The following is a list of events that were supplied to The Record. 

The 2023 edition of Cruz’n the Square raised $30,529 for the family of Kruz McMurtrey, which was presented to the family last week by Jason Yates, organizer of the annual car show. Pictured …

After more than 40 years as the agency and office manager of Farm Bureau in Huntsville, Jimmy Peacock will retire on Oct. 31 to spend more time with his grandchildren. “I don’t know that I’ll miss it,” he said of his years in the insurance business. “I never gave retirement much thought. But I will say that, with each day that goes by, I get a little more excited about it.”

Classic cars line up in Polk Square during Saturday’s 16th Annual Cruz’n the Square.

Faith Thomas was crowned as the 2023 Homecoming Queen. She was escorted Friday night by her father, Danny Thomas.

A line of dancers perform zumba in front of the pavilion at Walking Trail Park Saturday evening as part of Salsa in the Park.

On Oct. 1, the green and white 4-H flag was raised at the U.S. Department of Agriculture headquarters in Washington, D.C., where it will fly through Oct. 7 to celebrate National 4-H Week. 

A softball tournament on Saturday, Sept. 23 will benefit Zach tenBerge, a beloved Huntsville native and basketball coach who has been battling a rare genetic disorder for most of his life.

Students were evacuated from Huntsville High School Thursday after school administrators were made aware of a written bomb threat at the campus.

Ike Evans, 70, of Hindsville, died in a one-vehicle accident at noon Monday on Highway 45 North, according to a report from the Arkansas State Police.

Charles “Chuck” Melton and Logan Carr are the new School Resource Officers (SROs) for the Huntsville School District.

Classic cars, classic music, and some good old-fashioned classic fun awaits everyone this coming weekend at the 54th annual Pioneer Days in St. Paul. 

Brennen Cline Machacek, of Hindsville, is asking a court to allow him to serve his sentence through community service and probation after he pled guilty to a misdemeanor count of parading, demonstrating or picketing a government building on Jan. 6, 2021. 

An Elkins man facing numerous Madison County charges, including third-degree domestic battery, kidnapping and fleeing, bonded out of the Carroll County Jail Aug. 30 only to be arrested again in a separate incident one day later.

A passing zone on Highway 412 in the Marble area has been closed after the Arkansas Department of Transportation reviewed crash data for the zone, according to department’s maintenance division.

Cade Jackson, right, son of Bobby and Tracie Jackson, sold his Grand Champion Steer to Reliable Poultry, represented by Kendall Proctor, left, during the Junior Livestock Sale at the Madison County Fair Saturday night. There were 54 entries in the sale. A special fair section will be published in next week’s Madison County Record.

While most Huntsville School District students enjoyed a summer off, some enjoyed extended learning through the summer as part of the summer garden club. 

Eddie Todd, vice-president of Arkansas Farmers Union, said his organization is seeing what can be done on a state and national level to assist Northwest Arkansas poultry growers whose production contracts have been terminated by Tyson, Inc.

Growing up on a farm in Waldron in Scott County and being involved in 4-H and Future Farmers of America led Caramie Edwards to where she is today: Madison County Extension Agent for 4-H and Family Consumer Science for the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture.

The Madison County Fair will not cut activities this year despite having no advance notice that it would receive significantly less state funding.