A MOUNTAIN VIEW MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON MULTIPLE COUNTS RELATED TO CHILD PORNOGRAPHY... THE STONE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT BEGAN AN INVESTIGATION LAST MONTH AFTER RECEIVING A TIP THAT CHILD PORNOGRAPHY WAS BEING DOWNLOADED AT A RESIDENCE NEAR MOUNTAIN VIEW... SHERIFF BRANDON LONG SAYS A SEARCH WARRANT WAS EXECUTED AT A RESIDENCE ON HIGHWAY 9 SOUTH OF MOUNTAIN VIEW.. 49 YEAR OLD DAVID SCOTT SLAUSON WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH 32 COUNTS OF PANDERING OR POSSESSING VISUAL SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT INVOLVING A CHILD, A CLASS C FELONY... SHERIFF LONG SAYS AN INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING AND ADDTIONAL CHARGES MAY BE FILED… SLAUSON IS BEING HELD IN THE STONE COUNTY DETENTION CENTER WITHOUT BOND..
STATE REGIONAL VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENTS GET UNDERWAY TODAY… IZARD COUNTY IS HOSTING A 2A EAST REGIONAL AT THE COUGAR DEN.. MARSHALL PLAYS BARTON IN THE FIRST GAME AT 1, IZARD COUNTY AND MARIANNA LEE MEET AT 3, PIGGOTT AND CEDAR RIDGE AT 5, COTTER AND PALESTINE WHEATLEY PLAY THE FINAL GAME OF THE FIRST ROUND AT 7.. IZARD COUNTY VOLLEYBALL COACH BILLY MCBRIDE IS PROUD OF THE PROGRESS HIS GIRLS HAVE MADE DURING THE REGULAR SEASON.. SPEAKING OF COACHING VOLLEYBALL, THIS IS COACH MCBRIDE'S FIRST YEAR TO COACH THE SPORT... HE'S COACHED BASKETBALL AND BASEBALL AT ICC. THE AREA IS WELL REPRESENTED IN THE REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS TODAY.. AT THE 3A AT HOXIE, SALEM PLAYS MANILA AT 3, HOXIE PLAYS VALLEY SPRINGS AT 5... THE 4A REGIONAL IS AT BROOKLAND, POCAHONTAS PLAYS LONOKE AT 3, HIGHLAND TAKES ON WYNNE AT 5....THE FINAL FOUR TEAMS FROM EACH REGION WILL ADVANCE TO STATE VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT PLAY....
THE SHARP COUNTY RESOURCE AND CAREER FAIR IS TODAY AT OZARKA COLLEGE IN ASH FLAT... THE CAREER FAIR WAS ORGANIZED BY THE SHARP COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, OZARKA COLLEGE AND THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE... CASSIE WILSON IS THE PEER RECOVERY SPECIALIST FOR THE SHARP COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.. SHE TELL US THE JOB FAIR STARTED AS WAY OF OFFERING FORMER INMATES A SECOND CHANCE AT GETTING A JOB, BUT THE IDEA EXPANDED QUICKLY… OVER 25 BUSINESSES, REPRESNTING INDUSTRY, RETAILING, PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS AND SERVICE INDUSTRIES WILL BE SET UP TO VISIT YOU ABOUT OPEN POSITIONS AND CAREER PATHS.....HOMETOWN RADIO WILL BE AMONG THOSE EXHIBITORS THE JOB FAIR BEGINS AT 9 AND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 2 AT OZARKA COLLEGE IN ASH FLAT..
WITH THE HURRICANES IN THE SOUTHEAST AND THE LACK OF DONORS THIS SUMMER, THE RED CROSS IS IN NEED OF BLOOD DONORS.. SEVERAL BLOOD DONATIONS ARE SCHEDULED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MONTH, BEGINING TODAY... A BLOOD DRIVE WILL BE HELD TODAY 10 UNTIL 2 AT THE CHEROKEE VILLAGE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, ON THURSDAY AT THE MOKO CHURCH OF CHRIST FROM NOON UNTIL 5, FRIDAY 9:30 UNTIL 2:30 AT HIGLAND HIGH SCHOOL... TO SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT AT ANY OF THESE BLOOD DRIVES, PHONE THE RED CROSS AT 1-800-733-2767... THATS 1-800-733-2767.....
