Calico Rock News

CALICO ROCK - The Izard County Historical and Genealogical Society meeting is set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Lunenburg Community Center, 9 miles southwest of Melbourne.

The Calico Rock Lady Pirates used a trio of double-digit scorers to pave the way to a 63-48 win over Melbourne Lady Bearkatz Tuesday night at Harold Ray Jeffery Gymnasium in Calico Rock.

District court for the city of Mountain Home was held Oct. 20 and 22, 2009, before Judge Van Gearhart.

CALICO ROCK - Calico Rock High School recently participated in livestock showmanship at North Central Arkansas District Fair in Melbourne.

Two people have been arrested in connection with stealing pressurized air from a Calico Rock hardware store, according to an Izard County Sheriff's Office news release.

Travis L. Cagle drew 10 years in prison Thursday when he pleaded guilty in Baxter County Circuit Court to two charges of breaking or entering, two thefts and an attempted theft.

Travis L. Cagle, 30, of Calico Rock has been brought from Independence County to Baxter County Detention Center on outstanding warrants of arrest for breaking or entering and felony theft of property.

A Violet Hill man, Christopher Stone, 33, and a passenger, Luetta Benidict, in the 1994 Ford Explorer he was driving at 2:32 p.m. Monday were injured and taken to Calico Rock Medical Center.

Evergreen Processing LLC of Shreveport, La., has been given a stormwater construction permit to commence initial development for a proposed mining site for franc sand, a high-grade silica used in natural gas drilling, on property about six miles east of Calico Rock.

Joshua Bridges looks at a shoe he is preparing for the horse in the background Wednesday during a workshop at the Arkansas Department of Correctiona s Cummins Unit.

A two-vehicle crash in the Norfork area caused a truck carrying restaurant grease to catch fire Monday, authorities said.

CALICO ROCK - Returning to the Calico Rock Music Hall on Saturday evening is the popular group Celtic Breeze.

A meeting to discuss concerns over a proposed sand mining operation in Izard County is scheduled 6 p.m. tonight at the music hall at the corner of State Highways 5 and 56.

The Izard County Lady Cougar golf team claimed the Class 2A Region 2 Golf Championship with a team score of 278 on Friday at Coopers Hawk Golf Course in Melbourne.

Billy Ray Cox was born in Mtn. Home, AR, August 7, 1950 to the late Vernon E and Hazel Parnell Cox.

From Patt Scully, Mountain Home: My hat goes off to Fredericka Johns of Calico Rock for her comment on health care in Britain and, of course, to B.J. Brown.

District court for Baxter County was held Sept. 1-3, 2009, before Judge Van Gearhart.

District court for Baxter County was Aug. 25-27, 2009, before Judge Van Gearhart.

The Calico Rock Chamber of Commerce is planning its fourth annual 5K race, in conjunction with the Calico Creek Autumnfest, Oct.

District court for the city of Mountain Home was held Aug. 25, 2009, before Judge Van Gearhart.