Batesville News

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Friday 03 Jul Arkansas Travelers Lose 9-4 to Midland RockHounds - Texas League Friday, July 3, 2009 at 09:51AM NORTH LITTLE ROCK The Arkansas Travelers entered the ninth inning with the Midland RockHounds with the score knotted 4-4, but the final score looked more like the Travs had been blown out.

District winners of the 63rd annual Arkansas Farm Family of the Year program have been selected.

A 3.6-acre auto property in Sherwood tipped the scales at $3.1 million. Crain Investments Ltd., led by Larry Crain Sr., bought the former home of Northland Hyundai at 5660 Warden Road.

Nearly a month ago, out of the blue, he announced he was stepping down and retiring as head of the state department of education.

George graduated from Batesville High School. She is the daughter of Ann Heathwaite.

Brett Hensley, a seventh-grader at Pinkston Middle School in Mountain Home, recently attended the Lyon College basketball camp in Batesville.

The Caraway council met twice last week as they worked through Police Department promotions, demotions and restorations.

A note from the Batesville Human Society: We have a great Humane Society animal shelter up here in Batesville, but are hoping to get your help to find homes for 4 special dogs who have been residents here since 2006.

Vilonia pageant winners to represent city By LINDA HICKS A Saturday pageant held in Vilonia concluded with a slate of royalty.

The second of two men who escaped from the Sharp County jail Tuesday night is back behind bars after police nabbed him at a Batesville home Wednesday evening, authorities said.

On the day that President Obama held his first summit with Saudi Arabian King Abdullah in Riyadh, the 9/11 Families United to Bankrupt Terrorism charged that recent actions by his administration would enable five of the king's closest relatives to escape accountability for their role in financing and materially supporting the September 11, 2001, ...

A new tradition has been initiated at Batesville High School that recognizes a group of professionals who impact young minds.

Conversion of an industrial plant to allow a workforce expansion of hundreds of jobs will be paid for in part with a $1.8 million federal grant awarded to the city, according to members of the Arkansas congressional delegation.

Vice-Chairman Dianne Lamberth and Joe White joined Liz Massey for her "THV Working For You" segment Thursday.

Ozark Foothills FilmFest is currently accepting submissions for the 9th annual festival, set for March 24-28, 2010 in Batesville, Arkansas.A The festival is non-competitive.A Entries are accepted in three categories: OFFICIAL SELECTION.A Narrative or documentary films forty minutes or longer in length.A Six to eight Official Selections are screened ...

Sheriff's deputies said a man used horse tranquilizers to try to drift off into sleep at a Batesville motel.

NEW ZEALAND COUPLE ON LAM AFTER BANK MISTAKE WELLINGTON, New Zealand - What would you do if you found out your bank mistakenly put more than $6 million into your account? The answer one New Zealand couple came up with has made them the object of a police search.

BATESVILLE, Ark. - Sheriff's deputies said a man used horse tranquilizers to try to drift off into sleep at a Batesville motel.

The Arkansas Recovery Office, in conjunction with the Arkansas Planning and Development Districts, will host the first of several Recovery Town Hall Meetings on Thursday in Batesville and Jonesboro.