Stories from Monday, March 5, 2012

Fourth and fifth graders (bottom to top) Gage Lowe, Noah McDaniel, Nate Griffin, Devin Helfrich, Miguel Preciado, Seth Jimenez, Eveline Marquez, Sheyenne Yates, Adrian Garrido

The University of Central Arkansas announced the Dean's List and Presidential Scholars List for the fall semester. Students must achieve a 4.0 grade point average with a minimum course load of 12 credit hours to receive the recognition of Presidential Scholar...

Laura Winters of Holiday Island has been accepted for admission to Lyon College and has been awarded an Honors Day scholarship. Each year, Lyon College awards scholarships to outstanding applicants who show special promise as productive members of the college community...

Dalton Snow, a junior at Berryville High School, was selected through a highly competitive audition to the Arkansas All-State Concert Band. This places him as among one of the best student musicians in the entire state of Arkansas -- with more than 1,500 students auditioning for various places in the three All-State Bands...

Redistricting forcing re-election

GREEN FOREST -- The Green Forest Fire Department responded to a fully involved structure fire at 109 Peachtree Street in Green Forest. The fire began at approximately 2:40 p.m. on Thursday, March 1. "The fire started behind the shop building," said Green Forest Fire Chief Tim Howard. "The cause is undetermined at this time."...