News
Custom-designed home fulfills owner’s dreams
Posted: November 11, 2009 6 a.m.“You don’t want a corner fireplace, you don’t want all those porches, you don’t want to use knotty alder for your cabinets — use oak,” Brenda Henson said everyone told her when building on her 2,000-square-foot home began in 2006. “I couldn’t make a decision on what I wanted as far as paint and tile color, but I knew what else I wanted.”
Surplus money benefits school
Posted: November 11, 2009 6 a.m.Bonus checks are in the near future for employees, both certified and classified, of the Pea Ridge School District, thanks to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
PEA RIDGE OBITUARIES
Posted: November 11, 2009 6 a.m.James Wilbur Collins James Wilbur Collins, 74, of Rogers, Ark., died Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, at Mercy Medical Center in Rogers.
PEA RIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT
Posted: November 11, 2009 6 a.m.Incidents reported this week to the Pea Ridge Police Department include: Four warrants served: 11/2 Johnny Nichols Jr., 39, Rogers, failure to appear; 11/3 Noe Juarez-Carranza, 19, of Rogers, contempt failure to pay fines and costs; 11/4 Sharla Billips, 39, Fayetteville, contempt failure to pay fines and costs; and 11/5 Jason Fields, 39, Gateway, failure to appear.
Now & Then English in America varies with local pronunciations
Posted: November 11, 2009 6 a.m.One of the things I discovered when I started to school years ago was that the English we were learning in school was different from the English we spoke.
PEA RIDGE COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Posted: November 11, 2009 6 a.m.Thursday, Nov. 12 5:30 p.m. — TOPS meeting weighin ; 6 p.m. meeting, Autumn Place Village. For information, call Michaela Hewsley at 790-2276.
Reading material being collected for military personnel
Posted: November 11, 2009 6 a.m.Troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan will soon have more to read thanks to one local woman and the people at Lowe’s Home Improvement.
BENTON COUNTY AREA EVENTS
Posted: November 11, 2009 6 a.m.Cassville holds dance CASSVILLE, Mo. — The Cassville Senior Citizens monthly dance will begin at 7 p.m. until 10 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5.
Pea Ridge School Zone
Posted: November 11, 2009 6 a.m.My name is Breanne Turner. I am the cafeteria manager at the Intermediate School.
BENTON COUNTY MILITARY NEWS
Posted: November 11, 2009 6 a.m.Pvt. Taylor graduates Army Reserve Pvt. Corby A. Taylor has graduated from One Station Unit Training (OSUT) at Fort Leonard Wood, Waynesville, Mo.
Pea Ridge School News
Posted: November 11, 2009 6 a.m.Primary School dedication The Pea Ridge Primary School dedication and VFW flag ceremony will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, at the Primary School campus in Pea Ridge.
FALLS FLEAS MARKET
Posted: November 11, 2009 6 a.m.The first ever “Falls Fleas” Market will be held from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21.
Department heads talk money
Posted: November 4, 2009 2:48 p.m.“It’s usually us that have to twist these guys’ arms to even take an increase in pay,” Bob Cottingham, councilman, said, regarding Pea Ridge Fire Department Chief Frank Rizzio’s request for new equipment.
Dangerous road leads to fatalities
Posted: November 4, 2009 2:48 p.m.Paramedics respectfully pulled the white sheet over Shala Allcorn, 20, of Pea Ridge at 11:54 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1.
What was old made new again
Posted: November 4, 2009 2:47 p.m.On Friday mornings, there may be anywhere from 12 to 30 people in Sherrie Woodward’s kitchen. She loves to cook and makes breakfast for the Pea Ridge High School football players and cheerleaders weekly. She has carried on that tradition for six years now.