Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, October 17, 2007 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Wolves take Cougars, move to 3-1 for season

The Lafayette County Cougars traveled to Prescott this past Friday night to play the Curley Wolves in what was expected to be a major speed bump in the race to the conference championship. Prescott has stumbled against the Go-Devils of Gurdon, and this...

Motions filed in two murder cases

Two men accused in separate murder cases in Nevada County are now represented by attorneys and motions have been filed in both cases. Isaac Railey Jr., 45, 647 Bryant, is represented by Jeff Harrelson of Texarkana. Railey is charged with capital murder,...

Hope man is captured, escapes and recaptured

A Hope man who was arrested Aug. 27 in Nevada County managed to temporarily escape custody, but was captured again within ?? Lijiah Grady Smith, 38, 310 Hempstead 148, Hope, was arrested Aug. 27 and has now been formally chaged with fleeing, driving whi...

Nevada coaches expecting 'heart' from current teams

For the Nevada basketball teams, the season is already gearing up and the coaches say they are expecting great things from their players. Stacy Stockton, coach of the senior high and junior high teams, said heart, determination and hard work are going t...

The view from Wendy's World: Who to call when your real friends are busy?

When I was very little, I had one friend. His name was Ronnie and he was ... ummm ... special. In fact, his full name was Ronnie Blue and he existed only to the extent of my imagination. Yep. I had an imaginary friend. As an only child, it was (Im pre...

Keith Sanford

Mr. Keith Sanford, 42, of Emmet, died Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007, in St. Josephs Medical Center in Hot Springs, as a result of a motorcycle accident. He was born on Sept. 30, 1965, in Prescott, to Leonard and Carolyn Campbell Sanford. He was an employee ...

Orene Flemons

The homegoing celebration for Mrs. Orene Flemons, who cherished her personal relationship with God, was held at the Mt. Ephesus Baptist Church on Thursday, Oct. 11, 2007, at 11 a.m. Orene was a pleasant, friendly and loveable woman who had been spoiled ...

Maxine Burton

Ms. Maxine Burton, 87, of Buckner, died Oct. 1, 2007, in St. Michaels Health System. She was born Nov. 23, 1919, in Falcon to Profit Dismuke and Atta Hall-Dismuke. She was a member of New Hope Baptist Church where she served as usher president. She als...

Paula Edwards

Paula Jan Edwards, 56, a resident of Dover, died Thursday, October 11, 2007, at the Baptist Health Medical Center in North Little Rock. She was born November 16, 1950, at Shreveport, La., to Billy Bob and Glenda Bolt Reynolds. Paula was retired after 2...