Scattered to numerous thunderstorms will continue across the Four State Region through at least Wednesday.

Sandra Cawyer, who resigned this weekend as Columbia County assessor, will become the new director of the Arkansas Assessment Coordination Division of the state Department of Finance and Administration.

Columbia County Health Unit will have a drive-through COVID-19 test event on Tuesday, July 14.

Sandra Cawyer, who has been Columbia County tax assessor since 2011, has resigned.

Arkansas cities may adopt local ordinances requiring people to wear masks in public to fight the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

Magnolia Municipal Airport has received a $200,000 grant that will go toward rehabilitation of the runway at Ralph Weiser Field next year.

Local news happens during national holidays, such as the Fourth of July.

Magnolia Mayor Parnell Vann issued a statement on Tuesday, encouraging residents to avoid large gatherings of people and to limit social contacts during the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

De’Taevias Cooper, 18, of Magnolia has been arrested as the driver of the vehicle that crashed Sunday morning into The Corner Clubhouse restaurant on the Magnolia Square.

Magnolia police are looking for two men who ran away after the car they occupied demolished part of The Corner Clubhouse on the Magnolia Square.

Recent arrests made by the Magnolia Police Department. Many, but not all, of these arrests have previously been listed in our daily report of Columbia County Justice and Detention Facility bookings and releases.

Most of Columbia County’s surge in COVID-19 cases is the result of an outbreak at The Springs, a nursing home on Dudney Road formerly known as Magnolia Health and Rehabilitation.

With a four-month delay in regular meetings due to the coronavirus pandemic, Magnolia Mayor Parnell Vann on Monday night issued a belated, yet topical State of the City address.

The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office reports new complaints about scams.

The Magnolia Police Department is getting a new home.

Magnolia City Council members voted unanimously Monday to move into the bid-gathering stage for a large-scale, multi-million dollar project to replace outdated, cast-iron water main lines throughout some central and southwestern sections of the city.

Magnolia police are looking for the people responsible for a string of vehicle burglaries on the east side of the city.

Columbia County experienced its largest one-day increase in reports of COVID-19 virus cases between Saturday and Sunday.

The Magnolia City Council will meet at 5 p.m. Monday in the City Council chambers of the Police-Fire Building.

The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office reports a “gypsie scam” in the western part of the county.

The Columbia County Quorum on Monday night voted nearly unanimously to remain for another year with Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield as the county’s health insurance provider.

Two items are on the agenda for a meeting of the Magnolia Planning Commission at 5:30 p.m. Monday in the City Council Chambers in the Police-Fire Building.

The deaths of a Magnolia couple on February were the apparent result of a murder-suicide.

Fire damaged a house Monday night at the corner of West Columbia and North Clay streets.

Outrage over the death of another African-American at the hands of police took the form of a candlelight vigil and impassioned speeches Sunday night in Magnolia.

A vigil will be held in Magnolia from 5:30-7 p.m. Sunday in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, and out of respect for George Floyd.

A group of young people made signs and responded Wednesday evening to a post on social media to come to the Columbia Shopping Center on Wednesday afternoon to protest George Floyd’s recent death, and injustice against black people in general.

A $490,000 grant to the Magnolia Regional Medical Center was accepted Monday night during a special meeting of the Magnolia City Council.

With citizen complaints continuing to roll in over the lack of regular brush and bulk pickups in the county, many local justices of the peace, as well as County Judge Denny Foster, on Monday night vented their frustrations with Columbia County’s contracted solid waste pickup provider, WCA (W…

Every home should have received an invitation to participate in the 2020 Census. The Columbia County Complete Count Committee is urging residents to respond.

One man was killed during a shooting Tuesday morning on West Simmons Street in Waldo.

Government offices will be closed on Monday in observance of Memorial Day.

The Magnolia Regional Medical Center Board of Directors will meet at noon Tuesday in the MRMC Board Room.

Memorial Day will be commemorated by the nation on Monday.

A vehicle struck a natural gas meter on Dorothy Street in South Magnolia about 2:30 a.m. Saturday.

The City of Taylor has received a $1,633,114 loan to replace its existing wastewater collection system.

A thunderstorm with lightning and hail passed through Columbia County between 7-8 p.m. Thursday.

Point Blank Enterprises, Inc., recently donated a new bullet-resistant vest to Magnolia Police Chief Todd Dew as a replacement to one that was damaged in an accidental shooting.

Columbia County's tax collections are running at 18 percent as of Friday, according to Tax Collector Rachel Waller.

Relocation plans for DaVita Kidney Care and the construction of two new houses gave the City of Magnolia a huge boost in building permit values during April.

Most of the time Brent Waters, a salesman, is on the road and eating out Monday through Thursday. But during the COVID-19 pandemic, he has found himself in the kitchen.