On The Record ‘Crunchy Wars’

Atypical 3-year-old’s vocabulary is somewhere around 300 words — depending on their exposure to children’s television programming.

On The Record Spookier than 1,000 words

Halloween. Just hearing the name of this month’s holiday is sure to bring back memories of dressing up and hitting the streets in search of candy.

Kids ‘Touch-A-Truck’ at annual event

Dozens of youngsters and their parents scrambled over work equipment Saturday as part of the Siloam Springs Parks and Recreation Department’s annual Touch-ATruck event, held in the Wal-mart parking lot.

On The Record Still no 'ObamaZombies'

My daughter is a student at Southside Elementary School, and through the years she has always brought home something interesting in her backpack.

Siloam Springs Model Railroad Club

Scale model trains have come a long way since the days of waking up Christmas morning and seeing a Lionel engine chugging its way beneath the tree.

Lee not headed overseas

The Herald-Leader receives hundreds of press releases through e-mail every week, and while a small number of them are pertinent to the local community, most get deleted.

Actress honored at memorial service

A torrential thunderstorm wasn't enough to stop friends from gathering to remember a former resident of Siloam Springs who went on to become a Hollywood celebrity.

Hollywood star comes home for good

Alice Ghostley's ashes will be buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Siloam Springs.

A Hollywood star of film, stage and television will be laid to rest in Oak Hill Cemetery here this week - almost two years after her death. Alice Ghostley, a former resident of Siloam Springs who appeared in the films "Grease" and "To Kill a Mockingbird" and played Aunt Esmerelda on television's "Bewitched," died Sept. 21, 2007, at her home in Studio City, Calif. She was cremated, and a portion of her ashes were spread beneath an orange tree near her home, along with the ashes of her husband, Felice Orlandi, who died in 2003. The remaining ashes and the cremains of her sister, Gladys Ghostley, who died June 21, will be buried together Thursday beside their parents in Oak Hill Cemetery.

On The Record Oh, Deere ...

My family is celebrating an unusual birthday today, but there won't be any cake and ice cream - mostly because my wife thinks it would be silly.

On The Record Curse of the Little Kids' Table

The family and I had a chance to return to East Arkansas a few weeks ago to help celebrate my uncle's 92nd birthday, and I saw a live example of the old phrase, "The more things change, the more things stay the same." I have been visiting my Aunt Erma Jean's home since I was born.