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2 PB bankers to lead state association
Business Comments Updated: May 16, 2013 12:57pmDavid Bartlett of Simmons First National Corp. was installed as the 2013-2014 chairman of the Arkansas Bankers Association at the 123rd Annual ABA Convention on Thursday, May 9, at the Little Rock...
State takes over financially troubled Mineral Springs School District
State Comments Updated: May 16, 2013 12:43pmLITTLE ROCK —The state on Thursday took over the financially troubled Mineral Springs School District in Howard County.
In a state Department of Education news release, state Education...
Preparing for disasters focus of Wednesday training exercise
Local Comments Updated: May 15, 2013 5:50pmFlooding in the Island Harbor area and people who didn’t evacuate in time, people trapped inside a large retail store after a vehicle crashed into the building. and severe weather, all in the same...
UAPB chancellor makes case for tuition increase
Local Comments Updated: May 15, 2013 7:36pmUniversity of Arkansas at Pine Bluff interim chancellor Calvin Johnson pleads the school’s case for a tuition increase Tuesday before the Fiscal Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees of the...
With millage passed, Watson Chapel prepares for construction
Local Comments Updated: May 15, 2013 8:29pmWith a fresh mandate from the electorate of the Watson Chapel School District, who approved a 2.3 mill rate increase Tuesday, a timeline for the construction of a new classroom building for...
Election Commission to meet Friday
Area Digest Comments Updated: May 15, 2013 8:38pmThe Jefferson County Election Commission will meet at 2 p.m. Friday at the Jefferson County Election Center, 123 Main St., to certify the returns of the Watson Chapel School District special...
Carter: GOP must move beyond social issues
State Comments Updated: May 15, 2013 8:36pmHOT SPRINGS — Two days before the formal end of a Republican-controlled legislative session that focused heavily on gun rights and abortion restrictions, the GOP House speaker said Wednesday that...
Jack Robey band finishes second in Georgia competition
Local Comments Updated: May 15, 2013 7:45pmThe Jack Robey Junior High School Band of Pride lived up to its name in a May 4 invitation-only competition in Atlanta, Ga., that saw the 75 eighth- and ninth-graders bring home a second-place...
Jefferson County land auction nets $232,215
Area Digest Comments Updated: May 15, 2013 7:26pmThe Commissioner of State Lands office conducted an auction of Jefferson County tax-delinquent properties recently at the Arts and Science Center in Pine Bluff.
A total of 30 interested...
SAU names students to President’s List
Area Digest Comments Updated: May 15, 2013 7:16pmA total of 227 students were named to the President’s List at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia following the spring 2013 semester.
To be qualified for the President’s List, a student...