TOP STORY >> District hopefuls give credentials in school voting

By SARAH CAMPBELL Leader staff writer Richard Moss and Marcia Dornblaser are facing off in the race for the Zone 1 seat on the first elected Jacksonville-North Pulaski School Board. One of them will be chosen Tuesday, Sept. 15. Early voting is Tuesday, Sept. 8-Monday, Sept. 14. Polls will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 8-11 at […]

TOP STORY >> City patriarch T.P. White dies

T.P. White (seated) was honored for his long service with his own street sign at a recent ceremony at Jacksonville City Hall. With him are Mayor Gary Fletcher (left) and Public Works Director Jimmy Oakley.  By GARRICK FELDMAN Leader executive editor T.P. White, 94, who moved to Jacksonville after he helped demobilize Camp Robinson at the end of the Second […]

SPORTS >> Lady Bears open with nice victory

By RAY BENTON Leader sports editor Sylvan Hills got the volleyball season off to a good start Tuesday with a 3-1 win on the road at Maumelle. The Lady Bears suffered a couple of lapses in intensity during the game, the first coming at the very beginning when Maumelle jumped out to a quick and sizeable lead. “The nice thing […]

SPORTS >> Flags stop offense in Red Devils’ scrimmage

By RAY BENTON Leader sports editor The Jacksonville football team made several good plays in its preseason scrimmage game against Mena on Monday, but also made several mistakes that will have to be corrected in order to have a successful season. The key statistic of the game was numerous penalties that totaled almost 200 yards against the Red Devils. The […]

SPORTS >> Youthful Lady Rabs stumble out of gate

By GRAHAM POWELL Leader sportswriter The first week of volleyball play was a rough one for the Lonoke Lady Jackrabbits, as they went 0-3 in conference action, losing to Arkansas Baptist and Clinton before dropping a 3-0 match at Central Arkansas Christian on Thursday. Scores in Thursday’s match were 25-9, 25-21 and 25-17. Lonoke played at Arkansas Baptist on Monday […]

SPORTS >> Beebe overcomes bad start

By RAY BENTON Leader sports editor What started out as a nightmare turned into a pretty good performance in the Beebe football team’s benefit scrimmage game Tuesday at Harding Academy. The preseason practice game was a microcosm of the whole 2014 season for the Badgers, disastrous early due mostly to turnovers, before turning things around and dominating later on. The […]