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Fire heavily damages construction tractor Saturday near Columbus
COLUMBUS – A Saturday afternoon fire on Silver Road off Highway 73 heavily damaged an articulated tractor towing a pull-behind scraper. Volunteer fire departments and personnel responded from Columbus, Saratoga, and Yancey. Photos courtesy of […]
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Legislative Update
The House and Senate Education Committees met this week to review the Arkansas Department of Education’s (ADE) comprehensive plan to strengthen the state’s teacher workforce through recruitment, retention, and recognition initiatives. ADE outlined how these […]
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Young people making a BIG difference
PRESCOTT – In the past few weeks the youth group at First United Methodist Church-Prescott have been working hard to help make a difference in our community. These two projects are worth mentioning. Birthday Bags: […]
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Local notes from local schools
More news around the districts of the two counties is a win for the Curley Cubs of 36-22, and Prescott scoring the highest for the Southwest Region for improvement in ELA (High School) Math scores […]
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Hope Water & Light Hosts Chamber Coffee for Public Power Week
Hope Water & Light hosted the Hope/Hempstead County Chamber of Commerce Community Coffee on Wednesday October 8th in honor of Public Power Week. There was a great turnout and the Water & Light Commission and […]
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Saratoga search warrant leads to arrests, overdose intervention
Left to right, Austin Hooks, Kataka Thomas, and Tonya Stapleton SARATOGA – Investigators from multiple agencies, including the 8th South Drug Task Force (Texarkana, Arkansas Police Department, Miller County Sheriff’s Office, and Lafayette County Sheriff’s […]
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Leadership Nevada County holds its Business & Economic Development session
PRESCOTT – Leadership Nevada County held its Business & Economic Development session on October 9th. The morning started off at the Nevada County Extension Office. Mayor Terry Oliver spoke to the class on the Prescott […]
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South Arkansas communities lead the way in building resilience
Sylvia Brown of VOTE SoAR with Dorotha Hall of Destination Transformation and Candace Williams of Rural Community Alliance, two Resilience Hub members. HOPE — Six visionary civic leaders and social entrepreneurs from south Arkansas launched […]
Obituaries
Shanna Lucretia Glass – Updated
Shanna Lucretia Glass, age 52, of Laneburg, Arkansas passed away October 5, 2025, in Hope, Arkansas. Shanna was born December 8, 1972, in Prescott, Arkansas to Sharon Spell and Tommy Pipkin. She is proceeded in […]
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Huey Lee Kidd
Huey Lee Kidd, born November 3, 1941, to Garland and Opal Kidd in Spring Hill, Arkansas, passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 9, 2025, at St. Michael’s Hospital in Texarkana, Texas. Huey is preceded in […]
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Blevins City Council
BLEVINS – The Blevins City Council was called to order by the Mayor on October 7th at 7:00 pm. All board members were present with the exception of Councilman Cassidy. An opening prayer was offered […]