By: Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor For the first time since 2020, the Cave City Cross Country and Track Team returned to the Indoor State Championships. The event was held Feb.18 at the University of Arkansas; Randal Tyson Track Center saw Cave City bring home lots of hardware as well as state and school records having been set at the event. The team set some great records, including bringing home a few state…
By: Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor As with most dream careers the recipe for success is a tough one. It begins with with a little talent, adding cups of practice and perfection, a quart of perseverance and a two gallons of pure luck. Nothing is more true over the last decade of Thayer native Michael Tyler’s music career. Last week, just months after turning 30, and a decade after moving to Nashville, Tyler…
By: Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor The amount of support that continues to come in for Cave City athlete Jacob Moore continued to astonish and humble him and his family Saturday night. Feb. 18 at the 3A-2 District Finals game at Cave City High School Gym, it was another round of tears as the love for human kind was exhibited yet again. Moore made his way onto the court via a walker, after…
The Highland Junior Lady Rebels went un-defeated in Conference and won their District Tournament on Feb. 11. This amazing accomplishment was one the ladies have not reached for nearly three decades. There were so many milestones this year for these young ladies. Last time the team accomplished this goal and went undefeated was in 1997 when eighth grade player Macy Daggett’s mother, Michelle Burton Daggett was also in eighth grade when they…
Alix Meacham, second generation owner of Meacham’s Family Restaurant in Ash Flat flips some food on the grill. Therestaurant has placed in the top four in the Arkansas Food Hall of Fame. She hopes to honor late father, Troy, who es-tablished the restaurant in 1979. The overall winner will be announced March 6. Below, waitress Amy Wiles waits on longtime Meacham’s customers Sandra and Elbert Layne. They enjoyed the popular hamburger steaks…
