Nevada County Picayune   The Gurdon Times

Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive


Here are the stories in the Wednesday, August 3, 2005 edition of Gurdon Times

Jury gives Buford life after rape conviction
A 33-year-old Gurdon man received life in prison, without possibility of parole, for being convicted of raping a 12-year-old boy in the Crestwood Apartments here last summer. Marshal Don Childres said Thursday a two-day jury trial in Arkadelphia resulted ...
Gurdon Fire Chief retires after 33 years of service
After 33 years of fighting fires, Tillman "Jake" McBride said the one thing they all had in common was heat. "Everyone of those fires I went to was hot," he joked on Thursday. "I handed my letter of resignation in to the City Council Monday night, after m...
Committee plans new activities for Forest Festival
The 25th Annual Gurdon Forest Festival will be held during the last Saturday, October 29. Billy Wells, who is the chairman of the organizational committee again this year, said Monday, "We hope this festival will get bigger and better. Tambra Childres, ov...
Drug Court program graduates five to date
In the spirit of making a positive difference in the lives of those who have dappled in the use of illegal drugs but want to shed the public label of "substance abuser," Clark County officials launched a drug court program in April of 2004. A local probat...
Viola Philips
Mrs. Viola Horne Phillips, 92, of Prescott, passed away Sunday, July 31, 2005, in Hillcrest Care and Rehab in Prescott. She was born on September 22, 1912, in Whelen Springs, to Jessie and Alpha Jane Stone Horne. She was a retired licensed practical nurs...
Mildred White
Mildred Annette White, 77, of Prescott, died July 30, 2005, at a Little Rock hospital. She was born on February 18, 1928, in Prescott to Garland and Addie Jones Dickinson. She lived most of her adult life in Prescott and was a 50 year member of the First ...

Search | Nevada County Picayune by date   | Gurdon Times by date  

Newspaper articles have been contributed to the Prescott Community Freenet Association as a "current history" of our area. Articles dated December 1981 through May 2001 were contributed by Ragsdale Printing Company, Inc. Articles June 2001 to ? were contributed by Better Built Group, Inc. Articles ? to October 2008 were contributed by GateHouse Media.

Ownership of all Nevada County Picayune content from the beginning of the newspaper, including predecessors, until May 2001 was contributed by the John and Betty Ragsdale family to the Prescott Community Freenet Association. Content on this site may not be archived, retransmitted, saved in a database, or used for any commercial purpose without express written permission. Web hosting by and presentation style copyright ©1999-2009 Danny Stewart