AGFC to hold special public meetings on waterfowl habitat
JONESBORO, AR - The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is holding several meetings in March about proposed changes to managing popular waterfowl habitats. According to the AGFC, the meetings are to keep...
View ArticleCrimes Against Women investigator gives voice to victims
When Mary Broadway, criminal investigator for the Searcy Police Department, began her first job after high school as a dispatcher with the Lee County Sheriff's Office, she didn't realize she was taking...
View ArticleBoy, 8, with skin disorder takes trip to meet dog with same condition
An 8-year-old boy with a skin disorder that causes white patches on his skin was able to fly across the country to meet a dog with the same condition. Both the boy, Carter Blanchard, of Searcy,...
View ArticleCity in Arkansas fires IT chief as $38,000 payout traced
On Friday Morris wrote a "notice of termination" to Sawyers. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette obtained the letter Monday under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act.
View ArticleBoy, Dog With Vitiligo Skin Condition Bond in Uplifting Meeting
An 8-year-old boy suffering with the skin condition vitiligo took a trip across the country to meet a dog with the same condition. Carter Blanchard of Searcy, Arkansas, was diagnosed with the skin...
View ArticleMadison names 3 finalists for Fire Chief; public invited to interviews
The Madison City Council will host a work session this Saturday, March 25 to interview three candidates being considered for the city's Fire Chief position. The work session will be held in Council...
View ArticleAlaska Sexual Abuse Suspect Fights Extradition From Arkansas
A 51-year-old man suspected of sexual abuse over multiple years in a southwest Alaska village is fighting extradition from Arkansas. He's being held on $1 million bail at the White County Jail in...
View ArticleSenate OKs concealed-carry limits
Sen. Trent Garner speaks Thursday against a bill by Senate President Pro Tempore Jonathan Dismang . Dismang's bill would exclude the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the State Hospital...
View ArticleLegislature's plate full for session's final days
Arkansas legislative leaders aim to wrap up the regular session early next week, but they still have numerous issues to address. On the to-do list are passing a general revenue budget for the coming...
View ArticleMan arrested for 76 counts of sex abuse, assault of a minor
SEARCY, AR - A man from Alaska is now in an Arkansas jail after U.S. Marshals arrested him Tuesday. KARK reports 51-year-old Jeffrey Jackson was wanted for 76 counts of sexual abuse and sexual assault...
View ArticleAR restaurant focused on fighting hunger expands
SEARCY, AR - An Arkansas-based eatery is expanding to the northeastern part of the state. Tacos 4 Life will open a new location in Searcy, according to Haag Brown Commercial Real Estate and Development.
View ArticleJoyce Dean Osborne Tidwell
Joyce Dean Osborne Tidwell of Beebe went to be with the Lord, April 13, 2017 surrounded by her family and precious friends.
View ArticleW.C. Farm Bureau Members Donate Hay to Kansas Farmer Who Lost His Crop to...
White County Farm Bureau Board members Jacky Reaper and Bobby Cofer loaded 36 bales of Reaper's Bermuda grass hay to go to Kansas to help an eighty-seven year old farmer who lost his pastures and some...
View ArticleGolden Suns hold off Reddies
The Arkansas Tech Golden Suns tennis team picked up their first Great American Conference road victory of the season as the Suns held off Henderson State 5-4 at the Bettye Wallace Tennis Center in...
View ArticleJustices: Release case file on killing
A woman who waged a nearly four-year fight to gain access to the Arkansas State Police investigation into her grandmother's 1963 abduction and killing will have access to the file under an Arkansas...
View ArticleArea distribution center receives honor
SEARCY, AR - The Sam's Club Distribution Center in Searcy was recently given a company award for its work and charitable efforts. According to a story from Little Rock television station KARK , the...
View ArticleHarding to open biblical archaeology museum
SEARCY, AR - A new museum in Searcy will give people an opportunity to see several biblical-related artifacts and other items nearly 3,000 years old, officials with Harding University said Tuesday. In...
View ArticleFor lottery play, debit cards now an option
Starting this summer, retailers selling tickets for the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery will be authorized to accept payment by debit cards, thanks to a new law that zipped through the Legislature in 23...
View ArticleJustices clear stops on lethal drug
Abe Bonowitz comforts Lynn Scott outside the Cummins Unit during a vigil with Judy Johnson, Randy Gardner and other protesters shortly after all of the stays for Ledell Lee's execution were exhausted...
View ArticleRound About | 04-27-17
May 5 - The Community Action Program for Central Arkansas will close the Winter Crisis LiHEAP Assistance Program effective May 05, 2017. For more information in Faulkner County, please contact our...
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