Norfork News

LITTLE ROCK --- To commemorate Veterans Day the Little Rock District of the Army Corps of Engineers will join Corps districts nationwide and waive day use fees at its recreation areas Nov.

The Little Rock District of the Army Corps of Engineers will start enforcing the Commercial Zone Policy at district marinas.

Award-winning works from the Young Artists Competition and Exhibition will be on display at the Baxter County Library through Nov.

The following county roads have been closed due to the high water level from the rain: CR 806 CR 48 the West End by creek side CR 227 'Please do not attempt to drive through the barricades as the water level is much higher than it looks,' said Bob Nault, superintendent of the Baxter County Road and Bridge Department.

Three county roads have been closed due to high water levels from the rain. The roads are CR 806 in the Gamaliel area, CR 48 (west end by the creek side in the Henderson area and CR 227 in the Moccasin Creek, Norfork area.

The Flippin Bobcats held the Alpena Leopards to 19 points over the first three quarters and romped to a 55-33 victory Friday night at Bobcat Country in Flippin.

The Viola Longhorns improved to 2-0 on the season Friday with a 52-42 victory over the Cotter Warriors at the Twin Rivers Classic in Norfork.

The overall absentee rate at Mountain Home schools rose to 15.5 percent Tuesday, up dramatically since Thursday when it was normal at 5 percent.

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.

NORFORK - Superintendent Mike Seay told the Norfork School Board on Monday night that the district's two construction projects are "all but complete." "We're waiting for a little bit of furniture," he said - a big oak circulation desk and computer desks for the media center.

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The Mountain Home School Board Thursday approved an offer from Mountain Home Mayor David Osmon to install a sidewalk from the corner of Pinetree Lane and Rodeo Drive to the Junior High complex at the city's expense.

The Norfork Panthers trailed for three quarters before pulling out a 54-47 win over the Westside Greers Ferry Eagles in roundball action Friday night at Greers Ferry.

Two confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu have been reported in Mountain Home schools, according to Superintendent Charles Scriber - one in the kindergarten and one at Nelson-Wilks-Herron. There are no other confirmed cases in Twin Lakes Area schools, including Cotter, Flippin, Norfork and Yell-ville-Summit, but according to Ed Barham of the Arkansas ...

Authorities say a 71-year-old Mountain Home man who'd been missing since Saturday has been found dead in a deer stand in woods near Lake Norfork.

A Norfork man was injured Monday in a crash after overturning and hitting a gas meter.

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

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Several inches of rain fell in the Twin Lakes Area Thursday night, causing flooded roads in southern Missouri.

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