Stories from Monday, February 22, 2016

Ota Lillian Stanphill, a resident of Berryville, Ark. was born Nov. 25, 1917, a daughter of James and Alice Hart Hobbs. She departed this life Feb. 21,2016 in Berryville at the age of 98 years. Ota was of the Baptist faith. She was a nurse who worked for several of the local doctors. She worked at the old Berryville hospital in the 50s...

It was a Roman custom for conquering generals to be treated with unimaginable respect. They returned from the front to find the entire capital turned out in a mega-celebration that must have resembled something like New Year's Eve in Times Square. Yet, a few Roman traditions bear witness to a practice that was meant to temper some of the pomp and circumstance. ...