School and Sports
DECATUR -- Used for a variety of things from targets for volleyball practice to animal training, a unique kids' toy continues to draw kids of all ages with its…
by Michael Eckels - June 28, 2022ROGERS -- Throughout the summer, many junior and senior high sports teams attend a variety of sports camps designed to keep the athletes in shape during the of…
by Michael Eckels - June 28, 2022ROGERS -- Like its neighbor to the north in Decatur, the Gentry Lady Pioneers junior high basketball team traveled to eastern Rogers for Heritage High School's…
by Michael Eckels - June 28, 2022DECATUR -- With the move back to 11-man football and the 2022 season fast approaching, head football coach Jake Denzer was itching to get both his junior and s…
by Michael Eckels - June 21, 2022DECATUR -- The Decatur Lady Bulldog junior high basketball team is on a roll thus far this summer after winning six straight contests during the Jay, Okla., ju…
by Michael Eckels - June 21, 2022"Let's go, let's go, let's go."
by Rick Fires - June 21, 2022Stateline Shootout on Saturday in Siloam Springs.
by Graham Thomas - June 21, 2022DECATUR -- Since the addition of volleyball to the Decatur athletics roster in 2015, the Lady Bulldog teams have grown by leaps and bounds into a formidable pr…
by Michael Eckels - June 14, 2022Opinion
The Milky Way is coming! This month, we will say goodbye to the galaxies near Leo the Lion because, as the earth moves along its orbit, the earth faces in the …
by By David Cater Astronomy Column - June 28, 2022Muriel Strode once said, "A great work demands a great sacrifice, and who is not capable of a great sacrifice is not capable of a great work."
by By John Newby “Building Main Street, not Wall Street” - June 28, 2022Those in power, at the moment, aim to destroy the Second Amendment by any means possible and, with it, liberty.
by Randy Moll - June 28, 2022Deepak Chopra once said, "All great changes are preceded by chaos." When we look at our local communities and businesses, this quote certainly rings true. Whil…
by By John Newby “Building Main Street, not Wall Street” - June 21, 2022I sure try to be just as kind as I can be and I want everyone happy at all times! I have gone to great lengths to keep my close relative as happy and satisfied…
by BILL - June 21, 2022The start of the much-anticipated trial in the Bentonville courtroom was nearly at hand. Prosecuting Attorney J.S. Combs felt as though the case against Doctor…
by STAN FINE Columnist - June 21, 2022Most people know sun exposure is a primary risk factor for skin cancer, and many have heard sunblock is one of the best defenses to prevent sun damage. But kno…
by HEALTHY LIVING Siloam Springs Regional Hospital - June 21, 2022Did it surprise you when it happened a week or so ago? Or did it just happen like the price of gasoline going up and up and up every day?
by Susan Holland - June 21, 2022Religion
"Today, if you will hear his voice, do not harden your heart, as at Meribah, and as in the day of Massah in the wilderness, when your fathers tested me, they p…
by Randy Moll - June 28, 2022"O come, let us sing to the LORD. Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving and make a joyful …
by Randy Moll - June 21, 2022There were present at that season some who told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And Jesus, answering, said to them,…
by Randy Moll - June 14, 2022"Woe to you who desire the day of the LORD! To what end is it for you? The day of the LORD is darkness and not light, as if a man fled from a lion and a bear m…
by Randy Moll - June 7, 2022I've heard of bucket lists for years but never thought much about them. Several years before Dad graduated to heaven, he said one of the last things on his buc…
by By Gene Linzey Reflections on Life - May 31, 2022"This is 'the stone which was set at nothing by you builders, which has become the head of the corner.' There is not salvation in any other, for there is no ot…
by Randy Moll - May 31, 2022"And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye…
by Randy Moll - May 24, 2022"These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world."…
by Randy Moll - May 17, 2022
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DECATUR -- In 2020, when the opportunity presented itself, Bryan Austin and his wife Becca took advantage of the surplus of produce they grew and sold them at …
by Special to the Eagle Observer/DANIEL BEREZNICKI - June 28, 2022GRAVETTE -- David Henzie was sworn in as the new Gravette city clerk/treasurer at the city council meeting Thursday evening, June 23. He will replace Dani Madi…
by Susan Holland - June 28, 2022SULPHUR SPRINGS -- Area residents gathered in Sulphur Springs Park Saturday afternoon to celebrate in the city's annual Independence Day event. The crowd was p…
by Susan Holland - June 28, 2022GENTRY -- The school board in Gentry, at its regular May 20 meeting, approved the creation of a new school psychologist position in the district at a base sala…
by Randy Moll - June 28, 2022GRAVETTE -- Members of the Gravette Lions Club heard from guest speakers Dennis Kurczek and Bob Kelley, representing the local Kiwanis Club, at their meeting T…
by Susan Holland - June 28, 2022Falyn Cordeiro, 20, of Gentry, competed June 22-26 in Springdale and won the title of Miss Rodeo of the Ozarks 2022.
by Randy Moll - June 28, 2022BENTON COUNTY -- Members of the Arkansas Department of Transportation, Benton County officials, and State Representative Delia Haak (R-91) met on Monday mornin…
by Marc Hayot - June 28, 2022DECATUR -- After nearly four years of surveying, planning, moving utilities and even relocating a footbridge, work finally began on the new Decatur Branch brid…
by Michael Eckels - June 28, 2022