Villa Theatre owner eyes re-opening date

Since the spring of 1955, the Villa Theatre had been bringing Tinsel Town to the silver screen for Phillips County movie-goers, but since the middle of last June, the movie house has been shuttered because of problems with the movie projector,

Rejoice, movie fans, the owner of the Villa Theatre, along with the help of Malta's Greg and Jan Kirkwood, and Aaron and Christine Riggs, the silver screen in Malta is on course to once again bring Hollywood to the prairie with an eye on the end of September or early October to reopening the nearly 64-year-old movie house.

"We are working on getting the...