by - May 19, 2021 12:45 pm
Another rainy spring is providing an all too familiar challenge to cotton farmers this year. Monday’s “Crop Progress” report from the National Agricultural Statistics Service showed farmers across the board…
by - May 18, 2021 5:03 pm
The NEA Baptist Center for Good Grief has hired Anna Paige Umhoefer as clinical manager. Umhoefer has been at the center since 2017 as a grief counselor and bereavement specialist….
by - May 18, 2021 4:47 pm
Editor’s note: See updated info at the end of this story. Arkansas and Tennessee officials are focused on repairing and re-opening the Interstate 40 bridge rather than lobbying to build…
by - May 17, 2021 2:08 pm
A near catastrophic failure of the Interstate 40 bridge connecting West Memphis to Memphis could have been caught in early 2019, and the engineer charged with inspecting the bridge was…
by - May 16, 2021 9:50 am
U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, said in a Sunday (May 16) interview the I-40 Memphis bridge situation is a “national concern.” He also weighed in on the ouster of Rep….
by - May 14, 2021 2:06 pm
Drone footage from May 2019 showed signs of damage on the Interstate 40 bridge that connects West Memphis to Memphis, Arkansas Department of Transportation public information officer Dave Parker told…
by - May 13, 2021 10:48 am
Mary Miller of Oxford, Miss., has been selected as the 2021 writer-in-residence at the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum & Educational Center in Piggott. HPMEC is an Arkansas State University Heritage Site. According…
by - May 12, 2021 3:58 pm
The “significant fracture” that shut down the 48-year-old Hernando de Soto Bridge across the Mississippi River between West Memphis and Memphis on Tuesday (May 11) could have led to a…
by - May 12, 2021 11:50 am
The Sunken Lands Water Trail, created by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, the St. Francis Lake Association, and the Trumann Area Chamber of Commerce, shouldn’t exist. It took one…
by - May 11, 2021 3:17 pm
Arkansas State University student Rachel French has been offered a grant from the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to teach in Spain during…
by - May 10, 2021 3:40 pm
Generations of civic and business leaders in Northeast Arkansas have dreamed of U.S. 67 being transformed into a complete, four-lane interstate highway stretching to the Missouri border. If the route…
by - May 10, 2021 12:23 pm
The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the White River Irrigation District hosted a groundbreaking ceremony Friday (May 7) west of DeValls Bluff for the first phase of construction…
by - May 7, 2021 9:01 am
Three Land LLC made the most significant residential and commercial property transfer in Craighead County, from March 15 through April 15, according to the Craighead County Assessor’s Office. The company…
by - May 6, 2021 9:30 pm
Tyler Watkins studied marketing in college, but when he graduated he couldn’t find a marketing job that suited him. He spent several years working in physical therapy, while his wife,…
by - May 6, 2021 10:04 am
Citizens Bank, headquartered in Batesville, has been recognized as the Bank of the Year in category two by the Arkansas District Office of the Small Business Administration. The bank also…
by - May 5, 2021 6:34 pm
Arkansas State University has received a $6.4 million grant from the Windgate Foundation to support arts education and to provide direct assistance to students through needs-based scholarships, Chancellor Kelly Damphousse…
by - May 5, 2021 3:41 pm
FNBC, based in Sharp County since 1912, opened a major Jonesboro facility on Wednesday (May 5). The 5,800 square-foot building at the intersection of Race Street and Fair Park Boulevard…
by - May 5, 2021 3:33 pm
Kevin Orr has been hired as senior vice president trust manager of Centennial Bank according to Davy Carter, Regional President of Centennial Bank. Orr has over 23 years of experience…
by - May 5, 2021 10:56 am
Paragould-based First National Bank will expand into the Nashville, Tennessee market after signing a definitive agreement to acquire Citizens Bank. Citizens Bank is based in Hartsville, Tennessee and operates three locations…
by - May 4, 2021 7:20 pm
Arkansas State University’s inaugural Day of Giving raised more than $1 million in gifts and pledges to support the university, Chancellor Kelly Damphousse said. Held April 27, the event totaled…
