Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, September 12, 2001 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Ward more than just a pretty face

At this time, Jessie Ward, Miss Arkansas, is winging her way to Atlantic City, New Jersey where she will compete for the title of Miss America. Her pageant career has been well documented, starting with her first win as a sophomore in high school. Some...

Ward more than justs a pretty face

In spite of her success and fame as a beauty queen, Ward remains a small-town girl at heart. She recalled her favorite Christmas, as being when she was 10 or 11. The family was living in Hope at the time, and the house had a circular staircase. Ward a...

Big Star sells to Sexton group

Prescott's Big Star has been bought out by the Sexton group of Searcy. The sale became official Monday, Sept. 3, Labor Day. However, the new owners took over Sunday, Sept. 2, and closed the store for inventory purposes. Plans, according to store manage...

When rain came, it came and came

For three months Prescott and Nevada County residents could hardly remembered what rain was. All this changed in one fell swoop as August came to an end, as the heavens opened and the rains came down. In fact, it rained more in the last two days of Aug...

Claris White

Claris B. White of Waco, Texas, died August 26, 2001, in the St. Catherine Center in Waco, Texas. She was born September 28, 1916, in Calhoun County, Arkansas, to Luther and Mary Talbot Blann. She was a retired school teacher and a member of the First ...

Carl Brown

Carl A. Brown, 91, of Prescott, died Monday, September 3, 2001, at a Fayetteville Nursing Center. He was born November 27, 1909, in Nevada County to Robert A and Donnie Mae Neal Brown. He was a retired farmer. He was a member of Sweet Home United Metho...

Keron Parks

Keron Oleta Parks, 79, of Blevins, died Thursday, September 6, 2001, at Medical Park Hospital. She was born March 23, 1922, in Nevada County to Homer and Ella Jones Baker. She was a housewife and a Baptist. She was preceded in death by one son, Homer ...

We want your letters

Here's the deal people, we want you to write letters to the editor. There are no sacred cows, so any topic can be expounded on. Letters to the editor let us, and others, know what the community thinks about things, its likes, its dislikes, its hopes and...

None arrested as 'Cats mug Wolves 50-0

For 12 minutes, Prescott's Curley Wolves played Hope almost dead even. Unfortunately, during the next 36 minutes, the Bobcats were a dominate force and posted a 50-0 win over the Wolves at Hammons Stadium Friday, Sept. 7. The Cats didn't need any help...