Pocahontas Star Herald

Blevins talks “The Old Ozarks” at lecture series

POCAHONTAS—The Randolph County Heritage Museum hosted another chapter in its summer lecture series Monday night in the Joe Martin Annex with Ozarks historian and expert Brooks Blevins. Blevins, an Ozarks native who grew up in Izard County, is a...

Judge Jansen presides over Quorum Court meeting

Randolph County Judge David Jansen updated Justices about the new jail expansion project, the FEMA Mitigation plan and water testing in a routine Quorum Court meeting Aug. 8 at the Randolph County Courthouse. Justices also approved the addition of...

2019 Redskin golf team off to great start

HORSESHOE BEND—The Redskin golf team began the 2019 season on a high note as the boys won the annual Cougar Classic golf tournament Aug. 6 for the second year in a row, while the girls would take fourth in their division. The Pocahontas boys shot a...

The Five Rivers Trap Club

The Five Rivers Trap Club attended the 2019 AIM Grand National Youth Trapshooting Championships in Sparta, IL on July 27-30. There were over 1,700 shooters from all over the world in attendance covering four categories. The Team had a lot of great...

Backpack 2 School sees large turnout

Over 700 kids made their way through the Westridge Church of Christ family life center Saturday morning to pick up backpacks and school supplies for the upcoming school year. They would also have free access to such services as haircuts, eye exams,...

BRTC restructuring to promote fiscal stability

PARAGOULD—Several departments at Black River Technical College, now under the direction of new president, Dr. Martin Eggensperger, are seeing a reorganization and restructuring in efforts to promote overall cohesiveness and fiscal stability. “We’ve...

News

Grass clippings, other debris, causing drainage issues in city

POCAHONTAS—City council aldermen voted to table an ordinance draft Tuesday night during their regular monthly meeting that would require city property owners and occupants to keep their street gutt

By Brandon Smith Star Herald Staff

Blevins talks “The Old Ozarks” at lecture series

POCAHONTAS—The Randolph County Heritage Museum hosted another chapter in its summer lecture series Monday night in the Joe Martin Annex with Ozarks historian and expert Brooks Blevins.

By Brandon Smith Star Herald Staff

Judge Jansen presides over Quorum Court meeting

Randolph County Judge David Jansen updated Justices about the new jail expansion project, the FEMA Mitigation plan and water testing in a routine Quorum Court meeting Aug.

By Anita Murphy Star Herald Staff

Opinion

In the news ...

Randolph County is experiencing a heat wave with temperatures in the 90s with heat indexes ranging from 105 to 110 degrees.

By Anita Murphy

The Maynard Gang

Readers were promised continuing boredom by repeating family stories. This week’s column fulfills the promise.

By Harmon Seawel

In the news ...

Two more mass shootings has resulted in loss of life and injuries. At an El Paso, Texas Walmart last Saturday 22 people died and many more injured when a 21-year-old gunman opened fire.

By Anita Murphy