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The nomination period is open for awards that will be presented at the 81st annual Magnolia-Columbia County Chamber of Commerce Membership Banquet.
Applications are being taken in Columbia County for persons who want to become Master Gardeners.
United Community Organization will sponsor its annual African Heritage Extravaganza at 5 p.m. Sunday, February 16.
LifeShare Blood Centers has announced upcoming blood drives.
Applications for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) will be accepted starting Tuesday, January 21.
Phi Zeta Zeta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., will hosts its annual "A Klassy Affair" on Saturday, February 8.
Harvest Regional Food Bank is returning to Waldo on Wednesday, January 29.
Jessica S. Yarbrough, public defender for Columbia County, will be the keynote speaker at the Columbia County NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet.
The Boys and Girls Club of Magnolia will once again present a Wes Weiser Memorial Scholarship.
The Boys and Girls Club of Magnolia will have a drive-through steak dinner from 5-6:30 p.m. Monday, February 17 at the club.
The McNeil Lodge No. 440 recently installed new officers and presented Arkansas Children’s Hospital with a $3,000 check.
Fueled by advertising and friends’ chatter, children’s off-the-chart holiday gift expectations can lead to disappointment, overspending and put a pall over what should be a bright spot in the year. However, there are ways to keep everyone happy.
The Peanut Butter and Crackers Campaign has closed with a record number of donations.
The Magnolia Community Awareness Council will host its annual holiday dinner at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Hospitality House Community Center, 100 Meadowbrook Lane.
A limited number of Magnolia Specialized Services’ 2020 Masterpiece Calendars are available.
DaVita Kidney Care has announced an $800 contribution to Southwest Arkansas Community Development Corporation of Magnolia.
Magnolia’s new Square Park has received a statewide award.
Tuesday is the deadline for people to make donations to the Peanut Butter and Crackers Campaign.
Santa Claus will make an early appearance in McNeil on Saturday.
The Boys & Girls Club of Magnolia will hold its annual Holiday TV Auction from 7-10 p.m. Thursday.
Magnolia Specialized Services will present “Have a Holly Jolly Christmas” from 11:30 a.m. to noon Tuesday at the Wes Weiser Gym on West Greene Street.
The Festival of Stars Toy and Donation Drive and Radiothon raised $274,160.65 for Arkansas Children’s from 11 statewide locations on Friday.
The Columbia County Angel Tree is still accepting sponsors for some of the 280 children who will receive Christmas gifts through the program.
The Magnolia Circle of Friends is participating Friday in the 2019 Festival of Stars Toy & Donation Drive and Radiothon.
Buying gifts. Cooking the big family feast. Entertaining visitors. Too often, the season of joy is a season of stress. What’s a frazzled family to do?
The annual campaign to collect peanut butter and crackers for Magnolia-area school children continues into the Christmas season.
Arkansas 4-H state record book winners are spending their Thanksgiving break in Atlanta at the National 4-H Congress, the premier leadership event for senior 4-H’ers.
The McNeil All School Reunion will have its annual Christmas Open House from 3-5 p.m. Saturday, December 7 at the former Southside School in McNeil.
The fifth annual “Run for Hunger” 5K race and walk will start from Asbury United Methodist Church at 8 a.m. Thursday – Thanksgiving morning.
The Magnolia Fire Department has received a $1,023.61 grant from the Columbia County Conservation District.
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority will present its fifth Miss Jingle Bells Pageant at 3 p.m. Sunday, December 8.
Magnolia-Columbia County Chamber of Commerce members are encouraged to adopt one of the Magnolia Square’s light poles for the Christmas season.
The SHARE Foundation of El Dorado will receive an $80,100 Blue & You Foundation grant for its Palliative Care of South Arkansas program through Life Touch Hospice.
The American Cancer Society has marked Thursday as Great American Smoke Out Day, encouraging smokers to use this day to quit using tobacco or to make a plan to quit smoking.
The Merry Christmas Market, a fundraiser for the Magnolia Regional Medical Center Auxiliary, will be 5:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, December 3 at the LifeSmart Center.
Reece McDonald is one of five Southern Arkansas University students and less than one percent of FFA members that received the 2019 American FFA Degree.
The Magnolia Community Awareness Council has announced plans to establish a “parent academy” to help parents become full partners in the education of their children.
Central Arkansas Development Council will distribute USDA commodities in Columbia County on Thursday, November 14 and Friday, November 15, starting at 9 a.m.
Farmers Bank & Trust is in the last few days of the 2nd Annual HEART of the Red, White & Blue military care package drive.
People interested in helping to place United States flags around the Columbia County Courthouse on Veterans Day are invited to meet at the American Legion Post on Legion Drive at 5 a.m. Monday.
The Boys & Girls Club of Magnolia will hold its annual Holiday TV Auction from 7-10 p.m. Thursday, December 12.
People who are caregivers for loved ones are invited to a lunch break from noon to 1 p.m. Friday, November 8 at the First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, 1417 N. Jackson.
The McNeil All School Reunion, CDC will host a Veterans Appreciation Luncheon from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, November 9, at the former Southside School in McNeil.
The Columbia County Library Board Meeting is scheduled for 5 p.m. Monday in the board room of the library on North Jackson Street.
Children are invited to celebrate Halloween with Columbia County’s first responders from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, October 31 in the parking lot of Farmers Bank & Trust’s main office on North Jackson Street.
Union Pacific's Community Ties Giving Program has announced award of more than $5.3 million in local grants to roughly 600 nonprofit organizations across the railroad’s 23-state system.
Community Compassion Center, 2642 N. Dudney Road, will have its Fall Festival from 2-5 p.m. Thursday, October 31.
Jimmy Lewis and 8 Second Ride, with The Cotton Pickers Bluegrass Band, will be the feature performers for the County Music Roundup Benefit for the South Arkansas Heritage Museum.
The Hydro (formerly Sapa) plant in Magnolia recently made a donation to the Compassion’s Foundation in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Two community groups received donations from the South Arkansas Women’s Network as SAWN’s final act prior to dissolution of the 27-year-old organization.
Boosters & Big Rigs are returning to the Magnolia Fall Festival on Saturday, October 26.
