All the latest news about Northeast Arkansas.
by - November 24, 2021 10:02 am
Sebastian County Circuit Court Judge Gunner DeLay told members of the Craighead County GOP on Tuesday night (Nov. 23) that if he’s not elected to the Arkansas Supreme Court he’s…
by - November 24, 2021 9:32 am
Arkansas State University and the Arkansas National Guard signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) as part of the ROTC’s 85th anniversary celebration earlier this month. The memorandum contains requirements and…
by - November 23, 2021 4:05 pm
The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) on Tuesday (Nov. 23) redesignated a portion of Highway 63 in Jonesboro as part of Interstate 555. The section of Highway 63 between U.S….
by - November 22, 2021 2:27 pm
Paragould native Kenneth Flynn has spent more than 75 years of his life collecting seashells and other aquatic life from around the world. His collection, named the Flynn Collection, is…
by - November 22, 2021 1:43 pm
The East Arkansas Planning & Development District will offer a workshop to assist its communities in applying for this year’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant program, made possible through funding by…
by - November 18, 2021 10:22 am
The 10th annual “Berry Pre-Coon Supper Reception” will be held on Jan. 8 at the Berry Farm shop in Gillett. Marion Berry was the First District Congressman from 1997-2011. “The…
by - November 18, 2021 9:13 am
A highly visible commercial real estate asset in Bentonville has changed hands for the second time this year. Silent investors from northeast Arkansas, mostly in the agriculture industry, paid $4.3…
by - November 17, 2021 2:06 pm
University of Arkansas System President Dr. Donald R. Bobbitt will recommend Dr. Brian Shonk, currently vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville (UACCB),…
by - November 17, 2021 10:25 am
The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded $20,482,208 to the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism to construct the final 13.4-mile section of the southeast Arkansas trail through its Rebuilding…
by - November 16, 2021 6:46 pm
First Community Bank, the 10th largest in the state, opened its Batesville operations center beside the financial institution’s main bank Tuesday (Nov. 16). The three-story operations center is approximately 28,809…
by - November 16, 2021 10:34 am
Lyon College has received $600,000 in federal grants to expand telehealth, distance learning and to promote women’s safety both on campus and in the surrounding area. Lyon has been awarded…
by - November 15, 2021 12:52 pm
Haag-Brown Commercial Real Estate and Development is in the preliminary stages of developing an e-commerce park that will feature storage and distribution centers that could impact commerce throughout the region….
by - November 15, 2021 7:24 am
State Sen. James Sturch, R-Batesville, will seek another term in the Senate. Sturch was first elected to the Senate in 2018 after serving two terms in the Arkansas House of…
by - November 11, 2021 4:35 pm
World War I had ended three years earlier and the public was dealing with the final throes of the Spanish Flu pandemic that killed millions around the world. Agriculture commodity…
by - November 11, 2021 10:51 am
Downtown Playhouse co-founder Kelly Grooms was readying himself with the tasks that come with running a local live theater when in March of 2020 the pandemic began. At the time,…
by - November 10, 2021 11:05 am
Cases of COVID-19 have continued to decline in Northeast Arkansas, and now a new weapon has been deployed to push those numbers down even further. Children ages 5-11 can now…
by - November 9, 2021 8:13 am
A new pathogen that harms soybean crops was identified several years ago and research indicates it’s spreading geographically and causing more damage. Where it came from and why it impacts…
by - November 9, 2021 8:09 am
Only about half of Arkansans are vaccinated against COVID-19 and there are continuing efforts to offer vaccines in rural areas of the state that have low vaccination rates. The University…
by - November 8, 2021 3:57 pm
Julcar Properties LLC made the most significant residential and commercial property transfer in Craighead County, from Sept. 15 through Oct. 15, according to the Craighead County Assessor’s Office. The company…
by - November 8, 2021 7:16 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson, Arkansas Secretary of Agriculture Wes Ward and the Arkansas Department of Agriculture inducted 32 additional Arkansas farms into the Arkansas Century Farm Program. The Arkansas Century Farm…
