Bob Nason & Associates Insurance Agency, formerly located at the corner of East Main and South Frederick, has moved. It is now at the former location of TMT Custom Wheels, next door to Steren Electronics, at 713 E. Main. Nason & Associates is an independent agency.
Our newest advertising client is El Dorado dentist Dr. Paul Burns. He wants Magnolia-area readers to know that he provides a variety of dental services and welcomes new clients. This is a thing as Dr. David Cole has closed his Magnolia practice and his clients are looking for a new dentist. …
Returning as one of our seasonal advertisers is the Columbia County Ambulance Service. It has launched its annual membership campaign through November 13. People who click on the ad will be redirected to the CCAS website. Click the “Membership” link to find more information about family and …
Raytheon Technologies division Raytheon Missiles & Defense, which has a major missile production facility in the Highland Industrial Park, said this week that it’s looking for a U.S. location for an Iron Dome Weapon System production facility. If you follow news out of the Middle East, y…
The Columbia County Health Coalition has put out a call for 10,000 reusable masks, or monetary donations to purchase masks, for public schools in the county. Donations may be delivered to the Magnolia-Columbia County Chamber of Commerce office on West Main Street. Or, people may call 870-235…
Mayor Parnell Vann raised the possibility that the Magnolia Regional Medical Center may need to hire a full-time, armed security team. This would require at least four law-enforcement certified personnel. He made the comment Monday in response to the mass shooting on West Monroe Street that …
The Magnolia Reporter page on Facebook topped the 18,000 friends mark during the weekend. We appreciate everyone who uses Facebook to follow the news on our website, while reminding them that the best way to keep up with Magnolia and South Arkansas news is to bookmark the website and look at…
The Magnolia Regional Medical Center will reopen its Blossom Grill to the public on a limited basis starting Monday. It will offer patio service only. Karen Weido says, “Customers may come to the patio door (located on the north side of the facility, under the awning). The daily menu will be…
Will Prewitt, commissioner of the NCAA Division II Great American Conference, plans a video press conference at 2:30 p.m. Friday to discuss the league’s sports plans for the fall. The announcement will affect Southern Arkansas University athletics. It could be that the fall sports will have …
Congratulations to Columbia County’s new tax assessor, Voyles Martin, who will serve the remaining term of Sandra Cawyer. Mrs. Martin was the near unanimous selection of the Quorum Court on Monday. She has served in the office for many years and we’re certain that the staff won’t miss a beat.
People sometimes ask if our website or Facebook page will help them find their lost pet. We try to do as much as we can to help readers but lost pets are one of those things we have to decline. We fear that it’s one of those things that if we start, we will soon find it taking up our whole d…
When people hear that there’s been a COVID-19 outbreak at a state prison facility, there’s often an inclination to pass over the news as having no particular importance. We’re fine with criminals serving sentences at state prisons, but we’re not OK with the dehumanization that often goes alo…
We welcome the return of a former advertising supporter, the South Arkansas Regional Health Center. SARHC has a Magnolia clinic at 412 N. Vine, but also El Dorado, Camden, Prescott, Fordyce and Hampton. SARHC is well established for decades as a provider of services in behavioral health and …
Our new home comes with a great amenity. A splash pad. Well, it’s not exactly “ours” and it’s not in our home. But there is a small splash pad in Square Park, about a Super Soaker blast away from our front door. Families and small groups can enjoy it. This reminded us of other simple pleasur…
The number of new COVID-19 cases in Arkansas has risen by more than 1,500 since Friday. The number of active cases is up by more than 600. And, 16 more Arkansas residents died from the virus. We’ll know in the next day or two whether these numbers are an aberration or the start of a new and …
