No one really knows how friends Bonnie Cartwright and Merle Richardson got acquainted, but for them it’s enough to just say “we’ve known each other forever.” When one is age 95 and the other just three months younger, that’s a long time. more

Renea Turner Luster addressed the Mountain View City Council last Tuesday night, presenting plans to renovate and reopen Marie’s Dairy Creme on East Main Street, asking the council to create an ordinance to allow food trucks within the city. more

The way a story about misspending of public funds came to light last week gave the appearance the story had been “hidden” for the past year, when in fact it was under … more

Larry Sutton will give up his seat on the school bus this fall for the first time in more than four decades. Riding the bus until he graduated high school in 1975 and then driving the same route … more

The swimming pool at the Stone County Recreation Complex is set to open June 11, Mayor Roger Gardner told the council last Tuesday night. more

The Arkansas Craft School was awarded more than $140,000 in funding from the Windgate Foundation to purchase and renovate the property formerly known as Heritage Springs Blacksmith Shop on Highway 87 in Mountain View. more

It was over the moment our eyes met. You were chewing on a plastic water bottle cap, fuzzy as could be, and all alone in that cage. Dana and Sophie didn’t know it yet, but you were going home with … more

Keith Branscum of Fifty Six has been involved in farming virtually all his life, having started helping feed his family’s cattle, hogs and chickens at age 6. more

Mountain View School District’s request for a 7-mill property tax increase was defeated in last week’s countywide vote, 927-826. more

Mountain View School Board hired an outside company to provide janitorial service on a limited basis, but they made it clear no current school district employees will lose their jobs or be transferred to the new company. more

Check out the music library on my phone and you’ll find everything from Hank Williams, to Kenny G, to Quiet Riot, to Demi Lovato, and the Mississippi Mass Choir. But country is my music genre of choice, probably because of all those years I spent riding around with a beer-drinking, cigarette-smoking dad who tuned in to stations that played Charlie Pride and Waylon Jennings and Glen Campbell and Loretta Lynn as we drove aimlessly through the Delta countryside. more

May is National Barbecue Month. Or, as I like to call it, Holy Month. On a recent conference call with writers across the country, I explained how you can take the topic of barbecue and teach … more

The sidewalk project is progressing from east to west along the south side of Main Street on the courtsquare in Mountain View. Above, a section  including the accessible ramp off the crosswalk … more

A competitor approaches the finish line during Special Olympics events hosted by Mountain View School District May 12.  A photo page from the track and field events is featured in the May 19 … more

The third Mountain View Iris Festival took place Friday and Saturday with sunny conditions for the variety of events taking place, including an appearance by members of the Carousel Organ Association. more