A Hidden Gem in Cherokee Village
Carefully maintained by Cherokee Village Pride volunteers, Tohi Trail (a 0.5-mile loop) offers a beautiful nature walk that is wheelchair accessible.
September 2024
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Birth announcements
Jonathan Gitzen and Ciera Thompson of Mammoth Spring, Ark., are the parents of a baby boy, Maverick James Dyson Gtizen.
ADOPTABLE OF THE WEEK, Tiger
Meet Tiger, our Adoptable of the Week.
Community briefs for Sept. 11
Blood drive at Mammoth Spring High School American Red Cross Blood Drive will be held on Wednesday, Sept.
Listen Here
This edition of the Areawide News marks the first full-year we became one big happy newspaper when we combined the Villager Journal and The News.Full transparency, I never liked the name “The News.” I often complained on how it was redundant, especially with talking to individuals and entities and having to explain what “news” I was associated with.
Salem School Board MinutesSalem School DistrictAug. 19, 2024
The Board of Education of the Salem School District #30, State of Arkansas, met in regular session Monday, Aug.
CV SID commissioner charged with harassment
The Cherokee Village Suburban Improvement District is again under the microscope as it was released one of its commissioners has been arrested and charged with alleged harassment of a citizen.According to a police report provided by CV Police Chief Monte Lane, SID commissioner David Nebel, 69, was cited for harassment after an alleged incident occurred at the Lake Sequoyah boat ramp in Cherokee Village that occurred between July 19-26 and reported on July 31.Coy Holder, 74, of Ravenden, reported the incident to law enforcement where he was said to tell Chief Lane on two occasions, “David Nebel had aggravated and harassed him while he was fishing on Lake Thunderbird.”The police report stated Holder had been allegedly harassed on three different occasions while fishing and that on two of those occasions it was from a boat dock where Nebel was said to tell Holder, “He was in big trouble now and was going to be arrested and kicked off the lake.”Holder was said to have told Lane that Nebel berated him and another individual listed as Joey Jessen.
Arkansas House
The House Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Committee reviewed a vital report from the Division of Children and Family Services (DCFS) regarding family preservation services.
State Capitol Week in Review
LITTLE ROCK – A legislative committee has signed off on stronger penalties against pharmacy benefit managers that fail to reimburse local drug stores according to rates established in state law.The Senate and House Committees on Insurance and Commerce reviewed and accepted new rules proposed by the Arkansas Insurance Department.