Lots of news happening around the Magnolia Square. Bad news first. The Corner Clubhouse was more severely damaged than originally believed on June 28 when part of the north wall was destroyed by a car that was fleeing from Magnolia police. Repairs will require several weeks, the owners say. …
magnoliareporter.com welcomes another advertising supporter today, Apple Flats Speech Pathology Clinic at 2206 N. Jackson in Magnolia. Bonnie Vest opened Apple Flats in 2018. The office is establishing itself in speech and language intervention for children and adults suffering from various …
Our long-time friend and Magnolia 1975 classmate, Dr. David Cole, dropped by on Thursday to officially inform us that he has closed his dental practice in Magnolia. He will be seeing a few remaining patients but within a few weeks, he will no longer be practicing in Magnolia. He’s not retiri…
Returning to magnoliareporter.com as an advertiser is South Arkansas Sales & Service, air conditioning, heating and refrigeration specialists and the local factory-authorized Carrier dealer. It’s summer. There’s a heat advisory out. Air conditioning systems need maintenance or repair. Pe…
Returning to magnoliareporter.com as an advertiser today is Mustard Seed Wealth Management. Mustard Seed is one of the premier wealth management and investment firms in Arkansas, certainly in South Arkansas, managing millions of dollars of customer portfolios. People who click on the ad will…
The Oxygen channel premiered on Sunday its latest episode of “Snapped.” The show focuses on women who commit murder, which meant that McNeil’s own Nena Bolton was bound to be featured eventually. Bolton murdered her husband, former Sheriff’s Deputy Larry Bolton, in 1998. She served six years…
Farm Credit of Western Arkansas has become the newest advertising client of magnoliareporter.com. Farm Credit wants to tell the public that it writing checks totaling more that $170,000 to its local members – an early payment of annual patronage distributions to its members. Farm Credit is a…
For the second time since the pandemic began, COVID-19 is running through a Columbia County nursing home. We’ve been reporting on the surge through our daily statistical report, and in more detail with today’s top article on our website. Our prayer is that the ultimate impact will be relativ…
If there was ever an athletic event with built-in social distancing appropriate to a pandemic, Saturday’s Pedals for Compassion bicycle tour of Columbia County fills the bill. Dozens of riders will arrive early Saturday on the Magnolia Square for a day of events which will include food and e…
We published today Southern Arkansas University’s announcement for its plans to reopen this fall under the shadow of the COVID-19 virus. While there have been many universities nationwide that have chosen to provide classes online only this fall, SAU is following the middle course that other…
All it takes is one COVID-19 infected person to spread the virus among a vulnerable or confined group within Columbia County, such as a nursing home or a workplace, to make dozens of people sick and to spread a virus from which some may die. Columbia County has been lucky compared with many …
Columbia County’s May figures for spending on the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery were stunning. In the midst of the current economic downturn, our residents purchased $643,622 worth of lottery tickets in May. This was the highest monthly total of 2020 by a good bit – exceeding the previous rec…
It wasn’t really part of the plan for this column to have taken a hiatus for the past two weeks, but that’s what happens during a move. Our time has been divided between closing out our former home and office, and getting moved into our new digs at 120 N. Court Square. While we’re not yet re…
We’re looking forward to the Magnolia High School senior parade on Thursday evening. With or without COVID-19, having an organized parade through town strikes us as a wonderful idea. Young people who complete their prescribed course of study through our secondary school system deserve their …
Our thanks to all of the volunteers who gave up part of their Monday to put out United States flags around the Columbia County Courthouse Square. The flags recognize Columbia County residents who died in 20th century conflicts. This is a fine tradition that all of us appreciate.
Mike McNeill’s Diary will not be published today. The column will return on Tuesday.
