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The Bowie County Sheriff’s office responded to a shooting on Private Road 82008 in Hooks, TX, at 1:29 p.m. Saturday.
Active COVID-19 cases were up in Union and Ouachita counties on Saturday, but down in Columbia, Lafayette and Nevada counties, according to the Arkansas Department of Health.
The following people have recently been booked into the custody of the Columbia County Justice and Detention Facility on Rawhide Road in Magnolia. All of the following people are presumed innocent until found guilty in a court of law. Not listed are people serving brief commitments or state …
There was no grand prize winner Saturday of the national Powerball lottery.
Delek US Holdings, Inc., has announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30.
The 2022 Ouachita County Fair will kick off four days of fun this year with earlier dates, August 10-13, at the Ouachita County Recreational Center, 2708 Mount Holly Road in Camden.
A Cleburne County sheriff’s deputy and a Heber Springs police officer were cut Saturday by a suspect who was suspected of trespassing on property along the eastern edge of Heber Springs.
The mayor’s race in McNeil added a second candidate on Friday as the midway point passed in the filing period for municipal office in Columbia County.
Recent arrests made by the Magnolia Police Department. Many, but not all, of these arrests have previously been listed in our daily report Columbia County Justice and Detention Facility bookings and releases.
A minor passenger was killed and two other people were injured Friday in a one-vehicle wreck on a city street in Arkadelphia, just north of Henderson State University’s Carpenter-Haygood Stadium.
Education
When school begins this week at Columbia Christian School, a new leader will be at the helm.
The University of Arkansas at Monticello has announced the appointment of Dr. Shuneize Slater as dean of the School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences.
As families prepare for the start of the school year in August, many kids may struggle with anxiety about returning to the classroom. Brittney Schrick, extension assistant professor and family life specialist for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, said it’s important …
Two Southern Arkansas University students are among eight statewide who will share in $20,000 worth of scholarships.
For many families, the start of the school year means a return to hectic extracurricular schedules. Brittney Schrick, extension assistant professor and family life specialist for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, said setting limits for the number of activities child…
Four educators were named Thursday as 2023 Arkansas Teacher of the Year semi-finalists.
Back to school: Habits adopted during pandemic can help reduce spread of more common viruses as well
For as long as there’s been a public school system in the United States, the return to class after summer vacation inevitably brings with it three unpleasantries: The cough, the sniffle and the sneeze.
Magnolia High School has set its pick-up time for printed schedules.
Stacy Buchanan has been named lead teacher in the Pre-k room and curriculum specialist at Central Baptist Church Wee Care Center in Magnolia.
Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) is accepting applications for service academy nominations.
Obituaries
Venoy “Colonel” Simpson, 85, of Magnolia passed away Friday, August 5, 2022 at the Magnolia Regional Medical Center.
Betty Joyce Aubrey was born May 16, 1939 to the late Joe Aubre…
Mary Elizabeth Wranischar, formerly of Magnolia, died Monday, …
Zackary Tyler Burrier, 26, of Brookland, AR passed away unexpe…
Carl David Hackworth, 67, of Emerson passed away Friday, July …
Frank S. Monk, 88, of Dallas, a native of McNeil, passed away …
Frederick D. Lamay was born October 20, 1969 at Wadley Hospita…
Gertrude Easter Wafer was born October 12, 1953 in Magnolia, t…
Entertainment
The 2022 Ouachita County Fair will kick off four days of fun this year with earlier dates, August 10-13, at the Ouachita County Recreational Center, 2708 Mount Holly Road in Camden.
The Magnolia Arts Center has named its cast for "The Red Velvet Cake War."
First Friday Monthly Market in Camden the public to its “Rock Around the Clock 50s Party” on Friday night.
Cornhole is coming to Emerson in a big way.
Auditions for the Magnolia Arts Center production of “The Red Velvet Cake War” will be 6-8 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday at the center.
Hayden Kramer, known as Herobust, will perform at First Financial Music Hall in El Dorado at 9:30 p.m. Friday, November 11.
Opinion
The Arkansas Board of Election Commissioners on Wednesday rejected ballot titles of two proposed constitutional amendments that would legalize recreational marijuana and remove Pope County as a casino gaming location.
Job creation and code enforcement should be the top priorities of Magnolia’s city government, and then there’s everything else.
Baptist Health’s loss is my neighbor’s gain.
Chris Jones looked about as comfortable as a man could look while stretched out on the concrete steps at the Benton Farmers Market Monday afternoon. He laughed when I told him he’s a good candidate who’s not going to win.
Community
Monarch butterfly numbers have declined enough that one group of concerned scientists has placed the beloved insects on a watch list of endangered species.
Cassandra Speer, a graduate of Pleasant Grove, TX, High School and a women’s ministry leader, co-wrote one of Amazon’s top selling books titled, “Her True Worth.”
“Cram the Bus,” the annual school supply campaign of the Magnolia Junior Charity League, will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Walmart parking lot.
A new Cooperative Extension Service project is seeking to improve the health of rural counties by recruiting local volunteers, who will receive training and deliver extension health programming to their communities.
USDA commodities will be distributed starting at 9 a.m. on Thursday, August 18 and Friday, August 19 at The Hospitality House, 100 Meadowbrook Lane in Magnolia.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars building in Taylor has received a gift from Boulder Designs by Rock Your World.
Sports
Southern Arkansas is picked to finish last in the Great American Conference 2022 Volleyball Preseason Coaches’ Poll.
Jackson Roe, 27, of Conway was sentenced to three years’ probation and 150 hours of community service for importing and possessing illegally taken wildlife.
The break in triple-digit temperatures may inspire many outdoors enthusiasts to pick up their hiking, cycling and camping adventures, and many hunters’ minds already are centered around improvements they can make in their favorite hunting location or scouting a new piece of public land for f…
Southern Arkansas University has announced the addition of two new programs to its athletic department for competition beginning in the upcoming 2022-23 athletic year.
Southern Arkansas, under first-year head coach Brad Smiley, is tapped to finish eighth among the 12 Great American Conference football teams this fall.
The Great American Conference will hold its first football media day on Wednesday with all 12 of the league’s head coaches and Commissioner Will Prewitt participating in video interviews throughout the day.
