Viola News

The flu has struck schools around the nation hard this flu season, especially with the influx of the H1N1 virus.

Larry G. Mickey, 68, of Viola, Arkansas, son of Pearl Mickey and the late Orville Woodrow Mickey, was born on January 4, 1941, in Bernie, Missouri.

Gene Earl Rogers, age 77 passed away Friday, September 18, 2009. He was born September 18, 1932 in Amarillo, Texas to Howard and Louise Rogers.

A benefit account at Bank of Salem has been established for the family of Joseph Clifton, who was killed Sept.

Police say a Viola man was fatally shot in the cab of his truck at close range while his 2-year-old son sat strapped in a safety seat.

Fulton County authorities have arrested a man on a charge of first-degree murder.

SALEM - A Viola man faces five charges after a one-vehicle accident at 4:50 a.m. Saturday on U.S. Highway 62, about four miles west of Salem.

District Court for Baxter County was held June 11, 2009, before Judge Van Gearhart.

SALEM - North Arkansas Electric Cooperative announced a planned power outage tonight at midnight until approximately 12:45 a.m. Tuesday at the Henderson and Viola substations.