Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, April 4, 2007 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Discovered gun could be murder weapon

A weapon has been found and police are considering that it could have been used in the November 11 murder of a Prescott man. Samuel Brooks, 77, was killed in his home on Cale Road and his wife, Murlean Brooks, 73, survived a brutal attack. According t...

Ross to speak at Ila Upchurch banquet

U.S. Congressman Mike Ross is slated as guest speaker for the Ila Upchurch Foundations annual banquet on April 14. When they called and invited me to be their speaker, I was honored to accept, Ross said during a recent telephone interview. Ross sai...

Council covers leaves, condemnations and bids

The Prescott City Council met for only a half hour, but spent that time on an array of subjects. Council members have again called for Prescott Mayor Howard Taylor to create a bidding system for the citys herbicide and pesticide disbursement. The subj...

PPD makes arrest

Officers with the Prescott Police Department and the Arkansas State Police made additional arrests Monday, April 2, as the result of investigations over the past few months. Those arrested were charged with delivery of a controlled substance. Larry Mil...

Rotary hears from NCSO

There are more than 2,000 outstanding warrants currently held by the Nevada County Sheriffs Office. That was one piece of information offered to Prescott Rotarians by Nevada County Sheriff Bobby Carlton during the clubs March 26 meeting. While Carlt...

The view from Wendy's World: ESP's gone south - permanently

My crystal ball is broken. It wouldnt be such a big deal, but its come at a really bad time because my ESP has apparently tuned in to the Home Shopping Network. Heres how I know theres a problem. I got a phone call the other day asking why I hadn...

A. E. Butler

Mr. A. E. Butler, 91, of Bodcaw, died Tuesday, March 27, 2007, at Medical Park Hospital in Hope. He was born in Nevada County, on April 7, 1915, to Paris and Lonna Johnson Butler. He was retired from Texas Eastern and a cattle and poultry farmer. He was...

Madge Kirkpatrick

Mrs. Madge Kirkpatrick, 83, of Hope, formerly of Greenland, died Sunday, March 25, 2007, at Medical Park Hospital in Hope. She was born on March 3, 1924, in Westfork, to George Ernest and Winona Stockberger Lindsey. She was a homemaker and graduate of G...

Omerlee Lee Guidry

Omerlee Lee Guidry, 53, of Emmet, died Tuesday, March 27, 2007, in Memphis, Tenn. He was born Jan. 2, 1954, in New Orleans, La. He was a pipeliner/operator with Duke Energy, a member of the A.B.A.T.E. and a 32nd degree Mason. He was preceded in deat...