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Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway was born on February 1, 1878 and passed away on December 21, 1950. She was born to William Carroll Wyatt, a farmer and shopkeeper, and the former Lucy Mildred Burch. At the age of four, she moved

Jimmy Lynch, Garett Schnoor and Scott Carter, the Marion County Election Committee, met March 10, at 10 a.m. in the courtroom of the annex to determine the ballot draw. The draw was handled by Alexis Rodman and Tisha Pendarvis. Each of the following races have opposition and will be voted on May 24.

Spring Break 2022! They say it’s gonna be epic! But is it? Let us consider. Spring Break is a strangely named week March wherein the schools, the same ones that were hitherto educating our children, for some inexplicable reason, set them free.

In recognition of the 50th Anniversary of the Buffalo National River, an Art Exhibit celebrating the beauty of the Buffalo will be on display throughout April at the Boone County Library. Works from the BNR Artist-in-Residence Program from 1996-2008 and 2019, as well as pieces from local renown artists will be featured.

Jerry ran a bar called Tom and Jerry’s. I think he figured that helped him with the common touch that’s genuinely useful for a politician, and he was probably right.

YELLVILLE– Arvest Bank and Genuine Care Pharmacy, co-sponsors of the 26th Annual Charity Golf Tournament in North Central Arkansas, are accepting nomination letters to recommend nonprofit organizations in Baxter, Boone and Marion counties for consideration as a 2022 Charity of the Year.

With a full quorum of the Yellville City Council and city mayor Shawn Lane, the minutes of last month’s meeting were approved as read. The mayor announced there was no old business or new business on the agenda, but he did bring up the article on page four of the Mountaineer Echo by Sam Cooke dealing with Yellville and Flippin and the response on page 8 in the same issue of the legal notices.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), a senior member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, continues his leadership and advocacy for Arkansas veterans as they pursue updates to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits and services.