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Gas prices higher than a year ago
Average retail gasoline prices in Arkansas have fallen 5.3 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.62 a gallon Sunday, according to gasoline price website ArkansasGasPrices.com. This compares with the national average that has fallen 4.3 cents per gallon in the last week to …
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Country club hearing planned
The Batesville City Council will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at city hall to hold a public hearing on the Batesville Country Club property. The agenda also includes an introduction of the Lady Scots volleyball team a report from Public Works Engineer Damon Johnson and …
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No more Weekly Reader
I bet the Weekly Reader isn’t even available in print anymore. And, if it is, printing is probably down because I’m sure “there’s an app for that” so children can read it electronically in their classrooms. Considering all the advancements in technology, the Internet, etc., …
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John Blanchard never knew caves
John H. Blanchard was one of many Kentuckians who joined the Confederate Army at the outbreak of the Civil War. He served in Company I, Fourth Infantry Kentucky volunteers, rising to the rank of second lieutenant. Kentucky was divided, but never formally left the Union. …
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State Capitol Week in Review
Legislators heard details of a plan that would change how lottery scholarships are distributed, creating a “tiered” system. Its supporters say it would preserve the long term financial stability of the program. Currently, students at a four-year university who are eligible for lottery scholarships get …
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News of Other Days
Editor’s note: This column ran previously in the Guard on April 14, 1993. 95 YEARS AGO Batesville attorney S.M. Casey, in a letter to the Guard today concerning the water and light plant, stated that he did not believe the people were willing to trust …
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State health officials confirm 5 dead from West Nile virus
LITTLE ROCK (AP) — A record number of people in Arkansas have died from West Nile virus this year, according to the Arkansas Health Department. Five people have died from the mosquito-borne illness so far in 2012, the Health Department said. Four people died from …
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Firefighter hospitalized with embolism
CONWAY (AP) — A Conway firefighter is hospitalized after suffering an embolism during a training class in Hot Springs. Fire Chief Bart Castleberry said firefighter Danny Collins was taking part in a dive class when he became tangled. Castleberry says another firefighter helped untangle the …
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Panel nixes bullying complaint
FORT SMITH (AP) — The Arkansas Ethics Commission has dismissed a complaint of bullying filed against the vice mayor of Fort Smith. The commission on Friday dismissed the complaint filed by former Fort Smith Animal Services Advisory Board member Cheryl Gilmore against Vice Mayor Kevin …
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Store clerk killed in robbery attempt
NORTH LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Police in North Little Rock and Jacksonville say a man involved in the shooting death of a North Little Rock convenience store clerk during an attempted robbery may have later robbed another convenience store in Jacksonville. Police say 29-year-old Akiya …
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Ozarka looks to future
MELBOURNE — While Ozarka College’s total enrollment dropped slightly, officials cite this as a positive sign that many students who came back to college during the economic downturn have now completed their studies and many are going back to work. “We are off to another …
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Palestinian to speak at Lyon
Nora Kort, a social and woman’s activist, and founder of Wujoud Museum of Collective Memory in the Old City of Jerusalem will be a guest speaker at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Nucor Auditorium at Lyon College. She also will be speaking at First Presbyterian Church …
