Cave City

Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor  The countdown is on for one of northeast Arkansas’ most anticipated summer traditions. The 2026 Cave City Watermelon Festival returns tomorrow, July 23-25 at the Cave City Park, bringing three days of live entertainment, family activities, contests, food, carnival rides and, of course, some of the sweetest watermelons in the country. Watermelons have already begun filling produce stands throughout Cave City, signaling that festival week has arrived. Each…

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Cave City Watermelon Festival sees record attendance Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor There is no doubt that this year is one for the record books for Cave City.  Just four short months after watching their homes and businesses being strewn across the land in the March tornado, the same people who had rolled up their sleeves to help their family, friends, and neighbors clean up the debris were celebrating their successes. The same…

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BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!!! Update to this morning's story (posted below): According to Sharp County Sherif Shane Russell, Norris has been transported to Little Rock where he will undergo surgery from injuries he sustained during the pursuit earlier this morning before being booked into the detention center, first in Independence County, and later, for charges pending in Sharp County. Tammy Curtis, Publisher 9:38 a.m., Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024After being on the run for nearly…

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Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor It served as an early home and burial area for Osage Indians and later a community refrigerator, but the iconic one of a kind rock structure above Cave City’s namesake cave has evolved over the years and today is on the National Historic Registry, but remains privately owned.  Last week for the first time in nearly 20 years, the owners, Dan and Irma Carrington,  of what most simply…

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Sharp County’s Class of 2023 accepted a record $3.23 million in scholarships. Seniors at Highland collectively accepted $1,479,700. Seniors at Cave City are headed off to colleges and universities across the nation with $1,754,790 to help pay for their educations. The top five scholarship awards at Cave City went to Kaylee Leddy ($99,300), Ally McFarlin($84,000), Keelee Lyons ($82,500), Regan Counts ($80,400)and Madelynn Fore($79,000). These ladies collectively racked up nearly$350,000 or twenty percent…

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