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Council OKs park construction contract
The Pine Bluff City Council has approved a resolution authorizing a contract with Wagner General Contractors Inc. for the construction of phase one of a wellness park in the Delta Rhythm and Bayous Cultural District. The decision was made on Monday after a discussion primarily surrounding the bidding process and the inclusion of a "deductive alternate" clause.
Pine Bluff School District plans to sell old office center, schools
Pine Bluff School District officials are planning to sell the district's former administration building and two elementary schools. Members of the PBSD board facilities committee met Tuesday morning for a work session to discuss advertising for the best offers on the old multistory administration building on Sixth Avenue, as well as Indiana Street and Oak Park elementary schools. Superintendent Jennifer Barbaree explained selling the campuses would help the district eliminate the costs of insurance and upkeep for the facilities, which have been closed for years, as well as remove its liability for homeless people who she said continues to break into elementary schools.
Steel shipments arrive for the Mountain Home Community and Aquatic Center
Construction on Mountain Home’s Community and Aquatic Center is moving forward, with structural steel for the buildings already being delivered, Mayor Hillrey Adams told the Mountain Home Observer on Monday. “The structural steel is being delivered now and between close of business on Wednesday. On Thursday, we’ll be pouring...
Janitorial firm to expand to Conway – Northwest Arkansas
The city of Conway is about to experience a significant influx of new opportunities as CCS Facility Services, a prominent commercial janitorial services company, announces its decision to open a new branch in the city. This move marks CCS’s expansion into its ninth state, further solidifying the company’s presence in the industry.
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...
Sebastian County Detention Center celebrates P.A.C.T. 2024 graduates with ceremony
SEBASTIAN COUNTY, Ark. — P.A.C.T stands for Peer Achieving Collaborative Treatment, designed to help men and women recover from addiction and find their life's purpose. The future is bright for the 2024 P.A.C.T graduates of the Sebastian County detention center. At the ceremony, tears were shed and graduates' faith and hope were restored.
'This was my best friend that got killed' | Death row inmate's loved ones, private investigator, calling for exoneration
BLOUNT COUNTY, Tenn. — Thirty-two years ago, Tennessee investigators found the bodies of siblings Tommy Griffin and Connie Branham. They also found a burned-out car and a burned trailer connected to the crimes in Blount and Sevier counties. Gary Wayne Sutton, and his uncle, James Dellinger, were eventually convicted...
Couple attacked, robbed, raped at gunpoint: MPD
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A couple is now recovering after police say they were allegedly attacked and robbed before the girlfriend was raped at gunpoint Monday night in Oakhaven. A woman told officers it started when she was sitting in a car with her boyfriend around 11:30 p.m. and there was a knock on the window. […]
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.
July 17: What you need to know
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - We’re helping you plan your Wednesday on Good Morning Region 8. Areas in the Ozarks have picked up a lot of rain overnight, and the rain will continue throughout the day. Areas across the east that haven’t seen much if any rain will get in...
Wynne High School rebuild nears next step with bid opening
WYNNE — The rebuild of Wynne High School will begin with a bid opening in Jonesboro on Thursday, Aug. 1. The bid opening will be held at the home office of Nabholz Construction. It will be at 2 p.m. that day. Bids should be submitted to Nabholz Construction at...
National Weather Service recaps Wednesdy morning floods
Wednesday’s rainfall led to records broken and various portions of the Twin Lakes Area flooded. At KTLO, Classic Hits and The Boot, the official reporting station for the National Weather Service in Mountain Home, 2.97 inches of rain were recorded at 7 Wednesday morning from the previous 24-hour period. That shattered the previous mark of 1.2 inches in 1964. Since 7, an additional .52 of an inch of rain have been measured with a small possibility of more coming. For the month, the total precipitation so far is 8.61 inches, making it the third wettest July on record.
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.
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