Trick or Treat on Main Street on Saturday

Trick or Treat on Main Street will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Saturday. Local businesses will be open and providing treats for the young ghosts and gobblins along Gentry’s Main Street.
More than a thousand youngsters participated last year.
The event is sponsored by the Gentry Chamber of Commerce.

First Pioneer Pride Party to benefit bands

The Band Booster Club would like to invite the local and surrounding community to share in an evening of entertainment and fun for all ages. The fall-themed event will include a chili cook-off, pumpkin decorating contest, games, activities, food, beverages and music.

Arts and Crafts Fair being held in Gentry

While arts and crafts fairs are being held across the region, a new fair is being held right here in Gentry. Numerous crafters and vendors are showing and selling their work in the large barn-shaped pavilion next door to the Chicken Coop Flea Market in Gentry.
The local fair, which will continue through Sunday, was started [...]

Seniors prepare for homecoming next week

In the print edition of the Courier-Journal

News

It’s official:
Flu shots coming to Gentry schools
Light turnout but still a great day!
Board expels students for 911 bomb prank
GENTRY COMMUNITY EVENTS

Sports

Gentry turns to reserve, runs to beat Blackhawks
Little sees good, bad in benefit vs. West Fork
4-2A Conference:
Pioneers tame Lions on the golf course
Lady Pioneers drop two matches

Opinion

Griz Bear Comments: Moral absolutes remain absolute, even if [...]

Bloomfield 4-H Club honored for service

Gentry Mayor Wes Hogue recognized the hard work and dedication of the Bloomfield 4-H Club this afternoon by signing a proclamation declaring the week of Oct. 12 through Oct. 16 be designated 4-H week in the city.

Training drills scheduled for Saturday at XNA

Emergency personnel from numerous area departments in Benton and Washington Counties will be training at Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport Saturday morning, and what could appear to passers-by as a major emergency because of all the people and equipment is only a training exercise to handle such an emergency should it occur. The training will begin [...]

Fishing along the shores of SWEPCO Lake

Self-defense class for women offered

A women’s self-defense class will be held from 10 a.m. until 12 noon, Saturday, Oct. 17, at the family activity center of the First Baptist Church in Gentry.
The classes are for women of any age and will not require strenuous physical activity. Basic and easy skills will be taught and demonstrated. Women attending should wear [...]

Highfill Fire Department to celebrate its 30th anniversary in December

The Highfill Fire Department is about to celebrate its 30th anniversary with a special catered dinner on Saturday, Dec. 5.
All Highfill fire department personnel, past and present, along with their families, are invited to the event. Those planning to attend are asked to R.S.V.P. by Nov. 25 so that arrangements for the dinner can be [...]