Photo/Nancy Smith The Cave City Watermelon Festival will be held July 28-30 with a large lineup of entertainment, food and craft vendors, car show and much more. Below, Photo/Tammy Curtis, Olivia Schneider enjoys the water zone at the 2021 Cave City Watermelon Festival
Area cattle farmers are being forced to sell of their herds due to extreme drought.Governor Hutchinson has sought a Disaster Declaration to help local farmers financially. By: Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor Sharp and Fulton Counties, along with a small portion of Randolph County are the only counties in the state that are under extreme drought, or a D3-4 rating on the National Drought Monitor, on a scale of 4 being the worst.…
2022 Sharp County Rodeo Queen, Riley Trivitt 2022 Miss Sharp County, Desiree Sawyer and 2022 Junior Miss Sharp County Reagan Counts 2022 Petite Miss Sharp County Riley Slayton; First runner up Maelyn Ella Reiter and Second runner up and Photogenic Gracie Shands. 2022 Petite Young Miss Sharp County Faith Parker; First runner up and Photogenic Memorieh Watts; and Second runner up Alexis Himschoot. 2022 Baby Mister Sharp County Stockton Baker and First…
By: Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor The Dog Days of Summer always bring the most extreme heat but when a drought is also factored in, the dependence of families and farmers on a water system is at its highest. When a pump and generator fails, shutting down an entire city’s water supply, that can cause catastrophic issues for many. This is exactly what happened to the residents of Sidney two weeks ago. Sharp…
From police reports and witness statementsThe Arkansas State Police is currently investigating the shooting of Kristy Marie Taylor, 57, who was killed outside her home on July 9. Family members of Taylor's discovered her lying outside her home on Fawn Wood Road near Elizabeth around 5:30 p.m. on Sat., July 9 and made a call to dispatch. At first a witness close to the family said they did not notice any blood.…
