Tammy Curtis

Ozarks Healthcare Therapies will offer its first parent support group on Friday, June 16, at6 p.m. in the Wil-lard Hunter Class-room located in the Ozarks Healthcare Parkway Center at 1211 Porter Wagoner Blvd. in West Plains. Therapists will provide information and support for parents of children with all types of developmental disabilities and will share tips for tracking and celebrating develop-mental milestones, living daily life at home, and how to support children…

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Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Chairman Bobby Martin loaded the first batch of rainbow trout May 17 at the “ribbon-cutting” of the newly remodeled Jim Hinkle Spring River State Fish Hatchery at Mammoth Spring. The hatchery, Arkansas’s only state-owned cold water hatchery, supplies rainbow trout to 43 locations throughout The Natural State, including the famed White, Norfork and Spring rivers. The hatchery, which was originally built in 1974 and was donated to…

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By: Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor The original misdemeanor charge of Third Degree Battery filed against attorney and former public defender Calvin Harrell, III on May 6 has been upgraded to two felony charges. The charges resulted after he allegedly attacked his ex- girlfriend at her home in Cherokee Village. The amended charges came on May16 after a special prosecutor was assigned to the case. D. Jason Barrett took the case when Third…

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By: Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor While being raised around green houses, Leona’s Faver’s mother helped her learn about starting seeds and the art of planting and nourishing the plants to keep them healthy. “I was raised in a green-house. My mom had a greenhouse so I learned everything I know from her. I have been doing this since I was 13 years old,” she said. While Leona admits there is a lot…

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By: Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor Cherokee Village police chief Monte Lane confirmed that on Tuesday May 16,the body of a man who had been reported missing late Saturday night, May 14, and was located in lake Cherokee around noon was identified as that of 35 year-old Derek Hughes. The body was recovered and sent to the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory for an autopsy to determine the cause of death. Hughes was last…

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