by - January 6, 2020 2:49 am
Tommy Jumper believes Delta farmers have been looking for a crop to add to their rotation for both soil improvement and for what he calls “risk mitigation,” but until now,…
by - January 2, 2020 7:57 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said recently that passage of a proposed constitutional amendment to make permanent an existing sales tax for roads and highways is his top campaign priority for this…
by - December 7, 2019 9:33 am
As I waited for my change the other night at the basketball game, I looked around for the straw dispenser, intending to poke one into the crosshairs of the plastic…
by - December 1, 2019 8:54 am
Bill Carwell has farmed row crops for a number of years, but a small yet labor-intensive crop grown on 30 Cross County acres offers him the opportunity for a significant…
by - November 5, 2019 6:14 pm
Now we’re not just located in the Delta, but we’re also in the Heartland. Congress in 2000 created the Delta Regional Authority, the agency whose mission is to help improve…
by - October 13, 2019 10:12 am
There’s nothing like a class reunion to put one into a reflective mood. My first thought was gosh, it doesn’t seem like it has been half a century since they…
by - October 8, 2019 8:25 pm
Jonesboro’s need for additional funding to fund more police and fire services and add amenities to the city did not disappear with the voters’ rejection by a narrow margin of…
by - September 16, 2019 6:34 pm
Unless you have served in the Army or argued with that irritating voice in your GPS while seeking a shortcut to the Gulf Coast, you may not be acquainted with…
by - August 17, 2019 11:05 am
Jonesboro voters will go to the polls Sept. 10 to decide whether to impose a temporary 1% sales tax to fund a package of public safety and quality of life…
by - July 2, 2019 10:59 pm
Remember when we Arkansans often proclaimed, “Thank God for Mississippi,” in an effort to assuage our embarrassment at being ranked next-to-last in various state-by-state rankings, particularly those dealing with education,…
by - July 2, 2019 10:48 pm
In three identical 11-1 votes Tuesday night (July 2), the Jonesboro City Council approved a series of ordinances proposed by Team Jonesboro, a citizens group that says its 12-year, one…
by - June 5, 2019 7:02 pm
Travel through many of the small communities of the southern Delta and the chances are the scenery that rolls past the car window tells the same story — that of…
by - June 1, 2019 11:59 am
As if we needed confirmation, headlines around the U.S. accompanying a recent national weather story provided it. Yes, indeed, if we hadn’t figured it out already, we were told “The…
by - May 13, 2019 6:44 am
Three decades after rock band Queen declared “I Want it All and I Want it Now,” consumers increasingly are now finding that they can do just that — get nearly…
by - May 8, 2019 7:23 pm
And miles to go … Is it too soon? Too soon for what, you might ask. Too soon to be thinking about the November 2020 elections, of course. If it…
by - May 8, 2019 6:16 pm
As Tony Bradley of Jonesboro plants his 2019 crop, he reflects on the changes as well as the constants he’s observed in his four decades of farming in Craighead County….
by - April 23, 2019 8:37 am
Marion-based First Community Bank of Eastern Arkansas is changing its name and broadening its market. Effective April 1, the bank became Premier Bank of Arkansas, and expects, pending approval of…
by - April 15, 2019 3:46 pm
Let the games begin on April 1 at the state’s two race tracks, decreed the Arkansas Racing Commission last month. The two, as anybody who’s been around here even a…
by - March 10, 2019 4:38 am
Keith Forrester always thought that someday he would eventually return to the family row-crop farm at tiny Whitton in western Mississippi County where he was raised. Three generations of his…
by - March 10, 2019 4:27 am
Dear Whoever You Are, I can only suppose that your Valentine’s Day holiday was one of the best ever. I would tell you you’re welcome, but you’re not and anyway,…
