Izard County 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.

A long-standing, colorful and intermittently accurate image as a raucous backwater populated by hillbillies, rednecks, ignoramuses, family feuders, no-accounts and yard dogs is the reason we often find ourselves defending the delights of our homeland against the derision of others.

The Izard County Lady Cougars embarked on a 20-9 fourth quarter to put away the Flippin Lady Bobcats 58-43 on Homecoming Friday night at Brockwell.

With so much rain falling or having fell. Familiar roads and bridges may become hazardous.

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.

The Izard County Junior Cougars outscored the Flippin Junior Bobcats 12-6 in the fourth quarter to pull away and win their season opener, 37-27, Monday night at Bobcat Country.

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For the third year, Manna House Food Pantry will be buying raw walnuts from local farmers, property owners and organizations.

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 mortgage crisis isn't just affecting people. Fifteen cats in Heber Springs are homeless because their owner's house was foreclosed on.

The body of a former Norfork man was found Sept. 18 after being involved in an apparent motorcycle crash a few days earlier.

Solitary woodworker Owen Rein urges dirt-road-shocked visitors to come on up to the porch of his home, which lies deep in a forest of thrift, planning and foresight - and also off Arkansas 58 near Guion.

Its Friday! Here are some of the stories you'll see tonight on Region 8 News: Police in Izard County are receiving calls about a suspicious van in the area.

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.

Izard County residents are being warned to keep a closer eye on their children. Izard County officials were notified Monday of a white van that had approached a young girl on Morrison Street.

The Fulton County Quorum Court was faced with limited options as the financial soundness of the county was discussed during the September meeting of the court.

NORFORK - A Norfork volunteer firefighter was overcome by heat Thursday as the she and other members of the Norfork Fire Department fought a blaze that destroyed the residence of Carol Nagy at 19 Wild Fern Lane.

Rachel Harmon, of Izard County High School, finished second in the United States Junior Golf Tour Tournament played at Coopers Hawk Golf Course in Melbourne last weekend.

A locked gate and control over a trail is believed to have spurred on a dispute between land owners that ignited last week and ended with the murder of Joseph Clifton, 32, of Viola.

MELBOURNE - Izard County authorities have arrested a man on a charge of intending to manufacture methamphetamine and two others for allegedly possessing drugs.