Avoca News

" Authorities say a pickup truck belonging to two missing Arkansas women was sitting in the parking lot of a Missouri strip club for weeks before it was towed away.

Firefighters work to control a blaze Monday afternoon at Paletta Pallet on Cloverdale Road near Avoca.

Firefighters work to control a blaze Monday afternoon at Paletta Pallet on Cloverdale Road near Avoca.

The Benton County Fire Protection Association met Monday night to discuss the possibility of forming an independent fire board.

Pea Ridge High School Alumni Day will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 11.

Wayne Edward Allen, 46, was arrested Monday for theft of property, a class B felony.

As a part of the "Consume, Conserve and Connect" campaign, the Beaver Water District posted a quiz about the area's water supply on the district's Web site, then invited people to answer a few questions about water.

The Benton County Water District's office in Avoca reported money missing to the Benton County Sheriff's Office on Thursday.

The Avoca Farmer's Market is held at the "depot" pavilion and is open from 8 a.m. to noon every Saturday.

Photographs courtesy of Shannon Stanford James A survivor of the Brightwater tornado, Shannon Stanford James shared with the Museum photographs taken by her mother, Susie Short Stanford, images that graphically showed the destruction the storm left in its wake.

Observed the last Monday in May each year, Memorial Day is filled with different meanings for different people.

Margaret Goodart's father worked as a mail carrier in Springdale, and when he went away to serve in World War II, her mother was his substitute on his route.

Photograph submitted The Beaver Lake Fire Department's 2009 pumper truck is equipped with a 1,250-gallon pump, automatic tire chains, the latest in foam systems and a 1,000-gallon water tank.