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City offices closed for Labor Day holiday
The City of Hot Springs offices, except for public safety and the Hot Springs Memorial Field Airport, will be closed on Monday, Sept. 2, in observance of Labor Day. The Solid Waste Department’s residential collection will run one day behind schedule (i.e., Monday’s collection taking place on Tuesday, Tuesday’s collection on Wednesday, and the like). The Solid Waste Department’s commercial collection will run as scheduled.
Hardy Homesteader’s Daypreview set for Hardy HistoryAssociation September meeting
The Hardy History Association announces a preview of the Hardy Homesteader’s Day at their next public meeting at 5:30 p.m. Thur., Sept. 5 at the Johnson Center, 304 Johnson Street, in Hardy, Arkansas. The program features Crystal Gray, chairperson of the Hardy Homesteaders Day event, presenting a preview of...
Pair of Former Vols Listed As Starters for Arkansas Football
Two former Tennessee football players are listed as starters for the Arkansas Razorbacks football program. As posted to X by Vols Wire’s Dan Harralson, Arkansas officially released their Week 1 depth chart on Monday with two names standing out to Tennessee fans. Former Tennessee defensive back Doneiko Slaughter is...
Fort Smith School Board moves forward with plan to close Orr Elementary
The Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education agreed Monday (Aug. 26) to work toward closing Orr Elementary School at the end of the school year. The space, according to initial discussions, could be converted for use as the district’s alternative high school. In April, the district’s Long Range...
Greenwood preparing for season-opening clash at Bentonville West
A Greenwood program that always has a goal of playing the last Class 6A game of the season will play its first 2024 one on Friday against at a tough Class 7A foe. The Bulldogs, off a 13-0 campaign and state title last season under head coach Chris Young, will travel to Centerton to face Bentonville West in a 7 p.m. contest.
Jonesboro man charged with 6th DWI
Jonesboro, AR – (JonesboroRightNow.com) – Aug 26, 2024 – On August 25, Jonesboro Officers conducted a traffic stop on a man who is said to have been “driving hanging out of the vehicle with no seatbelt on.”. The officer asked 43-year-old Chad Rampley why he wasn’t...
Five arrested in Springdale drug bust, multiple pounds of drugs seized
SPRINGDALE, Ark. — A "lengthy drug investigation" led to the arrest of five people in Springdale, according to a preliminary report. Antwain Jackson, 43, was the focus of the investigation after he was identified as a "multi-pound distributor of methamphetamine" in Northwest Arkansas, the report said. "Throughout the investigation,...
Star City coach, PE teacher dies
A Star City School District teacher and coach died Saturday, the district announced. Emily Snyder taught physical education at Jimmy Brown Elementary and coached tennis at Star City High School, according to the district's post on social media. The district did not list a cause of death. "Emily was not...
ASP operation in northwest Arkansas leads to multiple arrests, citations issues
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — On August 23, Arkansas State Police made a series of arrests and issued citations during an eight-hour operation in Northwest Arkansas. Between 6 p.m. and 2 a.m., troopers arrested 5 people for driving while intoxicated, made 39 criminal arrests, and 33 arrests for people with outstanding warrants.
Arkansas awarded over $8M to improve maternal health statewide
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — On August 27, the Arkansas Department of Health was awarded $8,811,006 in funding to help improve maternal health across the state. The funding comes as part of over $568 million announced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Biden-Harris Administration’s White House Blueprint for Addressing the Maternal Health Crisis.
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