Rose presented citation for role in Pendarvis accident
Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor Hardy Police Chief Scott Rose was surprised at the February meeting of the Hardy City Council with the presentation of a Citation in his honor. State Representative Trey Steimel and Mayor Ethan Barnes made the presentation. A letter from Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders accompanied the Citation. Rose was the first officer on the scene at the tragic accident that claimed the life of Highland High School student Brooklyn…
Bond set at $150k in local wrestler and sex offender’s child porn charges
By Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor with aid of court documentation Sharp County wrestler and habitual offender Tommy Wayne Ashcraft, known as “TikTok Tommy” was arrested once again. This time, he is being charged with six counts of child pornography in Independence County. Ashcraft is from Cave City. Ashcraft was arrested first on Feb. 7 in Independence County on revocation of a suspended imposition (SIS) and a felony pick-up order. The latest case,…
Sharp County double murderer dies in prison
By Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor He may have escaped prosecution for nearly two decades and slid out of being put to death by lethal injection. In the end, it was an ailment that ended the life of convicted capital murderer Steven Wertz. Wertz, was convicted of the brutal shotgun slaying of his wife’s ex-husband, Terry, and his new wife, Kathy Watts. He lived a seemingly normal life for nearly 17 years. It was…
Local business makes Valentine’s Day wonderful for schools, daycare and nursing home.
Photo/Tammy CurtisCave City Elementary Principal Lori Laman and Resource Officer Justin Wilson unload one of the bus loads of balloons on Valentine’s Day. A local retailer, that asked their name not be used due to corporate regulations, began a competition selling balloons weeks earlier. This would ensure each student at all three campuses of Cave City Schools, the Cave City Nursing Home and daycares received a balloon for Valentine’s Day. Buses delivered…
BACK IN THE SADDLE …
Saddle store gets a new life By Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor As Oscar Wilde so famously said, “Memory is a diary that we all carry about with us.” But in reality, our recollections of yesteryear are often much clearer than the reality the rough edges of time have hewed away at in our memories As a child, fond memories of small things like our visits with family, to stores, and vacations often…
