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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8
Two years ago, the Morrilton Area Chamber of Commerce hired a Little Rock consulting firm to come up with a new logo for the Morrilton area. The Stone-Ward Company developed the 'See Further' logo that features the white letter 'M' with four colored triangles. It is believed that logo was unique to the Morrilton area when it was designed. However, a very similar logo was recently seen representing a college housing complex in Springfield, Missouri known as The Monroe. A visitor from Morrilton actually noticed the logo in Springfield and brought it to the attention of Chamber officials. Chamber President Brandon Baker tells KVOM he's been in contact with Stone-Ward to find out how the complex in Missouri ended up with a nearly identical logo as the one for the Morrilton area. Baker says they're also still trying to find out whether there was any type of infringement of a copyright law that might protect the Morrilton logo. Because the The Monroe logo is similar to, but not exactly the same as the Morrilton logo, Baker says more research is needed to determine what can be done and which entity or entities will be allowed to keep the logo...
State Senator Bruce Holland of Greenwood appeared in a Perry County Circuit Court on Tuesday with the intention of appealing a conviction he received last September for fleeing, careless driving and improper passing. Holland was involved in a high-speed chase through Perry County early last year. District Prosecuting Attorney Larry Jegley told the Arkansas Radio Network that Senator Holland approached the court with a different plea this time. The Senator pleaded no contest to all three charges and was sentenced to 80 hours of community service and fined 890 dollars. Holland was originally sentenced to 400 hours of community service, but Jegley says that was in error and was corrected in Tuesday's proceeding. Jegley said the Senator also took time to apologize to the judge, and admitted his actions were wrong...
The state Highway Department has completed its restructuring of the intersection of Harding and Bruce Streets in Morrilton, and the Morrilton Police Department has been working at the intersection the past two weeks in an effort to make motorists aware of the changes that have been made. Lieutenant Curtis Russell said officers have been issuing warning notices, but will soon begin issuing citations. The changes are the result of a study by the Highway Department following an increase in the number of accidents at the intersection. One of the changes involved lengthening the northbound turn lane on Highway 9 south of the light to Blue Diamond Drive to provide more room for vehicles turning left onto Harding Street. The highway department also made a right turn lane north from the intersection to the eastbound entrance ramp of Interstate 40. In addition, flexible barricades were added to the southwest end of the gore located at Harding and Bruce Street to stop traffic from crossing the two westbound lanes and the eastbound lane of Harding Street. It also makes traffic leaving Bruce Street a right turn only onto Harding Street. The final change made at the intersection was to install a "No Right Turn" sign from Harding Street for northbound Highway 9 traffic that has turned left on to Harding. Drivers coming from the south are encouraged to use the stop light at Harding and University Boulevard to access Bruce Street...
The Morrilton Junior High School Quiz Bowl team is headed to the State Tournament. The team earned third place at the Regional Quiz Bowl Tournament in Alma on Saturday to qualify for the Class 5A State Tournament. Team members Jonathan Rankin, son of John and Darla Rankin, and Thomas Ragland, son of Greg and Deanie Ragland, were both named to the Regional All-Tournament Team. The coaches for the team are Jamie Pruitt and Jane Conley. The State Tournament will be held February 25th in Arkadelphia...
Morrilton also fielded a team of seventh and eighth graders that competed against ninth-grade teams. That team, coached by Melynda Hawkins-Thomas, competed well, losing two of their matches by a combined 35 points. Seventh-grader John Hopkins, son of John and Patricia Hopkins, was named to the Regional All-Tournament Team...
SPORTS
The Morrilton Devil Dogs' standing in the 5A West conference took a hit when the Dogs lost on the road to Harrison Tuesday night, 51-48. Tyrone Willis led the Devil Dogs with 16 points. With Greenwood's upset win over Alma, Morrilton is now tied with the Bulldogs for third place with a 6-3 record in conference play. The Lady Devil Dogs fell to 2-7 in the conference after a 47-26 loss to the Lady Goblins. Katelynn Price led Morrilton with eight points. Morrilton plays host to Siloam Springs Friday night in a game that could have major playoff implications for both boys' teams...
Sacred Heart had no trouble winning their Senior Night games against Oark Tuesday night. The Lady Rebels got 21 points from Crystal Wilson in a 62-36 victory. All four seniors - Allie Dammann, Elysha Walker, Katie Roberson and Claire Andrews - scored for Sacred Heart with Dammann connecting for 13 points and Walker contributing 12. The Lady Rebels improve their overall record to 26-7. Sacred Heart's boys had an even easier time in their game, cruising to a 50-14 victory. Thirteen players scored for Sacred Heart with sophomore Drew Bottoms leading the way with nine points. The Rebels are now 27-6 on the season. Sacred Heart will play its regular season finale Friday night at Danville...
Seth Sensabaugh scored 17 points to lead Wonderview's senior boys to a 60-53 win over South Side Bee Branch in non-conference action Tuesday night. Nick Deckard added 13 and Ben Church had 12 for the Dare Devils. In the girls' game, Lane Harris scored 11 points and Bailey Zimmerman added ten as the Lady Dare Devils improved to 28-6 with a 57-22 win over the Lady Hornets. Wonderview will plays its final regular season games Friday night at Bigelow...
The Arkansas Razorback basketball team plays its second consecutive road game Wednesday night when it travels to Athens, Georgia, to take on the Georgia Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. Arkansas is playing back-to-back road contests for the second time this season and is looking to get back on the winning side of the ledger after a loss to LSU on Saturday. The Bulldogs have been a team of streaks this year and have lost each of their last four games. Coverage of Wednesday's game gets underway at 6:30 on 101.7 KVOM...
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