Oletta Lavelle Howe – Oletta Lavelle Howe, 79 a resident of Prairie Grove, passed away May 1, 2012 in Fort Scott, Kansas. She was born April 26, 1933 in Odell, Arkansas, the daughter of John H. “Perno” and Jewell Agnus Rose Dobbs. She was a member of the Prairie Oaks…
An overflow crowd packed the West Fork City Administration Building May 8 but not everybody was there for the council meeting. It was also “conflict night” for the West Fork District Court when many of the cases are transferred form Prairie Grove. Also, the regular monthly West Fork city…
Prior to the public hearing on the West Fork Animal Ordinance on May 8, Mayor Frances HIme and Council members had labored long and hard during a special work session to revise the current ordinance.…
The good intentioned people of the Quorum Court have passed to some of the voters, a measure that will extract yet another incremental tax increase from all of us. I say some voters because this will be on a May ballot which all involved know is lightly attended by the…
COUNTYWIDE SPECIAL ELECTION MAY 22. TO SEE BALLOT CLICK HERE EARLY VOTING County Clerk’s office, 3rd Floor, Washington County Courthouse, Fayetteville, AR, beginning May 7, 2012 until May 21, 2012. Hours: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. M – F, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays (May 12 and May 19) and…
South of West Fork, Highway 71 follows the White River like a boy follows his father. Snaking along beside it with pride and admiration, with mimicry. Sometimes they drift apart, momentarily, but always gravitate back together, tumbling through billowing lush green trees of spring and summer.…
Jones Elementary School in Springdale was the first to have a Girl Scout after-school program. School Principal Melisa Fink and Girl Scout Troop Leader Ana Villafranca started the program last fall, and they have been working together in bringing new knowledge to the girls. …
