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Wake up! It's Tuesday!

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Briefs

Three people were injured in a Sunday evening wreck on Arkansas Highway 14 south of Yellville, according to a report from Cpl. Clinton Evans of the Arkansas State Police. Earl M.

Quiet holiday, report lawmen

Law enforcement officials in the Twin lakes Area say it was mostly a quiet holiday weekend, with Friday being busy and arrests slowing down Saturday and Sunday.

Fort Smith honors Bass Reeves

Rooster Cogburn was fiction. Bass Reeves was real. This weekend, hundreds from Fort Smith and beyond expressed their thanks for that.

Honoring the fallen

Sunny skies and a steady breeze greeted the large crowd gathered on Mountain Home Plaza Monday for the annual Memorial Day ceremony.

Roy Danuser honors 'squirrel-head editor'

Mountain Home attorney Roy Danuser has given The Baxter Bulletin a lasting memorial to the life and times of its so-called 'squirrel-headed' editor, the late Tom...

Public Record: Marriages

The following couples obtained marriage licenses in Baxter County May 12-22, 2012: Fernando Sanchez, 25, and Jeannie Toshe Lamberth, 25 Robbi Jo Roberson, 34, and Shasta Somer...

Wake up! It's Memorial Day!

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Tour of Duty: Seabee recalls destruction, reconstruction of Pacific Islands

World War II would have been a lot more hell if not for men like Calvin Comstock of Mountain Home. Comstock, a Seabee in World War II and a member of the 110th U.S.

Public Record: Property transactions

The following warranty deeds, representing transactions of real property, were filed with the Baxter County clerk's office May 9-22, 2012.

Public Record: Mountain Home District Court

District court for the city of Mountain Home was held May 15 and 17, 2012 before Judge Van Gearhart.

Public Record: Baxter County District Court

District court for Baxter County was held May 15 and 17, 2012 before Judge Van Gearhart.

Public Record: Divorces

The following couples obtained divorces in Baxter County May 15-22, 2012: Mitchell Phillips v. Tasha Phillips Harriet Adams v. Carl Adams Jessica Barnes v. Ethan Barnes Tracy Von...

A Look Back: Tiny Big Flat has a big history

In the vicinity of a 'big flat' located in the middle of the rugged and beautiful Leatherwood Mountains, a large and prosperous settlement abounded and prospered for...

Local Briefs

An 83-year-old woman vacationing in the area with her family was found safe Sunday after wandering away from a house in the Henderson area near Float Creek for about four and a...

Civil War skirmish remembered

More than 200 people gathered along the banks of Calico Creek in Rand Park to mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War skirmish at Calico Rock on Saturday.

Authorities crack down on drunk driving

Several people were arrested at sobriety checkpoints so far this Memorial Day weekend, and authorities say they are continuing the checkpoints throughout the weekend in an effort...

Class of 2012: Mountain Home High School sends off graduates

More than a thousand people filled Bomber Stadium at Mountain Home High School to watch more than 270 members of the class of 2012 receive their diplomas as the sun set Friday.

Class of 2012: Flippin graduates 51 students

A large and enthusiastic crowd gathered inside the Flippin Bobcat Country Gymnasium Friday night to watch 51 seniors receive diplomas and close a chapter of their lives.

Giant painting salutes veterans, artist

A labor of love honoring America's veterans can be seen hanging from the west wall of the Baxter County Courthouse in downtown Mountain Home this weekend.

Twin Lakes honors vets

Red, white and blue flags and bunting are waving throughout the Twin Lakes Area today in honor of veterans everywhere.

State Briefs

A judge has set a $1 million bond for the wife of a Jonesboro businessman who is charged with capital murder for allegedly conspiring to have him killed.

Local Briefs

The Growing through Grief support groups are canceled Monday and Tuesday due to Memorial Day.

