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Johnson Leads Students In Culinary Efforts
Zane Johnson, a 2004 graduate of Mountain View High School, is now a culinary arts instructor whose students are taking food prep to new heights. Johnson is going into his 10th year as an instructor at Northeast Arkansas Career and Technical Center (NACTC) in Jonesboro. High school students in his program recently won first place in a NASA culinary challenge designed to develop food for astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
Hogs, Tigers, and the Rivalry that Divides the fanbase of Arkansas
DALLAS, T.X. (PIG TRAIL NATION) – If anyone knows about the history of Arkansas football, it’s Eli Drinkwitz. While the current Missouri coach was born in Oklahoma, his family moved to Alma when he was young. When Drinkwitz got into coaching at the high school level, his career also began in that same River Valley town back in 2005.
Church food pantry trying to build new distribution building
HOXIE, Ark. (KAIT) - The food pantry at First Baptist Church in Hoxie is in desperate need of a new distribution building. The food pantry has been going on for many years and has grown significantly. In the last few years it has gone from serving about 120 families to about 250 to 300, and in some instances, nearly 500 families.
Audit: Nonprofit director used organization as ‘personal piggy bank’
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - A state lawmaker said the former director used the organization as a “personal piggy bank.”. The Arkansas Legislative Audit recently reviewed transactions and operating procedures for the East Arkansas Planning and Development District. A hearing took place in Little Rock on Friday, July 12. The...
Uncovering the dazzling history of the Crater of Diamonds State Park
MURFREESBORO, Ark. — Diamonds are forever and rare, but within a two-hour drive out of Little Rock sits the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro. Their diamonds are the main attraction, as for more than 50 years, the state park has drawn people from all over the world.
Arkansas Red Cross hosting disaster response volunteer training
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Arkansans interested in volunteering and helping the Red Cross in disaster response now have an opportunity to train. American Red Cross of Greater Arkansas announced Wednesday that it is sponsoring two trainings for volunteers in July. The first training will take place from 9 a.m....
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.
Storms flood the Ozarks and strand drivers in Toronto. New York town 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 town in upstate New York and stranding drivers in high water around Toronto.
UA System President Bobbitt announces plans for retirement
The University of Arkansas System President Dr. Donald R. Bobbitt announced plans to retire on July 16 after nearly 13 years leading the school system, according to a press release.
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