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- Greenbrier sophomore to attend inauguration
Greenbrier sophomore to attend inauguration By JESSICA BAUER Although sophomore Jordan Hannink is excited about being chosen to witness the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama, she is just as excited ...
- Trial begins for third Greenbrier bank robbery suspect
Trial begins for third Greenbrier bank robbery suspect A jury could decide by Thursday if 27-year-old Johnta Quatast Barber acted as getaway driver in the April 13, 2007 robbery of a Greenbrier bank or, as his ...
- Greenbrier agent sought for alleged investment scam
Greenbrier agent sought for alleged investment scam By CHUCK BARTELS AP Business Writer LITTLE ROCK An insurance agent accused of bilking retiree investors out of tens of thousands of dollars and converting the ...
- Ark. Agent For Alleged Investment Scam Sought
An insurance agent accused of bilking retiree investors out of tens of thousands of dollars and converting the money to his own use is being sought by the Arkansas Securities Department.
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Rose Bud School District has a new superintendent in Curtis Spann who is filling the role left open by the resignation Jeff Williams.
- Former Siloam Springs coach hired to lead Cats
Former Siloam Springs coach hired to lead Cats By MARK BURKE LOG CABIN staff writer Clint Ashcraft has long known he'd like the opportunity to one day be the football coach at Conway High.
- Concurrent-credit classes allow students to take college courses
Concurrent credit is an easy and inexpensive way to take college-level classes at a high school level.
- Marcyniuk Apologizes For Murder, Awaits Lethal Injection
Zachariah Scott Marcyniuk apologized to Katie Wood's family for murdering their daughter, apologized to his own family, then was sentenced to death.
- Greenbrier Christmas parade set for Sunday
LOG CABIN DEMOCRAT Interstate 40 is closed to both east and westbound traffic between Burns Park and Crystal Hill Road due to a collision between a gasoline tanker truck and at least one other vehicle.
- Jurors See Blood, Gore At Capital Murder Trial
The struggle began at Katie Wood's front door when she arrived home and spilled into the kitchen.
- Marcyniuk claims mental illness led to killing
Zachariah Scott Marcyniuk beat and stabbed Katie Wood to death in her Fayetteville apartment after she broke up with him but his attorney says Marcyniuk shouldn't die because he's mentally ill.
- Jury Seated in Case Over Slain UA Student
Fayetteville - A jury has been selected for the capital murder trial of a man accused of stabbing a University of Arkansas student to death in March.
- 'Cops' take children shopping for clothing, books, toys
'Cops' take children shopping for clothing, books, toys By JOE LAMB About 70 children went shopping with off-duty Conway Police Department officers Sunday morning as part of the Fraternal Order of Police's ...
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CommunityCorner By BRENDA DOWDY HOLT Hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving.
- Shoppers rush to stores in search of bargains
Shoppers rush to stores in search of bargains Day-after-Thanksgiving shopping on Friday looked much like that of years past in Conway, with packed parking lots, bustling stores and shoppers snapping up ...
- Wooster Elementary gets new bell tower
Wooster Elementary gets new bell tower While Wooster Elementary School in Greenbrier is the newest installment of the Greenbrier School District, there is also an element of the Wooster community's past ...
- Bears sign four Arkansans to next season's baseball roster
Bears sign four Arkansans to next season's baseball roster By CODY USHER UCA SPORTS INFORMATION University of Central Arkansas baseball coach Doug Clark has signed four Arkansasans to NCAA National Letters of ...
- Greenbrier Junior High students make connections
Greenbrier Junior High students make connections Greenbrier Junior High School students Cassidy DeSalvo and Laura Shock have been making special connections with students in Greenbrier Middle School.
- Shoppers help benefit Heaven's Gift
Shoppers help benefit Heaven's Gift Shoppers turned out Saturday for the first ever Greenbrier Chamber of Commerce Holiday Expo at the Greenbrier City Event Center.
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City DescriptionGreenbrier is a city in Faulkner County, Arkansas, United States. It is part of the Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,042 at the 2000 census.
Greenbrier is a town that developed from a minor stop on the Butterfield Stagecoach route into a bustling city. The town was named for the Saw briers, which are green and prickly when touched, that were noticed in the creek that runs through the small town. The early pioneers found them to be a nuisance while clearing the land for homes and farms. To reach down and grab a hand full of saw briers would stop a working regimen immediately. Greenbrier is located 12 miles north of Conway on Highway 65. It is presently a fast growing city because of its unique location, but it hasn't always been that way. At one time Greenbrier was just a vast countryside.
From the 1500s to the 1800s the area was just wilderness and territorial land that was home for many Indians. The Quapaw and later the Cherokee Indians, along with famous people like Jim Bowie and Jesse James, were basically all that lived here. Of corse, Jim Bowie and Jesse James were just passing through on their way to the area of Oklahoma ... Read MoreCity Contained By:Timezones:Size:
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