CCU Hires Interim General Manager; Young To Remain During Transition Year
by Megan Wylie The Clarksville Connected Utilities Commission voted to hire Eric Heinrichs as interim general manager following an executive session during a special meeting Feb. 9, pending completion of background and drug testing. Current General Manager Roy Young told The Graphic Heinrichs is expected to begin work within the next several months, though a…
Read MoreRebels Take Win Over Danville
The Westside Rebels fell to Mountainburg but defeated Danville in recent conference basketball action. Mountainburg The Rebels hosted the Mountainburg Dragons on Friday, Jan. 30, and fell to the visitors 65-44. Westside trailed 20-11 after one quarter. The Rebels scored seven points in the second quarter and allowed 13 by Mountainburg for a 33-18 halftime…
Read MoreMembers Of CHS Boys and Girls Bowling Teams Qualify For State
COMPETE AT CONFERENCE—The Clarksville High School girls bowling team competed in the 4A West Conference Tournament in Rogers on Friday, Feb. 6, with four bowlers qualifying individually for the 4A State Tournament, which will be held Wednesday, Feb. 11, in Lowell. Those qualifying include Khloe Muldoon, Taylin Maxwell, Avah Auterson and Presleigh Montgomery. The top…
Read MoreLamar Bowling Teams Place 2nd In Conference; Warriors, Lady Warriors Qualify For State Match
The Lamar High School boys and girls bowling teams competed in the 3A West Conference Match in Lowell on Thursday, Feb. 5. Both teams qualified for the 3A State Match, which will be held in Jonesboro on Thursday, Feb. 12. Boys The Warriors placed second at the conference match with a team score of 2,964,…
Read MoreHillbillies Take Three Wins; Two Players Reach 1,000-Point Mark
by Eddie Duerr The Ozark Hillbillies added three wins to their record last week and honored two players for surpassing individual scoring marks. The Hillbillies began the week with a special presentation for players Caleb Lyons and Cooper Duerr, who both recently passed the 1,000-point scoring mark. Lyons, a senior who has been a three-year…
Read MorePanthers Get Sr. Night Win
The Clarksville Panthers earned their first win of the season with a 72-50 rout of the Waldron Bulldogs on Friday, Feb. 6. The victory came on the Panthers’ senior night, when three senior team members, Colton Harp, Ben Holland and Jeremiah Wilkerson, were honored prior to the game. Clarksville trailed 14-9 at the end of…
Read MoreLamar Homecoming Royalty Crowned
Members of the 2026 Lamar basketball homecoming court included (front row, from left) ball bearer Maverick Jedrysek; flower bearer Myla Crotts; crown bearer Eleanor Brown; sash bearer Samuel Bowles; (second row) sophomore maid Emma Bolduc, freshman maid Carys Miranda, freshman maid Kadence Burton, sophomore maid Claire Harkreader; (back row) senior maid Noelle Carreno, junior maid…
Read MoreOHS Cheer Team Places In National Championships
The Ozark High School cheer team competed at the Universal Cheerleaders Association National High School Cheer Championships in Orlando, Fla., Jan. 30-Feb. 1, placing sixth out of 21 teams in the Super NT Game Day Division. The team won the 2025 4A Game Day Cheer Arkansas State Championship in December, the fourth consecutive state title…
Read MoreSimon Wins Senate Runoff Will Face Watson On March 3
Brad Simon defeated Wade Dunn in a runoff election for State Senate District 26 on Tuesday, Feb. 3, and will face Independent Adam Watson in the special election for the vacant seat next month. Simon, of Paris, and Dunn, of Greenwood, were vying for the Republican nomination for the seat, which became vacant following the…
Read MoreLocal Groundhog Predicts Six More Weeks Of Winter
On Groundhog Day, Monday, Feb. 2, Hagarville Hank Jr. of Bacchus Family Adventure Farm near Lamar saw his shadow and then enjoyed a breakfast of sweet potatoes, officially predicting six more weeks of winter. Punxsutawney Phil of Gobbler’s Knob, Pa., also saw his shadow, predicting six more weeks of winter for the nation. –Photo courtesy…
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