The 2009 Farmington Cardinal Football Kickoff has been rescheduled to take place at 6 p.m. Thursday. The gates will open at 5 p.m. Admission will be $2 for adults and $1 for students (K-12). This event is a major fundraiser for the junior and senior high Spirit Squads.
There will be introductions and performances by all [...]

Enterprise-Leader
PRAIRIE GROVE — Calling all musicians: The 58th annual Clothesline Fair is looking for performers to entertain at the popular festival.
The music is sponsored by Prairie Grove Lions Club, and the event is held Labor Day weekend at the Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park.
Music will be performed at the bandstand. Anyone can perform on more [...]

The first Wolves’ home game will be Thursday when the junior high Wolf Pack takes the field at 5:30 p.m. The Wolves will be hosting the Berryville Bobcats and the Gravette Lions. The senior high Wolves’ game will start at 7 p.m.

Departing School Board Members Rick Reed, left, and Charles Moore were honored Monday night at the Prairie Grove School Board meeting.

By Ron Wood
THE MORNING NEWS
FAYETTEVILLE — A Washington County man threw himself on the mercy of a jury Aug. 18 after pleading guilty to stealing emergency generators and other equipment.
Kenny Allen Napier, 43, contended he was under pressure because his son had been diagnosed with leukemia in July 2008 and Napier had been forced to [...]

This-in-That
By R.D. Manning
During his campaign, then-Senator Barack Obama promised a great many things that would happen if he were elected to the presidency. One of those changes revolved around the issue of making governmental affairs more transparent. Now that he is our Commander-in-Chief, I am going to suggest one small consideration for that transparency, and [...]

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A View From Antioch Mountain
By Lillian McConnell
When Jim and I were first married, I came across a box labeled in Grace, Jim’s mother’s, handwriting, “pieces of a quilt I started but never finished.” It seemed to me that I was the one who was meant to find it. There were no fewer than 66 quilt [...]

Charlie White, left, of West Fork, and Trevor Talley of Winslow ride the Yoyo Tuesday Aug. 19, 2008 at the Washington County Fair in Fayetteville. The fair opened Tuesday at 10 a.m. and closes Saturday at midnight. Midnight madness is Friday night midnight to 3 a.m.

LINCOLN — Using almost $75,000 in grant money, the Lincoln School District will emphasize good health this year with a special focus on helping its students, staff and even the community to quit smoking or not start in the first place.