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Monroe Crossing featured in concert
PARAGOULD — Monroe Crossing will perform a concert of bluegrass music at 7 p.m. Monday at the Collins Theatre, located at 120 W. Emerson St. in downtown Paragould. The concert is part of the Bluegrass Monday concert series presented by KASU 91.9 FM at Arkansas …
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ABF driver comes to aid of elderly couple – Ronnie Milner is named TCA’s latest Highway Angel
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Ronnie Milner of Valparaiso, Ind., a professional truck driver for Arkansas Best Freight System Inc. of Fort Smith, has been named a Truckload Carriers Association Highway Angel. Milner is being recognized for helping an elderly couple in trouble on the highway. On …
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This Day in History…
Today is Friday, Jan. 25, the 25th day of 2013. There are 340 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 25, 1863, during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln accepted Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside’s resignation as commander of the Army …
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Lankford speaks to historical society
BROCKWELL — Dr. George Lankford spoke to the Izard County Historical and Genealogical Society on Jan. 13. Lankford stressed the importance of local sources and local history as valuable tools in historical research. Members and guests from Baxter, Izard, Independence and Jackson counties attended the …
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A Glance at Days Gone By
Three children dance in Lonnie and Leta Lee’s house at Fox in Stone County in the late 1980s. The photo taken by Samm Woolley Coombs for his book “A Pickin’ and a Grinnin’ on the Courthouse Square: An Ozark Family Album” was published in the …
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News of Other Days
Editor’s note: This column ran previously in the Guard on Aug. 18, 1993.
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Having a pity party – Presence is required
You are all invited to my monthly — and sometimes weekly — Pity Party. My family is normally the Guests of Honor. Sometimes, they unknowingly walk right into these little affairs. Last Sunday’s was a surprise party for everyone. Everything hit me that day. After …
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Say ‘Yabba Dabba Don’t’ to Neanderthal clones
If you’re the average person, you say things like “I wish they’d bring back ‘ABC’s Wide World of Sports’ and full-service gas stations.” If you’re more like Harvard University geneticist George Church, you say things like “Wouldn’t it be a hoot if someone brought back …
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Be like pro golfers: Move to Florida, avoid state taxes
Phil Mickelson choked on a gimme putt this week, but it wasn’t on a golf course. According to the AP’s golf writer, America’s most popular golfer “put his popularity on the line with polarizing comments about how much he has to pay in state and …
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Baylor names local student
WACO, Texas — More than 3,300 Baylor University students were named to the Dean’s Academic Honor List for the 2012 fall semester. To be named to the Dean’s List, a student must be an undergraduate with a minimum grade-point average of 3.7, while enrolled in …
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Scholarship awarded
ARKADELPHIA — Henderson State University has announced that student Courtney Farrier, a current student at Southside High School, has been awarded the Presidential Academic scholarship for 2013-14. The scholarship is equivalent to $4,000 per semester for up to four years. Farrier is the daughter of …
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Scots survive scare from Hannibal-LaGrange
HANNIBAL, Mo. — Lyon College senior Phagen Altom dropped in a pair of free throws with 40 seconds left to put the 18th-ranked Scots ahead for the final time Thursday night as they survived a poor shooting night to record a 52-51 American Midwest Conference …
