Sherwood eyes sales tax

New levy would pay for street and capital projects and fund general operations.

After more than an hour of discussion last week, the Sherwood Council decided to proceed with asking residents to vote for two taxes. One tax, a 3/4th of one cent, would finance more than $20 million in bonds for major street and capital projects. The tax would end or sunset when the bonds are paid off. The second tax would […]

2017-12-06

Moore Heat and Air

Moore’s Jacksonville Funeral Home

Russell Honda

Boyd Funeral Home

New coach can’t neglect Texas


FAYETTEVILLE – Chad Morris, Arkansas’ next head coach, can learn a valuable lesson from Bret Bielema’s tenure on the Hill. Not making Texas a priority in recruiting most certainly leads to failure. Bielema didn’t totally abandon the Lone Star State during his time in Fayetteville, but he definitely failed to establish the type of presence required for any Arkansas head […]

Badgers invert at Pottsville

Beebe boys and girls get opposite results against same two teams.

The Beebe Badgers and Lady Badgers each went 1-1 at the Pottsville Classic on Friday and Saturday. The Beebe boys beat Farmington 40-36 in overtime Friday before falling 44-31 to Alma on Saturday. The Lady Badgers lost 65-62 to Farmington and then beat Alma 52-43. In the boys’ win, the Badgers controlled the pace throughout and held a 29-21 lead […]

Shorthanded Lighthouse starts to find self at Cabot

Lady Jackrabbits hang on against Maumelle after an easy game at Lisa Academy.

The Jacksonville Light-house Charter boys endured a tough 0-3 outing at the Barry Pruitt Classic in Jonesboro over the weekend, and then lost a hard-fought game against Catholic High Monday in the Cabot Pre-Holiday Classic. By Monday’s game, a 47-39 loss to the Rockets, The Wolves were down to one starter from the original starting five from the beginning of […]

Lonoke ladies scratch out win

Lady Jackrabbits hang on against Maumelle after an easy game at Lisa Academy.

The Lonoke ladies won their sixth game in seven outings on Monday, but it wasn’t as easy as the previous two. The Lady Jackrabbits appeared on the verge of running away from Maumelle on a couple of occasions, but the Lady Hornets made it exciting at the end before succumbing to a 50-46 defeat in the first round of the […]