News
Council approves more tuck-pointing at library
Posted: November 4, 2009 3:13 p.m.City council members on Monday approved the budgeted expenditure of $19,600 to tuck-point the westside wall of the renovated Gentry Public Library building.
Two wrecks in a week:
Curve on Highway 12 at East Dawnhill Road troublesome for unwary truckers
Posted: November 4, 2009 3:12 p.m.The curve on Arkansas Highway 12 at East Dawn Hill Road, just east of Gentry, was the scene of two accidents in less than a week involving tractor-trailer rigs.
Solution sought to unwanted papers
Posted: November 4, 2009 3:11 p.m.City council members on Monday directed city attorney Jay Williams to look into ways the council could take action to prevent companies from throwing non-subscription advertisement papers into yards and driveways within the city.
GENTRY COMMUNITY EVENTS
Posted: November 4, 2009 3:10 p.m.Gentry City Council The Gentry City Council holds regular meetings in the city court room at 6:30 p.m., the first Monday of each month.
Microchips to be made available to Gentry pet owners
Posted: November 4, 2009 3:10 p.m.A microchip identification program will be made available to pet owners in the city of Gentry.
Fall book fair, yard sale set at TL&M
Posted: November 4, 2009 3:08 p.m.Talbot Library and Museum, 500 So. Colcord Ave., Colcord, Okla., will be hosting a Fall Book Fair and Yard Sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 7. There will also be bluegrass music by the well-known Flint Hill Ramblers Band from noon to 2 p.m. Chili dinners will be for sale as well.
Gentry City Council approves final plat, parking restrictions and three new street lights
Posted: November 4, 2009 3:08 p.m.City council adopted an ordinance accepting the final plat of the Matthews Investments, LLC, addition to the city of Gentry.
Trial for dad who fired shots pushed back to later date
George David Reed is accused of shooting his daughter’s boyfriend.
Posted: November 4, 2009 3:07 p.m.Turner enlists in National Guard
Posted: November 4, 2009 3:06 p.m.Private Payton Turner of Gentry recently enlisted in the Arkansas Army National Guard.
Quorum Court could add 2 in 2012
Posted: November 4, 2009 3:06 p.m.In 2012, the Benton County Quorum Court will likely add two members with the certification of the 2010 census.
Many U.S. Senate candidates already running for office
Posted: November 4, 2009 3:05 p.m.Numerous U.S. Senate candidates have already announced for Arkansas’ 2010 U.S. Senate race.
Doctors Caucus weighs in on health-care debate
Posted: November 4, 2009 3:04 p.m.In a GOP Doctors Caucus hearing last week, U.S. Rep. John Boozman, RArk., an optometrist, and other Republican House members in the healthcare profession offered their knowledge of health care.
Veterans training bill headed to House
Posted: November 4, 2009 3:04 p.m.The Veterans Affairs Committee passed the Veterans Retraining Act of 2009, introduced in February by U.S. Rep. John Boozman, R-Ark.
Gentry Obituaries
Posted: November 4, 2009 3:02 p.m.Leonard L. Hilterbrand Leonard L. Hilterbrand, 90, of Grove, Okla., formerly of Gravette, died Oct. 28, 2009, at the Grove General Hospital in Grove. He was born June 9, 1919, in Kansas to James Hilterbrand and Maude King Hilterbrand.
Gentry Births
Posted: November 4, 2009 3:02 p.m.Brayden Wayne Atchison Carissa and Nick Atchison of Westville, Okla., announce the birth of a son, Brayden Wayne Atchison on Oct. 22, 2009, at Siloam Springs Memorial Hospital in Siloam Springs.