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Rain, freezing rain and sleet fall in area
Though temperatures hovered around the freezing mark in western Benton County and rain and sleet – sometimes heavy – fell during the night and in the early morning hours Thursday, paved roads and...
View ArticleBuster the School Bus visits area schools
Buster the School Bus visited area schools to teach children about safely boarding and riding a school bus. Click here to view the embedded video. Click here to view the embedded video. For more on the...
View ArticleEarly morning snowfall closes schools
Schools in Decatur, Gentry and Gravette announced closings today after morning snows began to accumulate on roads and highways, causing slippery driving conditions. The early morning temperature...
View ArticleVolunteers needed for Gentry riparian project
The sixth annual tree planting riparian project is planned in Gentry from 10 a.m. until 12 noon on Saturday, March 9. One thousand tree seedlings will be planted in 5-gallon containers to grow for six...
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Girls head off to state competition
Gentry cheerleaders and the varsity girls’ basketball team prepare to head off to Cave City for state competition on Friday. Photo courtesy of Patrick Lanford After a pep rally this morning, the...
View ArticleApparent homicide being investigated in Gentry
Benton County Sheriff’s Office criminal investigation unit is working an apparent homicide case along Arkansas Highway 12 at the east edge of Gentry. Details of the case have not yet been released,...
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Teen leaders serve as pages at capitol
4-H teen leaders went to the state capitol and served as pages on the floor of the state legislature. For the full story, see tomorrow’s Eagle Observer. Ashton Yarbrough served as a page during a...
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Our Town Beautification Team at work in Sulphur Springs
Vincent Welty holds up sign from yesteryear school days at Sulphur Springs. He found it back of the old school along Duff Avenue during Our Town Beautification Team day. By Larry Burge SULPHUR...
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Is it Henbit or Deadnettle? Or could it be both?
What are those purple flowers which blanket fields and lawns in the spring? Is it henbit or deadnettle? Actually, it could be both since they often grow side by side and are hard to differentiate...
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Tornado warning, heavy rains hit area
Water streamed behind the Apple Crest Bed and Breakfast Thursday morning and flowed over a portion of Dawnhill East Road after heavy rains in the early hours of the morning. GENTRY – Balmy weather...
View ArticleGentry High School calls for brief lock-down
In an email communication, Gentry Public Schools superintendent Randy Barrett explained the brief lock-down at Gentry High School today: “The brief lock-down at the high school today resulted from a...
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Tired Iron of the Ozarks held spring show
Donald Mayes is pictured at work in the blacksmith shop at the Tired Iron of the Ozarks showgrounds near Gentry a few years ago. Members honored his years of service to the club at this year’s spring...
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This week’s issue of the Eagle Observer is out
A kangaroo, with joey in her pouch, rests in a walk-through portion of the Wild Wilderness Safari in Gentry last week. This week’s issue of the Eagle Observer is in mailboxes and in news racks today....
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