jonesboro to meet Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Education. The Lady Eagles needed all three sets in the varsity match, but they were able to get the victory with scores of 22-25,...

An area woman was seriously injured Sunday morning after her vehicle went airborne. Sixty-five-year-old Dotty Rodkey of Pontiac was transported by ambulance to Baxter Health from the scene in Ozark County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Rodkey was traveling on Missouri Route W. She was nearly six miles...

On November 18, 2008, a man walked into the Gassville branch of First National Bank, said he was there to rob it, displayed what appeared to be the butt of a handgun in the waistband of his pants, and tied up four employees with “zip-ties.”. In April 2009, a...

A man accused of stealing a number of items, including guns, from his father’s residence made an appearance during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court recently. Thirty-year-old Devin Wayne Johnson entered a guilty plea to the charges against him and was sentenced to 12 months misdemeanor probation and ordered to have no contact with his father for one year.

A boil water order has been issued for a portion of Calico Rock Water and Sewer. The order will be in effect for customers west of Arkansas Highway 5 and on Rowden Street. The cause of the boil order was not announced by a Calico Rock Water and Sewer spokesperson.

For decades, Americans have been advised of the dangers of driving under the influence of alcohol and other substances, but for the last eight years, an organization has also been cautioning against another danger on the road. Families Against Distractive Driving (FADD) was started in Mountain Home as a way of attempting to prevent drivers from using their cellphones and other electronic devices while behind the wheel.

A Marion County man who is on probation for hitting his two-year-old son in 2019, has been arrested on multiple felony charges, including kidnapping, a class Y felony, the most serious crime in Arkansas not punishable by the death penalty. Thirty-three-year-old Ivan Duane Froit of Flippin was arrested following an altercation with a female on Marion County Road 8116, northwest of Flippin.

Norfork Public Schools will host its annual substitute teacher inservice Wednesday morning at 9. Officials state anyone interested in becoming a substitute teacher in Norfork schools will need to attend. The meeting will last roughly half an hour in the Arrie Goforth Elementary cafeteria.

A woman arrested in July last year by officers checking on what was described as “suspicious activity” at the Mountain Home Inn appeared in Baxter County Circuit Court recently and pled guilty to drug-related charges against her. Forty-one-year-old Kerry Janal Sager of Mountain Home was sentenced to five...

The Arkansas Department of Agriculture recently awarded $20,000 in scholarships to eight students attending Arkansas universities with agricultural programs including one student in Harrison. The universities include the University of Arkansas, Arkansas State University, Southern Arkansas University, and Arkansas Tech University. The scholarship recipients include the following students:. University of...

The Norfork City Council will meet Tuesday evening at 7:30. The council has three items of unfinished business on the agenda including short term rentals, the basketball court and lighting around the walking trail and biking signs around the city. New items of business include the mayors’ salary, an anonymous...

The Yellville-Summit School Board faces a light agenda for its special board meeting scheduled for Monday. The only item on the agenda is a board action request for the 2022-2023 American Rescue Plan retention incentive. The meeting will be held in the Yellville-Summit Administrative Building.