If not for the flies, Gunner Pool Recreation Area would be paradise. It lies at the confluence of Gunner Creek and North Sylamore Creek, deep in a hollow below the community of Fifty-Six.

My Christmas comet appeared around midnight on Dec. 21 at Gunner Pool Recreation Area in Stone County. Mike Masterson, a longtime columnist for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, often writes about ...

During a family movie night at home, Chris and Christina Martin were jolted back to reality when they couldn’t find Gunner. “He was at the bottom of the pool. He wasn’t floating,” Chris ...