A clean touch

The state legislature adjourned last week after two weeks of debate about the redistricting process. Arkansas has four congressional districts with each district representing approximately 700,000 people. Every 10 years, following the census, these maps are redrawn to account for population …

This week I want to focus on the “Givers.”

With an Oct. 4 signature, Van Buren County Judge Dale James has proclaimed October as Adult Literacy Month in Van Buren County.

Indications of a stubborn and ongoing COVID-19 infection rate in the county, even as numbers dropped elsewhere in the state, have begun to fall in Van Buren County, with a significant decline in the past seven days. In addition, Ozark Health reports a case lowering.

This Week in Our Community

This next week there will be a change in the Gospel Singing at the Scotland Baptist Church. It usually is held on the third Friday of each month. This month it (ONLY) it will be held on the the 3rd SATURDAY night, Oct. 16. This will be a good beginning for their REVIVAL, Oct. 17-20. Service …

Thursday, before first light, the Orionids meteor shower peaks with up to 21 per hour. Best hours will be 3:30 a.m. – 5 a.m. Although diminishing, the shower continues through the 30th. Look to the east.

The family still gets together on Sunday afternoons for a Zoom call. It was a habit we began at the start of the pandemic and we’ve kept up with it.

Met at the home of Jo Nell Warren

This Saturday, noon - 6 p.m. Oct. 16, in Archey Fork Park, Music for the Soul, a Christian music and talent contest, returns. Grab a lawn chair and have a seat, or listen from your car on 88.7 FM.

Dear Athletic Support: My daughter plays high school basketball. She came home after practice yesterday pretty upset. Apparently, her coach told the team that she will sub them out if they make a “bad face” after a mistake. I’m not really sure what this means. I didn’t press the issue becaus…

In an extension of this year’s regular session the legislature drew new boundaries for the four Congressional districts in Arkansas, and approved exemptions for workers at companies that require staff to be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus.

This week, the House passed legislation outlining new boundaries for Arkansas’ four congressional districts.

Huddle house of Clinton has been providing excellent services and an extensive menu at an affordable price for the past 24 years. Established in January of 1997 by John and Sonny Hargis the Huddle House prides itself on not only providing great service but they take it a step further by crea…

The family was asleep in their home which was heated by a wall heater. Ronnie roused when he heard a crackling sound. The dog is scratching in the trash, he thinks. He’ll take care of that at getting up time. Wait! The dog begins barking and he gets up to check things out. The house is burni…

Mondays

Arkansas Medicaid providers will be paid a higher rate for administering first- and second-round doses of the COVID-19 vaccines through the end of the year as part of a continuing effort to raise the vaccination rate across the state, the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) announced.

Gov. Asa Hutchinson said he is pleased with the state’s COVID trends during his weekly briefing Wednesday at the state Capitol.

LITTLE ROCK — Net available revenue collection in September totaled $690.5 million, an increase of $98.5 million over September 2020 and $162.7 million above the state forecast, according to the September revenue report the Department of Finance and Administration released Monday. The increa…

Van Buren County COVID-19 numbers remain relatively steady, in contrast to the state-wide overall downturn in infections taking place, although the hospital reports some decline in activity related to the disease. As winter, and with it flu season, approaches, additional cautions are given.

SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico’s Democratic governor is seeking legislation to help jump-start hydrogen production from natural gas in her state, a process that generates harmful greenhouse gases but could one day be harnessed to provide environmental benefits.

The massive global outage that plunged Facebook, its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms and many people who rely heavily on these services — including Facebook's own workforce — into chaos Monday is gradually dissipating.

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump now has a Dec. 23 deadline to undergo questioning in a former "Apprentice" contestant's defamation lawsuit over what he said in denying her sexual assault allegations, a court said Monday.

ATHENS, Ga. — Former NASCAR driver John Wes Townley was shot to death over the weekend during a dispute that involved a hatchet after showing up at a house occupied by his estranged wife and another man, police said Monday.

Thursday, the Volunteer Fire Department meets at 7 p.m. For more info call 253-5071.

Met at the home of Gay Whillock

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Refugee admissions to the United States fell to a record low during the 2021 budget year, despite President Joe Biden's pledge to reverse the sharp cuts made by the Trump administration, according to figures obtained by The Associated Press.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The son of an Iranian-American man who has been detained in Iran for more than five years called for his father's immediate release on Monday so that he can receive emergency and potentially life-saving surgery.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal jury in Los Angeles awarded $6.3 million to actor Shannen Doherty on Monday in a lawsuit alleging that State Farm failed to pay sufficiently for damage to her house in a 2018 California wildfire.

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