Greenbrier News

In January, Terry Simpson, a pastor from Greenbrier, will be heading to a place he has never been - the country of Nepal.

Mrs. Sam Adkisson entertained a group of eight at her home. Each person contributed a dime to the P.T.A. fund being raised in this manner and each would continue her part of the series of vanishing teas by entertaining a group of four later.

The theme was a oeSisterhood of Roses Spa Retreata . 35 roses and volunteers met at Springhill Baptist church to carpool to the retreat.

The latest earthquake in central Arkansas rattled residents of Faulkner County Sunday night.

The series of small earthquakes that have slightly rocked the Greenbrier area this month are no cause for alarm, according to Scott Ausbrooks, geohazards supervisor for the Arkansas Geological Survey.

Five earthquakes in the last weekend hit to the northwest of Greenbrier. "The activity has been occurring in Faulkner County just to the north and the west of what we call the Inola swarm area," says Scott Ausbrook.

Five small earthquakes were recorded during the weekend and Monday in the Greenbrier area, which also had a series of small quakes less than two weeks ago.

Conway High Schoola s football team defeated Carlisle 21-0 at their Hi-Day game.

A Faulkner County man is jailed in Baxter County after sheriff's deputies say a drunk driver took a three-mile ride going the wrong way on the US 62/412 Bypass and later crashed into a brick column on a nearby college campus.

If you thought you felt the ground shaking in Central Arkansas today, it wasn't your imagination.

City Council members have been wrestling with an early warning system for their residents for a few months now and still have made no decision.

The U.S. Geological Survey said Thursday that the first two quakes registered a magnitude of 2.8, while the magnitude of Thursday afternoon's quake was put at 2.7. None of the quakes was of a magnitude likely to have been noticed by area residents.

Four nieces and one nephew will be up for the weekend, the first time I've had all of them up at one time.

In spite of a pretty tough growing season for pumpkins this year, there are two businesses in Greenbrier eager to supply you with their bounty for fall.

More than 400 riders joined in the Arkansas Fallen Heroes Memorial Motorcycle Ride as it headed from Little Rock to Toad Suck Park near Conway.

About 700 people turned out Tuesday night for Taste of Conway, the annual Conway Area Chamber of Commerce event showcasing local restaurants.

The University of Central Arkansas softball team recently visited Wooster Elementary in Greenbrier to speak to all grades about cooperation.

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Hunter Winstona s firsthalf fumble did nothing to discourage the Greenbrier junior nor the Panthersa dominating defense on Friday night.

A Georgia think tank survey reports that Greenbrier High School may have less funds and more students.