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State home sales drop; Jefferson County’s numbers dip
Region Comments Updated: Oct 29, 2012 6:50pmArkansas home sales were down 6 percent in September compared to the same month last year, the Arkansas Realtors Association said Monday.
Jefferson County bucked the statistical trend with...
Rockefeller grant awarded to Dumas center
Region Comments Updated: Oct 29, 2012 3:48pmThe Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation recently approved a $150,000 grant for the Delta Technology Education Center at Dumas.
The grant will be used to support the DTEC’s ability to provide a...
4th District Q&A: Jeffress wants to fight Washington gridlock
Region Comments Updated: Oct 28, 2012 5:35pmState Sen. Gene Jeffress believes he is the candidate who can reach across party lines in Washington and help break the gridlock that’s frustrating residents he speaks to across Arkansas 4th...
4th District Q&A: Cotton Wants To Repeal Obama Health-Care Act
Region Comments Updated: Oct 28, 2012 5:35pmA Harvard-educated lawyer, Tom Cotton left his private practice to fight the war on terror. Now he hopes to be the next congressman for Arkansas’ 4th Congressional District.
Cotton, 35, R-...
Farm Bill to be discussed at Stuttgart meeting
Region Comments Updated: Oct 27, 2012 3:35pmSTUTTGART — The National Agricultural Law Center will conduct a workshop 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Nov. 6, in Stuttgart during which they will discuss what the farm bill may mean for local farm...
Flu clinics scheduled across Southeast Arkansas
Region Comments Updated: Oct 30, 2012 6:03pmThe Arkansas Department of Health is hosting mass flu clinics with the seasonal flu vaccine across the state and Southeast Arkansas.
A mass flu clinic is a day-long event during which the...
Star City man dies working on highway
Region Comments Updated: Oct 23, 2012 8:02pmSTAR CITY — A Star City man was killed in an accident Monday while working on the Interstate 530 extension about five miles southwest of Branchville off State Highway 11 South.
Leslie Leon...
Weather team investigates storm damage
Region Comments Updated: Oct 18, 2012 10:49pmThe storms that rolled through Southeast Arkansas early Wednesday night caused some damage in the region and authorities are searching for evidence of a possible tornado near the Pine Bluff...
Gould mayor released from jail; recorder-treasurer can’t access documents, she says
Region Comments Updated: Oct 12, 2012 7:41pmGould Mayor Earnest Nash Jr. may have been released from the Lincoln County Jail at Star City, but the legal dispute over access to records and files in the city recorder-treasurer’s city hall...
Gould mayor, alderman jailed Wednesday
Region Comments Updated: Oct 10, 2012 8:25pmSTAR CITY — A circuit judge ordered Gould Mayor Earnest Nash Jr. held in contempt and jailed Wednesday.
Alderman Essie Mae Cableton was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct at the...