Multiple Faulkner County schools are planning orientation events in the coming weeks ahead of their respective first days of school, per district websites.

The Harbor Home for Women raised more than $16,000 in its Passion for Fashion event over the weekend.

Members of the Cadron Post Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution, NSDAR, recently marked the grave of Carolyn Sue Frazier, who died Aug. 30, 2019.

One of Faulkner County’s most wanted was found Tuesday hiding in an attic at a residence in Vilonia, according to police.

Hendrix College has received a $500,000 grant award from the Kansas-based Sunderland Foundation to renovate two of its residence halls, per a news release issued to the Log Cabin Democrat by the college. The two halls to be renovated, Martin and Veasey Halls, are historic on the Hendrix camp…

Jim Clark has been promoted from Human Resources Specialist to Assistant Director, Human Resources.

Gov. Asa Hutchinson will continue his series of Community COVID Conversations next week, starting Monday, July 26, with a visit to Mountain Home.

A Colorado man accused of nearly driving head-on into a police cruiser and almost hitting several other vehicles after fleeing an officer into oncoming traffic last week is behind bars without bond in the county jail.

Conway Corp has announced the promotion of Erin Brown from Power Supply Analyst 2 to Manager, Power Supply.

Conway Public Schools (CPSD) Superintendent Jeff Collum released a video message to district families on Friday to mark one month until district campuses start the 2021-22 school year. Released to CPSD’s website and social media channels, Collum’s message struck a hopeful tone after a year-a…

Greenbrier School District Springhill Elementary Principal Ashley Hammett has been selected to receive the Arkansas Literary Association’s (ALA) 2021 Administrator in Reading Award, per an announcement issued to the Log Cabin Democrat by Springhill.

On Tuesday, Rogers Group started two large asphalt overlay projects for the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT) in Conway.

Lindsay Henderson, chief revenue officer at the Conway Area Chamber of Commerce, obtained her Certified Chamber Executive designation from the American Chamber of Commerce Executives.

Conway Public Schools (CPSD) Bob and Betty Courtway Middle School teacher Kaitlyn Ryals has been named one of 12 regional finalists for the Arkansas Department of Education’s (ADE) 2022 Arkansas Teacher of the Year, per a news release issued by ADE.

St. Joseph School’s After School Program, headed by Laura Hiegel-Williams, is sponsoring a summer camp for 5- to 12-year-old children which began earlier this summer and ends on Aug. 6. Up to 90 kids are involved each day.

A 46-year-old Conway man who admitted to charges that included false imprisonment last week in White County Circuit Court has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.

After more than a year of limited shows, socially distanced seating and emptier seats, Reynolds Performance Hall will return to full capacity live performances for its 2021-22 season, the University of Central Arkansas (UCA) announced in a news release provided to the Log Cabin Democrat on T…

Faulkner County Quorum Court committees met Tuesday night in advance of the full court’s July 20 meeting. The proposed addition of a maternity leave policy to the county employee’s catastrophic leave policy generated the most conversation of the evening.

Conway Public Schools (CPSD) Superintendent Jeff Collum presented board members with his first report on Tuesday night at CPSD’s July Board of Education meeting. Collum, who updated board members on preparations ahead of the start of school in August, officially started the position on July 1.

The Arkansas Department of Health reported 1,309 new cases of COVID-19 in the state on Wednesday.

The Conway City Council inched closer to the city having a community aquatics and recreation facility on Tuesday with a resolution approving Crafton Hull as the architectural team to plan and design the facility.

Arkansas continues to record elevated coronavirus case numbers, Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced in a tweet on Tuesday afternoon.

Faulkner County’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.7 percent in April, per statistics released by the Conway Area Chamber of Commerce on Monday. April’s rate is in significant contrast to April 2020, the chamber noted, the month in which the county’s unemployment rate reached a record high of …

A tractor-trailer transporting 20,000 pounds of ramen noodles overturned and ended up partially submerged in Lake Conway on Tuesday afternoon.