Salem News

Melbourne, AR-One hundred-seventy-one full-time students qualified for the Presidenta s List at Ozarka College for the Spring 2009 semester.A This included eighty-eight with perfect 4.00 grade point averages.A All others earned at least a 3.50 average.

Make plans to attend the big Fourth of July Fireworks in the Park this Saturday, July 4. The festivities will start at 6 p.m. at the Salem City Park, located on Highway 62/412. The event will feature free food, entertainment and one of the area's biggest firework displays, so remember to bring lawnchairs for a fun-filled evening.

The city of Salem is still reeling after the loss of one of their star athletes.

SALEM - A Viola man faces five charges after a one-vehicle accident at 4:50 a.m. Saturday on U.S. Highway 62, about four miles west of Salem.

It was obvious early on that Edmond Lo was someone who wasn't going to sit still in life.

From the church to the cemetery, yesterday's funeral procession for Army Staff Sgt.

Family, friends, teachers and classmates of Army Staff Sgt. Edmond L. Lo came together last night to remember a young man who gave his life in the service of his country.

The Symphony by the Sea Youth Orchestra will have to begin paying a fee to use Salem High for practices, but the 109-year-old Salem Philharmonic Orchestra will be spared.

As organizers braved an uncertain weather forecast for an outdoor graduation, the Salem High School Class of 2009 put on a brave face of their own Monday as they met their first moments of life after high school.

Services have been set for Saturday in Salem for Army Staff Sgt. Edmond L. Lo, who died June 13 when a roadside bomb he was trying to neutralize exploded.

A new Salem Community Band is in the making - and looking for members. The band will rehearse over the summer and debut during the Heritage Days Festival on Aug.

Michael Gentry and his fiance, Andrea, thank the foundation and tell some of Michael's story.

Flags were lowered to half-staff across town yesterday as members of the community began paying their respects to the family of U.S. Army Staff Sgt.

A 23-year-old local soldier, who worked as an explosives expert, was killed in Iraq over the weekend while trying to disarm a roadside bomb.

What would you do after you won nearly $300,000? After winning $294,379 playing "Carolina Cash 5," Ernest Edwards told the North Carolina Education Lottery he promised his wife they would go on a cruise.

A 2004 graduate of Salem High School was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq last week.

They say, "It's about a community taking up the fight" and Fulton County showed their hometown pride as we worked together and raised $28,593, to continue the battle against cancer.

Four days of rain and clouds finally ended yesterday and the sun gleamed down on the 530 members of the Salem High School class of 2009.

Several altercations took place inside Awful Arthur's restaurant in Salem the night of Oct.

The Fish House Foundation announced Daniel F. Moir of Salem has been chosen as a recipient of its four-year college scholarship and mentor program.