The Nashville Leader

EAR CACTUS. It happens to the guilty and the innocent alike. I can feel these stiff silver bristles poking out of my ears, but my barber can’t see them. I can’t see them either because my eyes and my ears are on different sides of my head. My barber swears to me that he’d trim [...]

By John R. Schirmer Leader staff Howard Memorial Hospital has been named the top Critical Access Hospital in Arkansas and is among the top 100 in the United States, according to iVantageHealth of Portland, Maine. HMH is the only Arkansas hospital to be named to the HealthStrong Top 100 compiled by iVantage. No hospitals in [...]

By John Balch Leader staff A company based in North Carolina is making plans to open an urgent care clinic next month in Murfreesboro and is also currently researching the possibilities for re-opening the former Pike County hospital, according to Penny Campbell, practicing manager for Kare Partners. Campbell said the clinic plans call for service [...]

By John R. Schirmer Leader staff The Nashville School Board Monday night approved the district’s calendar for 2013-14 on a 5-0 vote. The first day of class will be Monday, Aug. 19. School will dismiss for Labor Day Monday, Sept. 2. School will be out Nov. 25-29 for the Thanksgiving holidays. Semester tests will be [...]

The Nashville Junior Auxiliary will host “A Tour of Italy” luncheon on Friday, April 12 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the First Baptist Church Activity Building. Tickets are by donation only but there will be a $5 minimum.

By Jana Copeland Leader staff The Howard County Relay for Life 2013 Kick-Off Event will be held on Tuesday, April 2, at the Carter Day Center in Nashville from 4-8 p.m. Organizers encourage everyone to attend and have a fun evening. They will be signing up survivors, relay teams, sponsors and selling luminaries. There will [...]

Nashville Junior High School students will be taking state exams in upcoming weeks. Tuesday, April 2, the ninth graders will take the Iowa exam, which is a one-day test. April 8-12, students in grades 7 and 8 will take the Benchmark exam. April 16-17 will be the dates for the End of Course Geometry test. [...]

There will be a LifeShares Blood Services blood donor drive at Nashville High School on Wednesday, April 10. The drive will be at the school, 1301 Mt. Pleasant Dr., Nashville, and the public is invited to participate. The drive will be from 8:30-2:30. The goal for the visit is at least 65 units. All donors [...]

Former Scrapper Todd Cooley will be the speaker at the annual Scrapper Showdown Saturday, April 6, at 6:30 p.m. at the Nashville Elementary School cafetorium. The event is sponsored by the Scrapper Booster Club. Cooley was the Scrapper quarterback in 1993 when Nashville advanced to the state finals. He is now the head coach at [...]

The Nashville Scrappers took a 3-0 lead over Arkadelphia in the second inning, then watched that lead disappear as the Badgers put up nine runs in the fourth inning on their way to a 14-4 win. Nashville end the game with 4 runs, 4 hits and 3 errors. Arkadelphia put up 14 runs, 15 hits [...]

ARKADELPHIA – Scrapperette junior Kathleen Lance hit a home run and teammates added 20 other runs as Nashville overwhelmed Arkadelphia 21-0 Monday afternoon in the first District 7-4A game of the season. Lance had 2 hits in 2 times at bat and recorded 4 RBIs against the Lady Badgers. Nashville scored early and often, starting [...]

Jack Allen Crabtree, 6, of Alma, Ark., passed away on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 in a local hospital. He was a member of the Alma Cub Scout Troop #33, a member of the First Baptist Church in Alma and he loved fishing and hunting. He was born March 24, 2006 in Fort Smith, Ark. He [...]

Darlene Joy Seamans, 69 of Blevins, Ark., died Thursday, March 21, 2013 in Hot Springs. She was born July 14, 1943 in Prescott, the daughter of Audrey Zumwalt and the late Coy Zumwalt. Survivors include: her husband, Jimmy Allen Seamans; three sons, Wayne Seamans and wife, Tara, of Oklahoma City, Okla., Benji Seamans and wife, [...]

By Louie Graves Leader staff An audit by the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee, due to be released Wednesday, March 27, alleges numerous instances of misspent funds in the Mineral Springs Saratoga School District in 2012. In addition, former Superintendent Max Adcock has been notified by certified mail of findings of “questioned costs” involving family members, [...]

Three Pike County residents were arrested Saturday morning and are facing charges of making illegal liquor, or “moonshine,” according to Pike County Detective Clark Kinzler. Arrested were Gare Duggan, 27; Tami Ann Duggan, 32; and Clayton Plunkett, 34. All three have been charged with the manufacture, possession and transportation of alcohol while Gare Duggan is [...]

The Southeast Pike County Alliance is making big plans for one of the buildings on the Delight campus of the South Pike County School District. Last Tuesday, the non-profit organization, which has 45 members, was a granted a lease from the district for the Pickett Building for $1 per year for 99 years. According to [...]