By Larry Stroud Guard Associate Editor

ASH FLAT — Avondale Morris Street of Cave City traces her family back to William Morris, who as a teenager came to the East Coast from England in 1734.
“We have two stories about that — he was running away from home, or he got on the ship to tell friends goodbye and it sailed before he could get back to shore,” she told Sharp County Historical Society members. “We don’t know which is correct.”

CAVE CITY — Becky Sisk, manager of Cave City School’s educational radio station, rubbed elbows with famous entertainers during the recent Inspirational Christian Country Music Week in Hendersonville, Tenn.
KVMN radio, whose call letters are sounded as “Caveman,” was among 10 nominees for Inspirational Country Music Station of the Year.

WILLIFORD — As floodwaters were rising inside the Williford Library at daybreak Friday,  Marilyn Bischoff felt her dismay rising.
And then there was her anger — that was rising, too.
Despite the library’s flood-prone location, Bischoff contends that White River Regional Library system director Debra Sutterfield and some members of the Sharp County Library Board have “stonewalled” or downright thrown “roadblocks” in the way of moving the library to another location on higher ground. The Williford Library is part of the White River and Sharp County library systems.

Old Independence Regional Museum is not just a place to visit — it touches communities it serves through programs that reach and teach youngsters about pioneer ways and pioneer days, Charles Barnett, treasurer of the board, said Saturday during the anouncement of a major gift
Thanks to the gift from the Kathleen Barnes and Fonteen Simmons Trust Fund handled by Citizens Bank of Batesville, its educational outreach can touch twice as many as before, he said.