Huntsville School District has received more positive feedback than complaints after transitioning to a four-day school week in August, giving students and staff a day off on Monday.

Mikel Dee Shepherd, 48, of Elkins, passed away Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024, at his home. 

Dixie Lorene Howard, age 97, of Huntsville, passed away on Oct. 12, 2024. 

Junior Dale Ingram, 84, of Eureka Springs; passed away Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, at Mercy Hospital, Berryville. 

Bobby Keith Sliger, 88, of Witter; passed away Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, at Washington Regional Medical Center, in Fayetteville. 

No runner other than those from first place Huntsville  and second place West Fork cracked the top 10 in the boys 1A-4A Division 5K run at the Prairie Grove Invitational Cross Country meet on Saturday. 

Huntsville lost to Prairie Grove 3-1 on Oct. 8, but rebounded to sweep Green Forest  on Thursday in the last week of 4A-1 Conference volleyball play.

St. Paul won 12 games last year, but coach Mike Foster thinks the Saints will show improvement this season as they join a new conference, the 1A-4.

Elkins raced out to a 44-0 first half lead and handed Lincoln a 58-0 loss to stay unbeaten in 4A-1 Conference football action Friday.

The Booger County Bass Club competed in a fishing derby at Table Rock Lake at Branson, Mo. on Oct. 5.

The Kingston boys golf team finished in a tie for seventh place with Viola on Tuesday, Oct. 8 at the 1A State golf tournament in Blytheville.

Huntsville encountered the toughest defense it has faced thus far this season, sustaining a 55-7 loss in 4A-1 Conference football at Gravette on Friday.

In mid-September, Madison County Master Gardeners witnessed numerous monarch butterflies emerging from their chrysalis or cocoons.

With the holiday season approaching, it is nice to have some good news to report for international travelers.

Legislative budget hearings have begun at the state Capitol, in preparation for the 2025 regular session that begins in January.

County needs fire protection Dear editor:   Monday, Oct. 14, at 1:43 p.m., the Huntsville Fire Department was paged to assist the Witter-Aurora Fire Department with a large field on …

The legacy of coach Charles H. Berry, one of Huntsville’s resident living legends, along with Tommy Tice, now at Farmington, and retired boys basketball coach Jim Stafford, continues to grow.

ST PAUL – A town ordinance regarding dilapidated houses or unkempt yards needs more teeth before it can be enforceable, the St. Paul Town Council agreed during the council’s Oct. 8 meeting.

A Huntsville volunteer live-in firefighter at Station 2 has been dismissed after crashing his personal vehicle, then getting a fire truck stuck in a field near Taco Bell in the wee hours of Oct. 6.

Personnel changes will see positions added to the county’s solid waste, road and bridge and dispatch units, along with salary increases for county employees as decided during the county’s wage and salary board meeting Friday.