The number of COVID-19 cases has risen in South Arkansas since our last report on June 24.
After 13 years as the lead legal representative for the City of Magnolia, Michael W. Boyd has stepped down from his post. The longtime local attorney and partner at Bell, Boyd & McKendree, PLLC, in Magnolia officially resigned from the position on June 24, but he was recognized for his s…
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The Magnolia City Council heard and discussed on Monday a proposal from California-based firm Bird Rides, Inc., to partner the standup electric scooter with the city to operate a rental service in Magnolia.
A major addition at Magnolia’s East Side Park became one step closer to reality on Monday as Mayor Parnell Vann reassured the public that a new splash pad and skate park will be built as promised, and that he has been in significant talks with a development group over the last month.
The Union Pacific Railroad will make repairs to crossings in McNeil and Waldo this week.
An agreement with an electric scooter company and the appointment of a new Magnolia city attorney are on the agenda for Monday’s meeting of the Magnolia City Council.
A Springhill, LA man died about 11:47 p.m. Saturday when he was struck by a truck as he walked on U.S. 79 on the north side of Magnolia.
Tweets from magnoliareporter.com Twitter feeds posted at 2:30 p.m. Saturday:
Columbia County and neighboring counties and parishes remain under a heat advisory, according to the National Weather Service in Shreveport.
A heat advisory remains in effect for a third consecutive day in Columbia County.
The number of active COVID-19 cases in Columbia County rose by six on Thursday to a total of 38, according to the Arkansas Department of Health.
Lawmen in South Arkansas and North Louisiana are warning the public about an increase in thefts of catalytic converters from vehicles in El Dorado and Bastrop, LA, recently.
A heat advisory for Columbia County will remain in effect from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday.
Columbia County and neighboring areas of South Arkansas and North Louisiana is under a heat advisory through 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Shannon Hair is Columbia County’s new assessor-elect.
The ballot is short for today’s political party runoff election in Columbia County, but the two remaining candidates for County Assessor are counting on the votes.
A bond hearing for Tyreke Mitchell, charged with burglary, hitting his 3-year-old son, and possession of drugs did not reach a conclusion earlier this month in Judge David Talley’s 13th Judicial District Courtroom.
Hot conditions are expected in South Arkansas this afternoon, with maximum temperatures forecast to climb into the upper 90s to 100 degrees.
A preliminary docket for Columbia County Circuit Court Criminal Division has been released by the office of Circuit Judge David W. Talley Jr.
The Juneteenth National Independence Day becomes an official federal and state holiday on Monday.
News happens on weekends.
A candlelight vigil will be from 7:30-8:30 p.m. tonight at South Side Park as part of the 2022 Juneteenth Festival.
A truck driven by a Columbia County deputy collided with another truck at the intersection of West Main and South Madison just before 5 p.m. Wednesday.
A portion of U.S. 371 – North Olive Street in Waldo -- will be temporarily closed beginning at 5 a.m. Friday for about three days.
A heat advisory will be in effect for the Four State region from noon to 7 p.m. Monday.
A portion of Arkansas 98B in McNeil, at Front and Mulberry streets, will be temporarily closed beginning at 5 a.m. Tuesday, June 14 for about 72 hours while Union Pacific Railroad makes repairs to a railroad crossing.
South Arkansas is under a heat advisory from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday.
A Bryant resident who formerly lived in Magnolia died Thursday, June 2, 2022 in a one-vehicle wreck south of Malvern.
Scattered thunderstorms will be possible this afternoon and overnight with a weak cold front approaching the Four State region.
PotlatchDeltic Corporation said has announced that it is investing $131 million to expand and modernize its Waldo sawmill.
Strong thunderstorms will impact the region into Sunday evening.
A collision Wednesday afternoon between a train and a log truck near the PotlatchDeltic lumber mill near Waldo kept U.S. 82 blocked for about eight hours.
Steven Wade Miller decided recently to skip a resentencing hearing before a Columbia County jury, and to accept a recommended sentence for a 1994 homicide in El Dorado.
Today is Memorial Day, the annual holiday set aside for the remembrance of the nation’s war dead.
News happens on holiday weekends.
Four South Arkansas communities were among 37 Arkansas cities and counties recently awarded Arkansas Economic Development Commission Rural Services Division grants.
After a life-changing accident this March in Florida, and after some doctors initially predicted the worst, Lakyn Stroder is back home in Magnolia and loving it.
(An earlier version of this article flipped the vote count of the candidates in Hot Spring County. This version corrects the error).
Columbia County political party primary and school board results, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. Complete but unofficial returns.
Registered voters have until 7:30 p.m. today to vote in Arkansas’ political party primary and non-partisan judicial and school board elections.
The Magnolia Boys and Girls Club has lost its executive director after less than two years at the job.
The Magnolia City Council met Monday to discuss business for the month of May. The topics included the following:
Magnolia Mayor Parnell Vann told the City Council on Monday that he has met with a development firm about the construction of a splash pad and dog-skate park at East Side Park.
Showers and thunderstorms will return to South Arkansas today as several upper-level disturbances move into the region.
The swimming area at Lake Columbia's South Shore Park has been reopened to the public.
Columbia County had lottery ticket sales totaling $459,959.50 in April, according to a report released this past week by the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration - Office of the Arkansas Lottery.
The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office has issued a warning about a telephone scam.
Gunfire broke out at a graduation party at a location on U.S. 79 north of Magnolia about 3 a.m. Friday.
The City of Emerson dedicated its new Community Pavilion on Thursday with the start of the 2022 Farmers Market.
Magnolia City Attorney Michael Boyd on Thursday attacked what he said are misrepresentations in advertisements in the Arkansas State Senate District 3 race.
Are you looking at your sample ballot for the May 24 election? There are a lot of jobs on the ballot that Arkansans might not know what they do.
