National Police Week is May 15-21 and local law enforcement have already had events marking the occasion.

The Conway High School Music Department held the school’s firstver signing day where CHS seniors going to college on a music-related scholarship were able to sign to their schools in the James H. Clarke Auditorium on Monday.

Local students were nominated to represent their community and school at Arkansas Boys State 2022, an immersive leadership and civic engagement experience sponsored by the American Legion.

Hendrix College President W. Ellis Arnold III will retire from the presidency in June 2023. Arnold was elected the 12th president of Hendrix College by the Hendrix Board of Trustees in November 2019 and took office the next month.

Brooke Money, a physician associate (PA), has joined Conway Regional Renaissance Women’s Center.

The Conway High School robotics team participated in the HighSchoolHack competition hosted by the Arkansas School for Math, Sciences, and the Arts (ASMSA) May 7 where the school’s two teams earned two of the top three placements.

The Faulkner County Master Gardeners celebrated the return of its annual plant sale Saturday at the Conway Expo Center following two years of cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

After 29 years directing the Junior Cotillion program for five counties in Arkansas and teaching nearly 10,000 students, Susan Humphries, director for National League of Junior Cotillions-Greater Arkansas Chapters, announced she will retire.

Carolyn Lewis Elementary was named one of 10 schools in the nation as a 2021-2022 School of Excellence for its use of Imagine Math Fact by Imagine Learning.

David Meadows, who became publisher of The Courier in 2008 and later group publisher for other Paxton Media Group properties including the Log Cabin Democrat, died Wednesday night at his home in Jefferson City, Missouri.

Daniel Ryan, an actor living in Mount Vernon, has wrapped production on a new feature film titled “Labor Day.”

As early voting began this past week, Tim Ryals vies for re-election as Faulkner County Sheriff.

On Friday, Greenbrier High School seniors celebrated their last day of school by arriving in style – with a lawnmower parade. See two more photos on A6

On Thursday, the city of Conway posted eight words to its official Facebook page that started a social media frenzy: “Olive Garden has applied for a sign variance.”

St. Joseph High School had its senior awards program on Wednesday.

Christopher Andrew Burlison, a 2018 graduate from Conway High School, is set to graduate with honors from the West Point United States Military Academy on Saturday, May 21.

Sean Mahanay, National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) paramedic of 22 years, has been promoted to the Faulkner County clinical manager position at Pafford Medical Services.

An exceptionally long series of committee meetings Tuesday night as the Quorum Court wrestled with multiple issues, including requested funding for upgrades to water systems in the county, as well as pay raise requests which are due in the May-June time frame. Also discussed was an update to…

Board member Bill Clements was honored Tuesday evening during his final meeting as a member of the Conway school board before retiring after 17 years. He received two awards for his service.

St. Joseph High School’s class of 2022 will graduate later this month.

Morrilton native Kristy Toney Jamerson has graduated from Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas. She received a PhD in health studies with an emphasis in population health.

Hugh Castles announced he is seeking election as Justice of the Peace for District 12.

Dr. David Naylor Jr. has announced his candidacy for Zone 2 of the Conway school board.

Despite the wet weather, a National Day of Prayer event was held at the Faulkner County Courthouse on May 5. Unlike previous years when it was held on the front steps of the building, this year had the event taking place in the upstairs courtroom with a standing-room-only crowd.

Early voting was underway at six Vote Centers throughout Faulkner County on Monday.

Conway Corp Senior Plant Operator Matt Smith recently earned his Class IV Water Treatment certification from the Arkansas Department of Health, the top level of achievement for licensed water plant operators in the state.

Conway Regional will celebrate the grand opening celebration of a new intensive care unit, slated to be open to patients later this month.