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06/07/11 Katie Jones, 4, plugs her ears as Union Pacific's No. 844 steam locomotive stops in Bald Knob on Monday. by Brian Chilson [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
06/06/11 Mainline steam returns to Region 8 with Union Pacific steam locomotive 844 on display in Bald Knob on Tuesday after a visit to Poplar Bluff and Walnut Ridge.
05/27/11 The railroad says the locomotive is to arrive at Bald Knob the evening of June 6 for a one-night stopover and will be on display from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. June 7. It departs the next morning for North Little Rock and will be on display there June 9 before leaving June 10.
05/27/11 The railroad says the locomotive is to arrive at Bald Knob the evening of June 6 for a one-night stopover and will be on display from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. June 7.
05/06/11 Travelers are feeling frustrated as a trip that usually takes a couple of hours has increased by over a hundred miles and several hours. The closing of I-40 that takes travelers from Memphis to Little Rock is impacting many on the roads and in Bald Knob.
04/23/11 The body of a woman found on a central Arkansas farm in March has been identified as that of a former Washington woman. Carissa E. Downey, 23, of Cabot, Ark., was pronounced dead on March 20, 2011, in Bald Knob, Ark., after her remains were found in a garbage bag in a farm field on Dripping Springs Road in White County.
04/23/11 Lorene Lingle can't remember if she was at the first Easter sunrise service on Bald Knob, but she's attended just about all of them since.
04/15/11 Family members described six-year-old Devon Adams as a smart little boy with a big heart. Bald Knob Police Officer Stephanie Vaughn says it's a tragedy no parent wants to see.
04/12/11 ALTO PASS - On Sunday, churches across Southern Illinois are going to get the opportunity to help Bald Knob Cross of Peace shine its light again, just like the old spiritual says.
03/16/11 Police said they arrested James Henry Capps, 38, of Bald Knob and Angie Marie Brown, 32, of Bradford for Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver, namely methamphetamine
12/21/10 Laura Meisenhaeimer, left, and her parents Joel and Carol, of Glen Ellyn, walk the grounds around the Bald Knob Cross in April 2009. The cross, completed in 1963, is undergoing a restoration effort. (David Pierini/Tribune) See more photos HERE. A group raising money for the towering Bald Knob Cross of Peace in southern Illinois says it has exceeded its goal of $300,000 despite sex charges ...
11/02/10 Residents of Jonesboro, Searcy, West Memphis, Newport, Bald Knob, and Marked Tree can once again "take the bus, and leave the driving to us." Greyhound bus service resumed yesterday, thanks to a subsidy from the state.
09/08/10 Citing North American history dating to Christopher Columbus' 1492 venture to the New World, Bald Knob Cross board president Rev. Steven McKeown released a paper documenting his belief that state funds used in the monument's renovation don't violate church-state separation statutes. Click to read the full writing.
08/27/10 The Carlisle Bison will host a benefit scrimmage Friday with McGehee, McCrory and Bald Knob at Fred C. Hardke Field. The junior high scrimmage will begin at 5:30 p.m., with the senior high scrimmage to follow at 7 p.m.
08/17/10 The atheist who's fighting state funding for the Bald Knob Cross in Alto Pass talks to the Marion city council about a proposed Ten Commandments monument.
08/12/10 By The Associated Press THE ISSUE: Chicago-area atheist Rob Sherman is suing administrators of southern Illinois' towering Bald Knob Cross of Peace over a $20,000 state grant the caretakers received to help...
07/06/10 NATCHITOCHES, La. (AP) - A Fort Polk soldier from Arkansas has died in a crash in Natchitoches Parish. State police said 19-year-old Allen Yancey of Bald Knob, Ark., was driving an SUV east on La. Highway 120 Friday when he ran off the right side of the road in a curve.
06/21/10 Fire crews are investigating the fire at the Bald Knob Veneer plant in what looks to be a case of arson. read more
05/16/10 Members of the Knights Templar gather at Bald Knob Cross of Peace for public worship service
05/12/10 ALTO PASS - A special worship service is planned for this Sundaymorning at the Bald Knob Cross of Peace in Alto Pass.
04/14/10 A fundraising dinner Tuesday evening raised more than $10,000 indonations toward the restoration of Bald Knob Cross of Peace inAlto Pass. | 