Judge won't preside in trial over lottery dispute

An Arkansas judge who ordered a new trial in a lawsuit over a $1 million lottery ticket that a woman says she mistakenly discarded announced Friday that he won't preside over...

Mother charged in dog attack

A Mountain Home woman faces a charge of endangering the welfare of a minor after her 3-year-old son was attacked and severely injured by the family's pit bull, according to...

Dr. Parris Watts makes a pitch

During a community forum Thursday, a highly animated Dr. Parris Watts outlined what he would do if selected as the next chancellor of Arkansas State University Mountain Home.

Chapa gets 12 years in gun, theft cases

A plea agreement netted Joey Chapa a dozen years in prison Thursday when he pleaded guilty in Baxter County Circuit Court to firearm, theft and drug charges. In an unusual move,...

Arkansas judge orders new trial in lotto ticket suit

An Arkansas judge on Thursday ordered a new trial to decide who can claim a $1 million scratch-off lottery ticket prize, a little more than three weeks after he ruled that a woman...

Busy holiday weekend anticipated

The Twin Lakes Area is gearing up for a weekend of celebration and remembrance in advance of Memorial Day on Monday.

Wake up! It's Friday!

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Probationer back in court on assault charge

A little more than a month after being placed on probation for assault and battery, Vernon Carl Henson was back in Baxter County Circuit Court on Thursday — this time on...

Regional Happenings

Here's a look at Baxter County and regional happenings. 40th annual Big Flat Homecoming, today and Saturday, Big Flat. A Memorial Day weekend tradition continues with a...

Cotter has new zoning downtown

Cotter City Council unanimously made a change to the way the central business district properties can be zoned at its meeting Thursday.

Wake up! It's Thursday!

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Memorial Day 2012 in Marion County AR - Memorial Day Parades, Events and more

Here is what is happening for Memorial Day 2012 in Marion County, AR. Find the area Bull Shoals events, parades, activities and more for Memorial Day 2012. Acitivites are in...

A Day to Remember in Bull Shoals

For most of us, Memorial Day 2012 Bull Shoals marks the beginning of a season of summer fun. But don’t let the real meaning of the holiday get lost amidst the barbecues and...

Wake up! It's Wednesday!

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Wake up! It's Tuesday!

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UPDATE: 5:45 p.m.; Mountain Home pair arrested on drug charges

Two Mountain Home residents were arrested Saturday after law enforcement officials served a search warrant and allegedly discovered drugs and guns, according to a press release...

Wake up! It's Monday!

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A Look Back: First Methodist Church has long history

(This article was researched and written by Linda Bradbury and Martha White Lee) The Methodist Church in Mountain Home was established about 1873. By 1879, a two-story building...

Cotter sends 30 into the world

Hundreds of friends and family members gathered at the Cotter Gymnasium Friday to watch 30 seniors eagerly accept their high school diplomas.

Class of 2012: Yellville-Summit seniors celebrate achievement

Yellville-Summit High School graduated 66 students Friday evening during commencement ceremonies at the Yellville-Summit multi-purpose facility.

Wake up! It's Saturday!

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House OKs $642 billion defense bill

The House on Friday passed a $642 billion defense bill that abandons the deficit-cutting agreement that President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans backed last summer.

Arkansas' unemployment rate drops

State officials say Arkansas' unemployment rate dropped by two-tenths of a percentage point to 7.2 percent in April.

Missouri lawmakers pass contraception bill

Missouri's Republican-led Legislature registered its discontent with President Barack Obama's health care policies Friday during an otherwise uneventful final day of a...

Paragould lotto winner held ticket for weeks

Imagine carrying $250,000 in your wallet for several weeks and not realizing it. Such was the case with Greg Garner. Garner had purchased a Mega Millions lottery ticket in March...

United Arab Emirates gives $5M to Joplin hospital

Joplin is getting another big boost from the Middle East as the Missouri city rebuilds and prepares for the anniversary of a devastating tornado that killed 161 people.

