Tropical Storm Beta was stationary over the western Gulf of Mexico on Sunday morning, but was expected to make a turn toward the Texas coast later in the day.
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Three Waldo men and one juvenile have been arrested in connection with a burglary at Hydrostatic Oil Tools in Magnolia.
COVID-19 infection information for 21 South Arkansas and seven Northeast Texas counties, and eight North Louisiana parishes, from respective state health departments. The following figures for COVID-19 virus cases are current through 6 p.m. Thursday.
While press reports indicate a sudden outbreak of COVID-19 cases in the Crossett School District, Magnolia does not appear to be in the same predicament.
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The Village Water Association in Columbia County has received a $281,528 loan and a $120,655 loan with principal forgiveness from the Arkansas Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Fund.
Columbia County County Road 11 between the intersections of County Roads 44 and 32 will remain closed through Tuesday.
Columbia County Republicans will open their 2020 campaign headquarters during an event from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Monday, September 21.
Columbia County Road 11 between the intersections of County Roads 44 and 32 will be closed Tuesday.
A project to replace cast iron water mains in Magnolia is scheduled to start on October 1.
The Columbia County Judge’s Office has issued a special plea for residents to bag all pine straw and leaves before placing it on roadsides.
Columbia County residents may soon be asked to come up with about $100,000 for the purchase of a rescue truck, and an undetermined but continuing amount for its operation.
Monday is Labor Day, the last major holiday of the summer.
Local news happens during national holidays, such as Labor Day.
A comprehensive plan for the City of Magnolia – four years in the making and two years behind its originally scheduled release date – may finally be coming into the public’s view.
The Columbia County Clerk’s Office recently received a shipment of personal protective equipment that was obtained through the CARES Act from the Arkansas Secretary of State Office.
All Magnolia School District schools will be open on Friday, following a special campus closure on Thursday due to Hurricane Laura.
Tropical Storm Laura brought some Magnolians a little more trouble than others.
Tropical winds from the remnants of Hurricane Laura took only a few hours to pass through County, but restoring electricity could take days.
The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office has received complaints that the Publisher’s Clearing House scam is occurring.
Columbia County was under a tropical storm warning going into the early hours of Thursday as powerful Hurricane Laura made landfall along the southwest Louisiana coast.
Emergency preparedness officials and others are waiting to see what impact Hurricane Laura will have on Southwest Arkansas.
Magnolia School District students will attend classes via computer on Thursday.
Entergy Arkansas, the state’s largest electrical utility, has finalizing its storm preparations to respond to any impacts across Arkansas from Hurricane Laura.
The Magnolia Street Department will be open until 7 p.m. Wednesday to provide city residents with sandbags in preparation for Hurricane Laura.
Southern Arkansas University has cancelled online and face-to-face classes for Thursday and Friday due to the approach of Hurricane Laura.
After a veto late last week from Magnolia Mayor Parnell Vann, the Magnolia City Council on Monday once again approved a multi-year lease agreement between the city and Magnolia Regional Health Systems Inc. to occupy Magnolia’s hospital.
An unusual police chase involving a stolen 1950s model Chevrolet Bel Air drove one man straight to jail on Wednesday afternoon.
A Southern Arkansas University student was found dead about 3:36 p.m. Wednesday in a room at the Talbot Hall residential dormitory, apparently from natural causes.
Another opportunity for drive-through testing for the COVID-19 virus will be held in Magnolia on Thursday.
The Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) has awarded $7,162,966 in Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) to 23 Arkansas counties and communities.
Drawings for municipal candidate ballot positions will be held at 5 p.m. Monday at the Columbia County Clerk’s Office, 101 Boundary St., Suite 100.
Columbia County had lottery ticket sales totaling $470,667.00 in July, according to a report released July 11 by the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration - Office of the Arkansas Lottery.
A public hearing will be held at 11 a.m. today on a prospective lease agreement between Magnolia Regional Medical Center and the City of Magnolia.
Arkansas State Police Sgt. Seth Pinner, 35, of Columbia County, has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant and will assume assistant commander duties within the Highway Patrol Division, Troop L, headquartered at Lowell.
Columbia County is under a flash flood watch that may be upgraded to a flash flood warning on Wednesday afternoon.
Dallas Police have released photographs of a suspect in the shooting death of a former Waldo resident.
Two Camden youths were killed and a third was injured early Monday in a collision on the U.S. 79 bypass in Magnolia.
Heat indices will warm into the 100-to-105 degree range across the Four State area on Saturday afternoon.
Columbia County's property tax collections are at 25 percent as of Wednesday, August 5, according to Tax Collector Rachel Waller.
A former Waldo resident died Sunday in Dallas after he was shot several times at an intersection on the city’s east side.
The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office has issued its second scam alert in two days.
An unusual summer-time cold front will drop southward across the Four State area later Friday with thunderstorms possible into the early afternoon hours.
The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about a new scam.
The U.S. Census Bureau’s door-to-door count process will begin the week of August 11 in Magnolia and Columbia County.
No arrest has been made and the investigation continues into a mass shooting Sunday morning in Magnolia.
Gunfire broke out early Sunday during a large party in the 1000 block of West Monroe Street in Magnolia.
Plans to replace cast-iron water lines with PCV pipe are being laid by the City of Magnolia.
Several South Arkansas highway projects are scheduled to be let by the Arkansas Department of Transportation through the end of 2020.
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture has been made aware that private citizens in several states have received unsolicited packages containing seeds that appear to have originated from China.
The Moving McNeil Forward Economic Council will sponsor Market on the Rails from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at McNeil City Park on Logoly Road.
Eugene “Gene” Ravenscraft of Magnolia has been elected by the Columbia County Republican Committee to serve the unexpired term of Bob Cook who, along with his wife Sue, has moved from Columbia County.