We posted the recent news about Standard Lithium to our Twitter stream a couple of days ago. It got “re-Tweeted” so we threw out the additional comment that we were going to be really disappointed if further processing of any Union County-produced lithium does not take place in South Arkansa…
Yes. We admit it. We do get irritated with some of the readers of articles that we post on the Magnolia Reporter page on Facebook. We spend a lot of time every day finding information, rewriting it into readable form, and finally posting it on this website. We select a few of those stories e…
We were in the drive-through of a local fast food restaurant on Saturday morning, along with about two dozen of our neighbors. An employee emerged and walked down the line to implore, “We’re open! You can come inside, baby!” There were no takers. Two dozen people decided that they’d rather r…
If these were normal times, the west side of the Magnolia Square would be shut down later this evening as the set-up work for the Magnolia Blossom Festival got into full swing. But these aren’t normal times, and there will be no 2020 Magnolia Blossom Festival. We’re sad about that although w…
Many of our friends and colleagues have extended personal and professional congratulations on our announcement Tuesday regarding our move to North Court Square. Max Brantley at the Arkansas Times gave us a “tip of the hat” for “forging ahead with an investment as a local news provider during…
You know how it is when a song gets stuck in your head. We’re presently stuck with the theme song from the 1970s television sitcom, “The Jeffersons.” Yeah, we’re movin’ on up, not to the East Side of Manhattan, but to the north side of the Magnolia Square. We announced today that we’ve acqui…
Smartphone data indicates that Columbia County residents are among the Arkansas residents to have been less likely to stay at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. We can’t give you a direct link for legal reasons, but we can tell you that on Wednesday, the Washington Post published an article …
Exterior painting was taking place Wednesday at the new location of Heritage House Gifts on South Court Square. Owners Carla Machen and Laurie Burks are moving the store and the Merle Norman cosmetics and Vera Bradley accessories shop from North Jackson Street into the former Miller’s Pharma…
There’s more evidence all over town that the magnolia blossoms are blooming. They do cheer things up a bit. Take a quick drive around the Magnolia Square for a look. Then stop and do a little business and cheer everyone up. We made an emergency purchase Tuesday from a Square business of an i…
All across Magnolia this weekend, we saw activity inside barber shops. salons and gyms as owners made preparations for their limited re-openings on Wednesday. The regulations set out by the Arkansas Department of Health are challenging as those businesses start the first phase of reopening p…
We’ve been reporting in our news columns about the large number of COVID-19 cases at the Cummins Maximum Security Unit of the Arkansas Department of Correction. As we write this, Lincoln County lists 814 people as having tested positive for COVID-19. Almost all of them are at the Cummins Uni…
JavaPrimo, 121 S. Jefferson in Magnolia, has become the newest advertising client of magnoliareporter.com. Owners Shelly and Josh Hughes invite our readers to make breakfast or brunch, lunch and dinner easy with Family Packs. Each Family Pack includes a wide selection of food for one low pri…
People who have worried for weeks that the COVID-19 virus would eventually have a serious impact on Columbia County have seen those fears realized. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Columbia County has doubled to 12 since Tuesday. This follows on the heels that one resident and one e…
Dave Sehon, a big voice in Magnolia radio for many years, has let slip that he’ll be hanging up his headset in mid-May. He’s half of the Troy & Dave Show at KZHE-FM and is the chief newsman at the radio station. He’s also the radio voice many area residents appreciate during bad weather.…
When did the COVID-19 pandemic “start” in the United States and South Arkansas? The narrative goes that the first U.S. COVID-19 death happened February 29 in Washington state. But, news stories in recent days have suggested that three people may have died from COVID-19 in California up to th…
It appears that the state has finally caught up with the COVID-19 testing performed in Columbia County. Through Sunday, the number of negative cases was 65. On Monday, the test number was 133. Today, it’s pushing 200 negative tests. The number of positive cases has been at five for a couple …
We have received an email from the SAU Alumni Association which encourages us to “Refer a Mulerider.” This is a program that comes out every year to encourage alumni and friends to let the university know about high school students with a potential interest in attending Southern Arkansas Uni…
We’ve seen the official state statistics, heard the anecdotal stories, heard some true stories and we have our own group of advisors. And we’ve come to this conclusion:
We can’t give you a direct link for legal reasons, but we can tell you that on Tuesday, the Politico website published an article by Rachel Roubein headlined, “Rural hospitals shut out of stimulus loans face financial crisis.” The article notes that, among others, Magnolia Regional Medical C…
Steve’s Outdoor Sports, 606 W. Main in Magnolia, has become the latest business to join our list of advertising clients. Steve Rogers wants to promote the large number of guns he has in stock, from handguns to rifles and shotguns. People who click on the ad will be re-directed to Steve’s Out…
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