Local Briefs

Baxter County jurors do not need to report for jury duty on Monday, according to Baxter County Clerk Rhonda Porter. The next day for jurors to report is June 18.

Wake up! It's Friday!

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GED students graduate

Donna Nettles promised her father she would finish her education. And she did — even though it took her almost 50 years.

ASUMH honors donors

Dr. Ed Coulter lavished praise Thursday upon some 40 benefactors of Arkansas State University Mountain Home's Health Sciences building and programs.

Pioneer Day Grand Marshals

One of the grand marshals of the Norfork Pioneer Day parade Saturday knew Norfork best as it was between 1929 and 1947 — when he was a boy.

Area man gets 10 years' probation for burglary spree

In brief Baxter County Circuit Court session Thursday, Justin Thomas Studdard pleaded guilty in four cases to a dozen burglary charges and several misdemeanor theft charges as...

MH school board approves $1 million construction bid

The Mountain Home School Board approved a $1,050,457 bid Thursday night by Gregory Construction Co. of Mountain Home to perform several projects around the district.

ASU president names 4 finalists for ASUMH chancellorship

Four finalists have been named for the top executive position at Arkansas State University Mountain Home. The candidates are: Dr. Patricia A. Bailey, ASUMH's current provost...

Local Briefs

A Gassville man out on bond for auto theft and breaking into a pharmacy was back in the Baxter County Jail Wednesday after investigators arrested him on new charges of commercial...

Regional Happenings

Here's a look at Baxter County and regional happenings. 22nd annual Crawdad Days Music Festival, today and Saturday, Harrison.

MH council okays low-cost projects, told of future high-cost need

Reports from city committees about an immediate need of the fire department with a price tag of $4,100, and an anticipated need of the water department with a possible price tag...

Wake up! It's Thursday!

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AmericanTowns Heroes: Willow Rosenthal Helps City Slickers Become Urban Farmers

This local hero turned empty lots into blooming plots to help revitalize a community and created a model that city officials hope will be duplicated nationally. When Willow...

Wake up! It's Wednesday!

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Local Briefs

The death of a 3-month-old Buford boy early Monday morning is under investigation, according to a press release from Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery. Authorities were called...

Wake up! It's Tuesday!

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UPDATE: 3:35 p.m.; Death of three month old under investigation

The death of a three-month-old Buford boy early Monday morning is under investigation, according to a press release from Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery. Authorities were...

Wake up! It's Monday!

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A Look Back: Remembering the Baxter Theater

(The following is an article written by Jim Bodenhamer, then news director for KTLO, in tribute to Baxter Theater in December 1978.) For me and a number of other people, a little...

A facelift for Gamma House

It's been nearly elbow-room only at Gamma House the past few days as volunteers remodel bathrooms, replace carpet and repaint bedrooms.

A changed life

Jessica Osborne arrived at Gamma House six months ago. She was sober, and ready to rebuild her life. Osborne started abusing alcohol and drugs when she was 14. She described...

Norfork seniors graduate

NORFORK—A group of 34 Norfork High School seniors were the first to have their graduation in the newly renamed Bobby D. Hulse Gymnasium Friday night.

Cotter mayor, ex-fire chief at odds

Mayor Peggy Hammack doused claims Friday that the city's fire department lacks manpower to offer adequate fire protection to this city.

Authorities: Kidnapped girls didn't eat for days

Hope was fading that two young sisters abducted from their Tennessee home would be found alive two weeks after they vanished: Their kidnapper had already killed their mother and...

Fort Smith shelter to reintegrate homeless vets

About 200 people gathered in downtown Fort Smith on for the dedication ceremony of a new home that will focus on providing supportive housing for homeless veterans. The Buddy...

ConAgra Foods announces layoffs

BATESVILLE (AP) A ConAgra Foods Inc. plant in Batesville is to lay off between 230 and 250 workers in July when it moves frozen dinner preparation to Missouri, the company said...

