Gainesville News

Though is usually takes April showers to bring May flowers, there are many spring flowers already in bloom and certainly is a good sign spring is here.

Chilly temperatures did not quell the enthusiasm at the 2013 Medal of Honor tree planting held Thursday on the Home Grown Heroes Walking Trail.

William Morris of Gainesville High School and Austin Montgomery of Lakeview Academy were named as co-recipients of the District STAR Student Award at the Region 2 Award Banquet in Jasper Tuesday night.

Vincent Anderson, Donald W. Reynolds reference librarian and historian, will share the story of a Civil War murder and military retribution that occurred just south of the Missouri-Arkansas line at an Ozark County Historical and Genealogy Society meeting set Thursday at the Historium on the west side of the Gainesville Square.

One person was injured in a one-vehicle accident at 3 p.m. Sunday on State Highway 201 North, just south of County Road 784, according to an Arkansas State Police news release.