Kadi Ryan, 16, feeds a baby raccoon with a syringe this afternoon at Gentry’s Wild Wilderness Safari. Ryan cares for baby animals at the Safari and shows them to visitors at the wild animal park. Numerous baby animals were in the petting zoo area this afternoon and were one of the highlights for visitors.
A full day is planned for this year’s 56th Annual Decatur Barbecue on Aug. 7. Following is a schedule for the day’s activities:
• 7 a.m. — The Fun Run will begin at the Edmiston ball fields with 10K, 5K and 2K races for runners, ages 12 and under, 13-17, 18-29, 30-39, 40-49 and 50-plus. Registration [...]
in this week’s print edition of the Courier-Journal
Shake down and tire scuff mark the point of impact on Arkansas Highway 12 where a fatal crash occurred between a small SUV and a semi-truck and trailer. This type of evidence left at accidents is used by police to determine the lane position of vehicles in a head-on crash such as the one which [...]
Main Street Gentry Chamber of Commerce has released its new Gentry Guide entitled “Wild About Gentry.”
The 28-page publication features events, businesses, schools, churches and organizations in Gentry.
The magazine is available at the Chamber office, city hall and Gentry chamber-member businesses.
The three-day Pioneer Football Camp concludes this morning at Pioneer Stadium in Gentry.
The Gentry Youth Organization will accept football signups for youth, grades four through six, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., Saturday, August 8, at the concession stand located in the Main Street ball park.
Read the articles in this week’s print edition of the Gentry Courier-Journal….
Western Recycle, which recently re-opened the recycling business at the Ozark Adventist Academy is continuing to expand its operations.
The recycling company, a division of Western Natural Fuel and Fertilizer, now takes newspaper, copy paper, shredded paper, junk mail, card stock, cardboard (both brown and white), magazines, brochures, telephone books, scrap metals, steel cans, aluminum cans, [...]
By Tom Glave
tomg@nwanews.com
The VYPE Select 7-on-7 Tournament returns to Fayetteville today and five local teams – including the Gentry Pioneers – are among the 31 high schools gunning for the title.
Rogers, Heritage, Siloam Springs, Gravette and Gentry are in the field that includes two defending state champions (Shiloh Christian and Lake Hamilton), two state runnersup [...]