SHARP COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS HAVE ESTABLISHED TWO, ONE THOUSAND DOLLAR SCHOLARSHIPS, EACH FOR A 2025 GRADUATE OF CAVE CITY AND HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOLS OR HOME SCHOOLED STUDENT. APPLICATIONS FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP ARE DUE BY DECEMBER 2ND.. THE STUDENT MUST BE WILLING TO BE INTERVIEWED FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP AWARD... APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE COUNSELORS AT CAVE CITY AND HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOLS OR CONTACT SHARP COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT CODY STROUD AT 870-856-7363
A STRAWBERRY MAN WAS INJURED IN A ROLLOVER CRASH ON HIGHWAY 117 NEAR JESUP SUNDAY.... THE DRIVER, WHO WAS NOT IDENTIFIED WAS TAKEN TO WHITE RIVER HEALTH IN BATESVILLE FOR TREATMENT....
THE FALL SCHEDULE FOR FREE ON-THE-FARM BRUCELLOSIS VACCINATIONS IN LAWRENCE COUNTY IS FRIDAY... COUNTY AGENT BRYCE BALDRIDGE SAYS A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE STATE LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY BOARD WILL VACCINATE 4 TO 12 MONTH OLD HEIFERS AT NO CHARGE TO PRODUCERS.. THE LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY BOARD REPRESENTATIVE IS NOT OBLIGATED TO CONDUCT THE VACCINATION IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE CALVES ADEQUATELY RESTRAINED... IT IS ESTIMATED THAT BUCELLOSIS COSTS U.S. BEEF AND DAIRY PRODUCERS THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY..... TO GET ON THE VACCINATION SCHEDULE OR FOR MORE INFORMAITON, PHONE THE LAWRENCE COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE AT 870-886-3741... TODAY IS THE SIGN UP DEADLINE...
THE DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS, CHRIS MOSLEY HAS BEEN SELECTED AS THE EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER FOR JULY THRU SEPTEMBER AT OZARKA COLLEGE… THE VICE PRESIDENT OF STUDENT SERVICES, ZEDA WILKERSON SAYS MOSLEY DOES A FANTASTIC JOB REPRESENTING OZARKA AT AREA HIGH SCHOOLS, COLLEGE FAIRS AND COMMUNITY EVENTS.... AS DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS, MOSLEY LEADS THE ADMISSIONS TEAM, DEVEOPS RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES AND BUILDS STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS....
CALICO ROCK MUSEUM AND VISITORS CENTER WILL HOST A SHORT-DISTANCE ROAD TRIP TO NORFORK TO TOUR THE HISTORIC STRUCTURES AT THE JACOB WOLF HOUSE HISTORIC SITE ON NOVEMBER 2. THE TOUR GROUP WILL MEET AT THE CALICO ROCK MUSEUM AND VISITOR'S CENTER AT 10 IN THE MORNING AND TRAVEL AS A GROUP USING PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION. THE JACOB WOLF HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1829 TO SERVE AS IZARD COUNTY'S FIRST COURTHOUSE. THE STRUCTURE STILL SURVIVES AND IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR TOURS. ON THE PROPERTY IS ALSO THE 1832 JOHN WOLF CABIN. THIS CABIN STOOD ACROSS THE RIVER OPPOSITE CALICO BLUFF UNTIL THE 1990S, WHEN IT WAS DISMANTLED AND MOVED TO ITS CURRENT LOCATION AND REBUILT. BOTH STRUCTURES HAVE RECENTLY UNDERGONE MAJOR RESTORATION WORK. SITE MANAGER MARLON MOWDY WILL GIVE AN IMMERSIVE TOUR OF THE STRUCTURES AS WELL AS THE HISTORY OF THEM AND THE PEOPLE WHO UTILIZED THEM. MOWDY HAS HAD A LONG CAREER WITH THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HERITAGE, MANAGING SEVERAL SITES, INCLUDING DAVIDSONVILLE HISTORIC STATE PARK AND HAMPSON ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM STATE PARK. THE TOUR WILL HAVE A LIMITED NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS, SO OFFICIALS RECOMMEND SIGNING UP EARLY. TO RESERVE A SPOT ON THE TOUR, CALL 870-297-6100.
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