A Brockwell woman who tried to beat a train through an intersection in Moorefield around 8:40 this morning had to be cut out of the wreckage of her car by members of the Batesville Fire Rescue Unit before later being transported to White River Medical Center.
With live wires throwing sparks and burning the paint on the rear of her car, a Batesville woman fled to safety following an accident involving two power poles and a truckload of building trusses Monday morning. Police said that around 11, Jamie Lee Younger, 18, of Batesville, was sitting in a Ford Crown Victoria beside the building at TmarT #9 (formerly Godwin’s) at the intersection of White Drive and East Main Street when a truck and trailer loaded with large building trusses pulled into the parking lot.
An early morning fire that destroyed a Batesville family’s multi-functional garage also damaged the roof of a nearby church, according to fire officials. Batesville Fire Chief Danny Russell said the garage fire was reported at the Lee Mourer residence at 649 College Ave. around 1:30 a.m. and the building was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived on the scene. Firefighters were kept busy to keep flames from spreading to the Mourer home and to First Baptist Church located across a narrow driveway some 20 feet away.
Something Mary Etta Crowder has always wanted to do is run an antique store. She will get her wish Thursday, as she and her husband, Kent, will open Etta’s Attic in the cleaned and refurbished former J.E. Bond and Pawn Shop building across from the courthouse in downtown Batesville. “We’ve got a lot of really good vendors coming in; some of them are even from out of town and have run antique shops themselves in the past,” Crowder said recently.
Members of the Newark Interlocal Law Enforcement Committee met Wednesday afternoon to discuss police coverage of the city while an officer, David Sallas, is in the police academy beginning in January. Newark Mayor Randy Hendrix also raised the question of allowing the Independence County deputies on duty during the day to spend part of that time acting as a school resource officer. He said the city has gotten federal stimulus money to help supplement the position but it is not sufficient to pay a full-time resource officer.
Impulse shopping is a growing thing for the young and young-at-heart women of Batesville, according to Melody and Gilbert Lopez, owners of the new Impulse Apparel, Accents & Accessories store in Batesville. The new store offers a full line of women’s tops, jeans, skirts, slacks and shoes, as well as accessories, including designer sunglasses and handbags, along with Diamond Stud glamour belt buckles. There’s also a line of intimate lingerie guaranteed to get special attention anytime, the Lopezes said.
A severe storm front that moved through northcentral Arkansas around 3 this morning pounded the area with rain, lightning and high winds that knocked out power in the Batesville and Melbourne areas. Entergy spokesman Les Frensley said this morning that several people lost power in Izard County when lightning struck a substation in Melbourne. “Two circuits at the substation were knocked out and that put about 2,000 people out of power,” Frensley said. “We have one circuit back on and should have the second one on by day’s end.”
Spring is spawning time for many species of fish, and one of the most fun to catch, especially for kids, are panfish. Defined as perch, bluegill, crappie, etc., panfish offer youngsters lots of action with the simplest of gear. A lightweight rod with a spincasting reel, light line, or even just a simple cane pole and line work for the hardware. Bait is pretty simple too. Worms, crickets, or jigs teamed with a bobber can make for some hot fishing action.
Fun, food and fellowship will be the order of the day, and night, when the Allen Chapel Free Will Baptist Church presents its annual wild game supper and youth expo March 7. Sporting a brand new building with plenty of space for activities, the church will again offer a variety of wild game dishes, door prizes and guest speakers. According to Bill Barker, just one of many church members involved in the event, this year will definitely be bigger and better than ever.
For the second time in three months, the new Welcome to Batesville sign, midway of the Ramsey Mountain curve south of town, has been the target of paint ball guns. The latest incident was discovered around 8 p.m. Thursday and reported to Independence County Deputy Bret Ward who said the sign had been shot nine times with green paint balls. Orange was the color used in the previous attack Dec. 29.
