Gravette

Springdale and Fayetteville next week battle the Dogs, and then down the stretch we go.

Harrison at Alma and Gentry at Gravette, and that will be a wrap for our high school football coverage during the regular season.

And then we join Arkansas PBS and the state championship crew for a couple of weekends in Little Rock to wrap this bad boy up.

Uh, 7A, 6A, 5A, 4A state championship coverage coming your way around the corner.

To which your favorite attorney might argue that the only victims of the crime might have been the radio, television, or newspaper advertising departments or the companies that sell those signs and inflatable balloons promoting the tart stand.

In more serious crime news, the Gravette resident accused of capital murder in the shooting of a Sulphur Springs resident pleaded not guilty October 8th.

21-year-old Hunter Anderson was also charged with possession of firearms by certain persons since he was on supervised probation after pleading guilty to stealing a vehicle.

Anderson was accused of shooting 20-year-old Trayton King in August, then fleeing the scene before he was arrested by Southwest City, Missouri police and returned to Benton County.

Elkins at Lincoln.

Green Forest at Gentry, and Huntsville at Gravette.

Maybe not the most competitive weekend in the 4A round here, but, uh, there's some good four and five A games around the state, Tom.

Give us a couple other good games elsewhere, outside of NWA, if you would.

That doesn't surprise me.

Gravette all over Green Forest.

That's not a surprise either, 70 to seven.

Prairie Grove 41, Huntsville 20.

And what school do you go to?

I go to, um, Gravette Public Schools.

All right, and can I ask, what grade are you in?

I'm in seventh grade.

Other action included the Springdale City Council purchasing hardware for its information technology upgrades, the Bentonville City Council hearing about and approving transportation projects, and the Rogers City Council approving a rezoning to accommodate low-income housing.

In the schoolhouse, the Gravette Board would continue negotiations on the sale of property purchased for a future building, while the Fayetteville Board heard updates on capital projects and renamed a performing arts center at its high school.

The Illinois River watershed pollution case was back in the hands of a Tulsa area federal judge, with both sides asking him to accept a settlement in lieu of his judgment.

Our Benton County Extension report previews the upcoming county fair in Vaughn, and our trip off the beaten path takes us on a road excursion from Hulbert, Oklahoma to London, Arkansas, which featured a $1.2 million harvest of Puff the Magic Dragonweed.