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Mountain Home Public Schools’ Board to fill vacant seat tonight
The Mountain Home Public School Board is set to convene for its regular July meeting tomorrow at 5 p.m., where a key item on the agenda will be interviewing six candidates for the seat left vacant by Bob Chester’s resignation last month. The board will meet in executive session...
AEW Rampage Spoilers For 7/19 (Taped On 7/17)
AEW taped matches for the July 19th episode of AEW Rampage on July 17th from Simmons Bank Arena in Little Rock, AR. The spoilers (courtesy of PWInsider) are below. AEW Rampage Spoilers For 7/19 (Taped On 7/17) The Lucha Brothers (Penta El Zero Miedo & Rey Fenix) def. Private Party...
Arkadelphia airport hosting mural dedication July 26
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – A mural installation at Dexter B. Florence Memorial Field is brightening up Highway 67 and paying homage to a local veteran. On Friday, July 26, 2024, at 10 a.m., city officials will host a dedication ceremony for the new mural at Arkadelphia’s municipal airport. The...
17 Jul 2024 Professional signing, Team USA invite headline Harding Baseball Summer Update
SEARCY – Harding’s mid-summer baseball update will include a former Bison signing a professional contract, a signee who will pitch for Team USA, and numerous ball players sharpening their skills in summer leagues. Davis Welch, a First Team All-GAC performer as a senior right-handed pitcher in 2023, signed...
Former Texas High School Band Instructor Receives Sentence For Grooming Students
A Texarkana, Arkansas Man Is Going To Federal Prison For A Very Long Time After Pleading Guilty To Some Heinous Acts. A former director of the Texas High School color guard plead guilty to federal charges connected to alleged sexual misconduct in a shocking story that rocked educators and parents across the area.
Bullet fragment injures man after shooting in Blytheville, AR
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man was left injured due to a bullet fragment after shots were fired in Blytheville, Arkansas on Tuesday, police say. According to the Blytheville Police Department, they were notified by Great River Medical ER staff that a man arrived in the emergency room claiming he had been shot in the head. […]
Sheriff’s office investigating fatal fire
MANILA, Ark. (KAIT) - The Mississippi County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a 16-year-old girl in a house fire. Around noon Saturday, July 13, the Manila Police Department received a call about a fire at a home on Nancy Street. According to a news release, officers saw...
Police accuse mom of abandoning children in hot house with no food
TRUMANN, Ark. (KAIT) - Police arrested a Trumann woman after they said she abandoned three children in a home with no food or air conditioning. Poinsett County District Court Judge Ron Hunter found probable cause Monday, July 15, to charge 30-year-old Latisha Eveleen Davis with three counts of endangering the welfare of a minor in the first degree.
More With Four? Payoff on Traditional College Degrees Requires Patience, Educators Say
The return on investment of a four-year college degree is as valuable as ever, said university leaders in Arkansas, and there is data to back them up. While an increase in the number of programs offering technical and skills training has opened opportunities — sometimes lucrative ones — to more Arkansans, data reveals that over a lifetime, the earning potential of graduates with four-year or graduate-level degrees is substantially higher.
Arkansas Desert Storm veteran set to hike Mount Kilimanjaro
BENTON, Ark. – A veteran from Benton is heading to Africa to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain on that continent. Jeff Watts, a veteran of Operation Desert Storm, will be leading a team of 10 veterans and first responders on the expedition. They will start the climb up...
Flooding causing damage near small Arkansas towns | What we know so far
YELLVILLE, Ark. — Considerable rainfall has led to flash flooding across the Natural State, with some of the heaviest reports coming from Marion County in north Arkansas. Sections of MC 8060 are impassible at the Moccasin Creek Bridge and multiple streets in Flippin and Yellville are currently flooded, according to the county's Arkansas Office of Emergency Management.
University of Arkansas system president announces he is retiring by Jan. 15
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Donald Bobbitt, the president of the University of Arkansas system, said Tuesday he is retiring after leading the state’s largest university system for nearly 13 years. Bobbitt notified the university’s Board of Trustees that he plans to retire Jan. 15, or earlier, if...
AMP Top Ten: Diane Zook, Teach the Child
Given the right environment, all children should do well and achieve in school, Arkansas educator Diane Zook said. Zook, 76, has seen education at work on all levels. She was born in Batesville and moved to Melbourne in Izard County at an early age when her father took over the local newspaper, the Melbourne Times.
Women’s Foundation of Arkansas Names Nirvana Manning, M.D., Woman of the Year in Public Service
July 17, 2024 | Nirvana Manning, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has been named Woman of the Year in Public Service by the Women’s Foundation of Arkansas (WFA). Manning will be honored along with...
Chappell Roan coming to Arkansas in October
ARKANSAS, USA — Chappell Roan will be at the Walmart AMP on Wednesday, Oct. 2, as part of the Cox Concert Series, the AMP announced on Tuesday. The star has exploded in popularity over the last few months, with streams of her most recent single "Good Luck, Babe" reaching the top 5 on U.S. Spotify charts following its debut in April.
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