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Frank Sebern has been farming property between Gentry and Decatur, a short distance east of the Wild Wilderness Drive-Through Safari, for going on three decades.

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Sally Ann Howarth, 49, of Decatur, was arrested July 22 after allegedly breaking into the home of the elderly woman she was caring for and attacking her.

The had recently completed two units of their motel and planned to build nine more and a swimming pool, one of the modern "musts." This would be Siloam Springs' first and would be a big asset to the town.

With seven weeks until the Benton County Fair, planned for Sept. 15-18, Decatur 4-H members are busy getting their projects ready for competition.

Benton County election commissioners kicked off a planned series of interviews with applicants for the vacant election-coordinator post, meeting with three of the more than one dozen applicants on Tuesday.

Simmons Foods of Siloam Springs announced Tuesday that it will be expanding its pet-food business and adding a petfood processing plant to an existing facility in Decatur, bringing 15 to 20 new jobs to the town by the end of the year.

As of Tuesday afternoon, Benton County had received applications, cover letters and/ or resumes from five people expressing their interest in serving as Benton County's next parttime election coordinator.

Several mustangs fought the notion of transportation Saturday, but Terrie Gayer's yearling trotted into her trailer like it was ready to go home.

A year after being placed on a fiscal distress list by state education officials, the Decatur school district's finances have stabilized.

The Decatur Parks and Recreation Committee met recently to consider possible dates for an ATV rodeo and farm-truck pull.

Daily Record photograph by Sarah Nader Chuck Hawthorne, left, of Rogers handed Nathan Hammond of Decatur a gift certificate to play 18 holes of golf after Hammond won it at a raffle during a lunch held Friday at the Crystal Bridges construction site.

"We continue to feed a lot of people around the world which is our goal," said Mark Simmons, chairman of Simmons Foods.

Arkansas Tech University has announced its dean's list for undergraduate students on the main campus in Russellville for the spring 2009 semester.

Siloam Springs School District pre-kindergarten students have been given yet another opportunity to get a jump on early education.

More than $1 million in grants from the Care Foundation that were announced Tuesday will help fund after-school, summer and pre-kindergarten programs across the region.

There will be a number of Memorial Day events across northwest Arkansas Monday, May 25.