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Ray Grisham caught this smallmouth bass, which weighed about 3 pounds, while fishing with Wyatt in the Spring Creek area of the lake.
Wyatt Grisham and his dad, Ray Grisham, enjoyed some fishing success last week on Bull Shoals Lake.
Actor John Maxwell
John Maxwell’s one-man play on the life of the Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner will be presented at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 13, at the Vada Sheid Community Development Center on the Arkansas State University-Mountain Home campus. The performance, presented by ASUMH’s Performing Arts...
The Missouri Department of Transportation is asking the public to report potholes so MoDOT maintenance crews can assess the damage and complete the needed repairs. Throughout March, maintenance crews will be repairing potholes, according to a MoDOT news release.State maintenance engineer Becky...
Pontiac resident Marv Looney, fifth from right, chancellor of the Missouri State University-West Plains campus from 1990 to 1998, was designated an “emeritus member” of the Grizzly Booster Club Board of Directors during halftime of the Feb. 14 Grizzly Basketball home game at the West Plains Civic...
Photo courtesy Miami County Republic
Shelby Dawson, center, recently signed a national letter of intent to play soccer at Allen Community College in Iola, Kansas. Shelby, currently a senior at Spring Hill (Kansas) High School, is pictured here with her parents, Janette and Tyler Dawson. She is the granddaughter of John and Judy...
Gainesville High School senior Aspyn Britt signed a letter of intent Friday, Feb. 23, to run cross country at College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout. Aspyn is pictured with her parents, Penny and Gene Britt (seated), her high school running coach Gary Emrick (standing, back left) and C of O cross...
This year’s Gainesville High School seniors vs. alumni basketball game is set for Friday, March 9. A pulled pork dinner will be served at 5 p.m. Donations will be accepted. The girls game starts at 6 p.m., and the boys game will follow.All alumni are invited. For more information, call Penny Britt...
Gainesville Elementary School offers a preschool program to help children prepare socially and academically for their kindergarten year. Preschool teachers work with kindergarten teachers to ensure srtudents are adequately prepared for the best educational experience possible.The school is...
Dora R-III School District will conduct kindergarten screenings Friday, March 23. Children are eligible for kindergarten if they will be 5 years old before Aug. 1, 2018. Beginning March 1, parents of eligible children may pick up a packet that includes all forms needed for kindergarten enrollment....
Tali Rose of Gainesville was named “Miss Southwest” Friday night during Southwest Baptist University’s Mr. and Miss Southwest pageant, an annual tradition that honors one male and one female student who represent the SBU Bearcat family for the coming year. Eight candidates, nominated from the...