CYCLONE RELAYS

Cabot’s Karis Martin brought home the Outstanding Performance Award from the Cyclone Relays on Saturday in Russellville. The Cabot boys’ and girls’ teams won the event. It was the second win of the season for the Lady Panthers and the fourth for the boys.

Lady Panthers track speedy in Russellville

Cabot girls’ runners outlast Conway to finish first place and Karis Martin received the Outstanding Performance Award. It was the team’s second win of the season.

Cabot and Conway distanced themselves from the pack in the girls’ division of the Cyclone Relays on Saturday in Russellville, and it was the Lady Panthers who came out on top by 25 points with a total of 158. Conway finished with 133. Vilonia took third with 99 points, Russellville had 93 and Jonesboro was a distant fourth with 55. […]

Rivals NLR, Sylvan Hills duke it out at slugfest

Wildcats prevail at Burns Park in 11-9 showdown that included two ties and three lead changes.

The North Little Rock and Sylvan Hills baseball teams played a back-and-forth game last Thursday that saw 20 total runs, two ties and three lead changes. In the end, it was the hosting Charging Wildcats that pulled out an 11-9 nonconference victory at Burns Park. The score was tied for the second time since 0-0 going into the bottom of […]

Cabot lose first conference game

Panthers beat by Conway, bounce back with wins against Jonesboro and LR Central.

The Cabot baseball team lost for the first time in conference play on Tuesday with an 8-3 defeat at home against Conway, but the Panthers bounced back with two wins later in the week. Cabot hammered Jonesboro 17-7 in a nonconference matchup on Thursday. In a return to 6A-Central league play, Cabot rolled over Little Rock Central 10-0. Collin Olivi […]

Badgers blast Titans, then pluck Mayflower

Beebe rocks Jacksonville in doubleheader, 10-2 and 13-0, and then mercy rule Mayflower in 5A Central action.

The Beebe baseball team had an easy time in three games last week. The Badgers swept Jacksonville in a 5A-Central home doubleheader by scores of 10-2 and 13-0 on Tuesday. They mercy-ruled Mayflower 12-2 on the road on Thursday. The Beebe batting lineup did not strike out one time in seven innings in the early game against the Titans, though […]

Police Reports

TRAFFIC DEATHS * Brent Palsa, 52, of Hazen (Prairie County) died on April 1 after being hit by a semi-truck on I-40 East at mile marker 172 in Lonoke County. Palsa was walking on the interstate lane at 4:38 a.m., when he was hit by a 2016 Volvo truck. The weather was clear and the road was dry. * Thomas […]

Obituary

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Carol Belote After a long battle with breast cancer, Carol Ann Dabbs Belote, 77, of Jacksonville passed away peacefully at home on April 4. She was born Aug. 23, 1944, in Little Rock to the late Stewart R. and Lillie Ruth (Caviness) Dabbs. After retiring from a career at the Jacksonville Municipal Court, Carol enjoyed spending time at home doing […]

Jacksonville’s next murals a collective effort

Public invited to submit their designs for eight projects on the wall at Sherwin-Williams store.

Grab a paintbrush and let your imagination be the inspiration for the Jacksonville Mini-Mural project. Eight small murals will be painted on the retaining wall of the Sherwin- Williams paint store parking lot, facing South James Street. The murals will be created by local groups and individual artists. Work is scheduled to begin later in the month. The project is […]

MEDAL o f VALOR

Cabot Fire Capt. Matt Yandell, left, was awarded the Medal of Valor by Fire Chief Chad Moore on Monday for saving a man’s life at a Dallas airport in December. Mayor Ken Kincade, right, looks on.

Fire captain saved man’s life

Matt Yandell performed CPR on unresponsive traveler at the Dallas airport last December.

Cabot Fire Captain Matt Yandell was awarded the Medal of Valor on Monday for saving a man’s life at a Dallas airport. Yandell was at Dallas Love Field airport at 7:58 a.m. on Dec. 18, returning home from vacation, when a man at a nearby gate was found unresponsive. Airport personnel were notified and emergency procedures began. Yandell heard the […]