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By The Reverend Bob Holland “Hold my mule” is a figurative expression from the American South that means when a person is leading a mule and they need to go somewhere, or do some-thing very important they will ask someone to hold their mule. Sometimes it meant they were going…
By Robert Dreyer, Lt. Colonel, USAF retired and Cherokee Village and Highland School District Taxpayer I have owned property in Cherokee Village for over 40 years but I was born and raised in Rushville, Neb., a small town (population 1,228) 100miles east of the Wyoming border and 20 miles south…
Glen John Joseph Perreault,71, of Viola, Ark., passed away Jan.16, 2023, at Tulsa, Okla. Howard Junior McGarrah,82, of rural Hardy, Ark., passed away Jan. 18, 2023 at his home. Gerold Wayne Bryant, 82, of Salem, Ark., passed away Jan. 19, 2023, in Little Rock, Ark. David Earl Perry, 69, of…
Area seniors who have participated in county, district and state fairs are eligible to apply for the Arkansas Fair Manager’s Association scholarship. Applicants must be a cur-rent year graduating senior planning to enroll in an institute of higher education (Community College, University, Technical or Trade College) this fall as a…
The Stone County Sesquicentennial Committee has announced that it will present a concert March 4 at 7 p.m., when The Cleverlys will appear at the Ozark Folk Center’s Ozark Highlands Theater in Mountain View. Tickets are $25 each (plus tax)and currently are on sale through the website Stone County 150.com,or…