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Senior Center Not Immune To Funding Crisis
The Mountain View Senior Center at 210 School Avenue has not escaped a funding crisis impacting senior centers statewide. Ted Hall, CEO of Batesville-based White River Area Agency on Aging (WRAAA), during a visit May 29 to Mountain View, said funding for senior centers has been a problem for years for the contractors who run them.
Flooding reported across several Arkansas towns
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — After heavy rain entered the Natural State overnight and into the morning, parts of central and north Arkansas have reported experiencing flooding this morning. The National Weather Service in Little Rock placed southern Baxter County, southern Marion County, northeastern Searcy County, and northwestern Stone County...
'I'll become a survivor again': Victim opens up as serial rapist is released from Arkansas prison
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A victim in a landmark Arkansas rape case is opening up after her abuser is granted parole. More than 25 years ago, a jury found Len Yates guilty of rape for using drugs on women. It made him one of the first men to be charged and convicted for using the date-rape drug known as roofies.
Lake Chicot draw down angers some, pleases others
LAKE VILLAGE- Every five years the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Arkansas game and Fish Commission let some water out of Lake Chicot, to increase the game fish population of the lake. They also plant new vegetation to provide an environment for freshly spawned fish where they can...
Girls in STEM camp inspires Arkansas girls to dream big in science and engineering
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Young Arkansans are learning more about careers in science and engineering with the help of Girls in STEM—a local camp aiming to show that girls and minorities belong in those spaces. "I feel like the camp is really fun." said Dhyana Balu, a Girls...
Storms flood the Ozarks and strand drivers in Toronto. New York community is devastated by tornado
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Another wave of severe storms pummeled a wide swath of the United States and Canada, leading to flash floods and water rescues Wednesday in the Ozark Mountains, dropping a tornado that ravaged a community in upstate New York and stranding drivers in high water around Toronto.
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