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The Howard County Farmers’ Market in Nashville will be open Friday, May 3, from 7-11 a.m. or until vendors are sold out. The market expects to include the following: A food demonstration by Denise Graves and Peyton Bobo. Crafts, plants, eggs and a Master Gardener information booth. Baked goods: three types of bread, three types ..read more
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By Don Hall News-Leader staff Progress is continuing on the improvements at the Howard County airport, County Judge Brent Pinkerton said. The six new hangars are about 70% complete, and five of them are already spoken for by local pilots who have been keeping their airplanes in Hope or Texarkana, according to Kelly Wyndham, administrative ..read more
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YES, I AM STILL HERE peeking out my window on Main Street and I want your opinion about the most important on-off switch. Is it: • The nuclear missile launch switch in the President’s briefcase? • The ice cream machine at McDonald’s? • The tv remote control during the halftime show at the Super Bowl ..read more
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Bert Johnson, age 62, passed away Wednesday, April 24th, 2024, at his home in Hot Springs. He was born April 18, 1962, in Nashville, Ark., to the late Harlow “Buddy” Johnson, Jr., and Barbara Kay Lightfoot Johnson. Bert had diverse interests: he loved sports, hunting, cooking, and the outdoors. Whether it was football, waterskiing, golf ..read more
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It is with our heaviest of hearts that we announce the Homecoming and “Graduation” of our Dearest Daddy, Pawpaw, Skippy, Skip, Mr. B, Dr. Skip, Brother Skip, Brother Bassham but seldom rarely referred to by his full name Dr. Charles Dennis Bassham, April 25, 2024. Dr. Bassham was born April 28, 1949, to Mary Lois ..read more
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Austin Shane Lofland (age 29) was born on Aug. 24, 1994, in Hope, Ark., the son of Shane Lofland and Lynette Lovelis. Austin was wrapped in the loving arms of Jesus on April 25, 2024, following a tragic vehicle accident in Ozark, Ark. Austin graduated from Horatio, Ark., where he attended school from kindergarten to ..read more
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Charles Randall ‘Randy’ Howard, 50, of Nashville died April 28, 2024, at his home in Mineral Springs. He was born Sept. 27, 1953, in Nashville, Ark., the son of the late Charles Ray Howard, and Virginia Lou Tollett Howard. Hew was a member of Central Baptist Church. Survivors include: his sisters, Melissa Hicks and Sarah ..read more
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Joyce M. Chambers, 96, of Nashville died April 26, 2024. She was born Jan. 7, 1928, in Nashville, the daughter of the late Shelvy Jones Garney and Gracie Elizabeth Stone Garney. She was preceded in death by her husband, Otis R. Chambers; her sisters, Rema Grady and Shirley Terry. Survivors include: five daughters, Marge Smith ..read more
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Erma Dean Stewart Braxter, 78, of Tollette died Sunday, March 31, 2024, in Texarkana, Texas. She was born Jan. 19, 1946, in Tollette, the daughter of the late Lucius and Ethel L. Brown Stewart. Services will be Saturday, May 4, 2024, at 12 p.m. at the Mineral Springs Church of Christ in Mineral Springs ..read more
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Wallace Dean Turner, age 87, of Newhope, Ark., passed away April 27, 2024. He was born Oct. 5, 1936, in Forrester, Scott County, Ark., to Virgil and Bertha O’Neal Turner. Wallace lived in various areas of Arkansas and Indiana, but graduated high school in Kirby, Ark. After graduation he worked as a farm hand for ..read more