VIOLA - Hannah Braden, a Viola Elementary School sixth-grader, recently placed second in the statewide "Stamp Out Smoking" essay contest.

The Viola School Board announced that dirt work for the new high school would begin soon.

Salem and Viola high schools were recognized as bronze schools by U.S. News &World Report.

The flu has struck schools around the nation hard this flu season, especially with the influx of the H1N1 virus.

Larry G. Mickey, 68, of Viola, Arkansas, son of Pearl Mickey and the late Orville Woodrow Mickey, was born on January 4, 1941, in Bernie, Missouri.

Gene Earl Rogers, age 77 passed away Friday, September 18, 2009. He was born September 18, 1932 in Amarillo, Texas to Howard and Louise Rogers.

A benefit account at Bank of Salem has been established for the family of Joseph Clifton, who was killed Sept.

Police say a Viola man was fatally shot in the cab of his truck at close range while his 2-year-old son sat strapped in a safety seat.

Fulton County authorities have arrested a man on a charge of first-degree murder.