Local Briefs

The Baxter County Circuit Court jury does not need to report Monday as scheduled because the case has been canceled, according to Shelly Cranor of Baxter County Circuit...

Wake up! It's Friday!

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UPDATE 3:55 p.m.: One injured in accident

One person was transported to Baxter Regional Medical Center following a mid-afternoon, one-vehicle accident on the Sheid-Hopper Bypass near Glenbriar Drive.

Wake up! It's Thursday!

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Wake up! It's Wednesday!

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Springfield, Mo., mayor abruptly resigns

Springfield's mayor has stepped down, saying business and family pressures prevented him from "fulfilling the job as it should be fulfilled." Jim O'Neal, a...

BRMC launches Arkansas Center on Aging

Fairlamb Senior Health Clinic in Mountain Home, which was dedicated Tuesday on the grounds of the Baxter Regional Medical Center, exists just for the medical care of older...

Pinkston students shadow officials

Mountain Home City Attorney Roger Morgan and Baxter County District Court Judge Van Gearhart were figuratively out of a job Tuesday as Pinkston Middle School sixth-graders Hunter...

Candidate pledges help for hatchery funding

Scott Ellington brought his political platform to Mountain Home on Tuesday and Jim Gaston nailed a very important plank in it.

FTC seeking $52.6M for alleged bogus phone charges

Federal regulators are seeking $52.6 million from a billing company that they accuse of adding unauthorized charges to consumers' phone bills.

Don't tell Paul's supporters the primary is over

Don't tell Ron Paul the Republican primary is over. He's too busy mucking up Mitt Romney's efforts to accumulate enough convention delegates to officially claim the...

Flippin man arrested for sexual assault

A call about a fight in Flippin Saturday night led to the arrest of a 31-year-old Flippin man on a sexual assault charge, according to Flippin Police Chief Dusty Smith.

Local Briefs

Gassville Mayor Jeff Braim announced the Joint Sewer Commission's Thursday meeting has been rescheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Cotter City Hall. The meeting is open to the...

State Briefs

Authorities say a 19-year-old Arkansas Baptist College student who was found dead in his dormitory room may have died of natural causes. Roommates discovered Milton Stewart about...

Wake up! It's Tuesday!

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Cotter school counselor arrested

Beth Ann Cone, a counselor at Amanda Gist Elementary School, was arrested Monday on a felony charge of theft by receiving, according to a press release from Baxter County Sheriff...

Jim Miller's Savvy Senior: New ways to cash in on your life insurance policy

Dear Savvy Senior: What can you tell me about life settlements? I have a life insurance policy that I really don't need any longer and I've heard that selling it can...

Wake up! It's Monday!

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Early voting begins for Arkansas primaries

Arkansans can cast their votes early starting today ahead of a May 22 primary that's been focused more on regional matchups than national or state contests.

Ex-teacher settles lawsuit

A former Texarkana, Ark., school teacher has agreed to settle her lawsuit against the school district for $750,000.

A Look Back: Progress inspired development

This story was researched and written by Martha White Lee. Completion of the Norfork Dam in 1944 and construction of Bull Shoals Dam, beginning in June 1947 and completed in July...

Groups partner to benefit museum

The Calico Bluffs Questers and the Izard County Historical & Genaeological Society recently partnered to benefit the Calico Rock Museum's "Homestead in the Coal...

Fed judges hear lawsuit on state Senate lines

The party-line split among Arkansas' top elected officials will take center stage this week as a panel of three federal judges considers whether the state diluted the black...

Local Briefs

A 30-year-old Midway woman was injured and three others escaped injury when her 1996 Ford Explorer struck a telephone pole Saturday afternoon. Beth Ann Dunaway was taken to Baxter...

Brushes fly as trout festival continues

It's a full day of fun on tap today as the 11th annual Great Cotter Trout Festival continues with everything from breakfast to a parade to an art show, and it all wraps up...