City of Fairfield Bay Mayor Linda Duncan has released a timeline related to events surrounding the May suspension of operations of the city’s ambulance service. Details include an ongoing investigation, and an ongoing investigation into possible misappropriation and mishandling of EMS depart…

Fireworks highlighted the Van Buren County Republican meeting recently when 12 locally-elected officials exited early—frustrated by Committee’s stonewalling their renewal membership requests.

LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Arkansas remained the nation’s top spot for new COVID-19 cases per capita on Friday, as the state reported 1,342 more cases.

We went to the music at the Community Center tonight. There was only about half of the people there tonight as there was last month. A lot of the musicians had other commitments. It was a great time for all of us that attended and the musicians that was there. I am sure everyone will be back…

Thursday, they’re quilting, 9 to 11 a.m., at the EHC facility in Rupert. The interested public is invited. Call 745-2304 for details.

Met at the home of Danna Hensley

CLINTON — Conway Regional Health System announced July 15 it has purchased Burnt Ridge Enterprises, LLC, to include The Doctors Building, a two-story medical office building located at 2526 Highway 65 South effective June 2.

Dear Athletic Support: I recently overheard my son’s travel-league baseball coach giving the team a pre-game pep talk. This speech started off fine, but then ventured into the “success-at-all-costs” sort of rhetoric that you see in sports movies. I was flabbergasted. Here was a full-grown ma…

In the regular session of 2021 the legislature approved at least 25 new election laws that will go into effect on July 28.

This week, we want to remind you about the upcoming Arkansas Sales Tax holiday. This year, the event will begin at 12:01 am on Saturday, August 7, and end at 11:59 pm on Sunday, August 8.

This Week in Our Community

Since the pandemic started the family’s been doing a weekly Zoom call on Sunday afternoons. Over the course of what’s now been over a year some of us miss some weeks due to other commitments, but it’s been nice – an hour a week to share our lives with family.

The best thing about memories is making them. And making them is just what I did last week. I took a dear friend of mine on a trip. We desperately needed some “girl time” so we gassed up Scarlet (yes I named my car) and headed north for what we were hoping would be a grand adventure, we were…

The state continues to make national headlines and for all the wrong reasons. COVID-19 cases continue to be on the rise and vaccination rates are struggling to climb. Arkansas has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country with only a third of its residents deciding to roll up their …

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Arkansas’ annual sales tax holiday is set for Aug. 7-8, the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration announced in a tweet on Monday.

FAYETTEVILLE — Unlike some past years under retired Arkansas coach Norm DeBriyn (1970-2002) and Dave Van Horn, head coaching Arkansas since 2002, the Razorbacks weren’t left out in the cold by the Major League Baseball draft.

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $1.36 million grant to researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to develop a non-invasive means of detecting weaknesses in a pregnant woman’s pelvic floor muscles that could lead to injury while giving birth.

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I got into a rather lengthy conversation with friends the other day on the power of social media. We debated on the virtues of social media. Social media can be used to share kindness and it can be used to be unkind and hateful. I like technology. I find it challenging at times but it certai…

The state Department of Human Services has installed a new system for filling out applications for social services.

CONWAY - The University of Central Arkansas congratulates more than 1,350 students who were named to the Spring 2021 Dean's List.

Following the state-wide trend, COVID-19 infection numbers in Van Buren County continue to climb as the Delta variant of the virus spreads. The Delta variant is a mutation of the original COVID-19 virus.

This Week in Our Community

I will start out with a reminder – The Scotland Baptist Church is having a Day camp next week. First-sixth grade. Those that need a ride can contact David Jones. He will be driving the bus. Day camp is 12th thru 15th. The bus will leave the church at 8:30. VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL is July 17-22…

A couple things to set the scene here: Britain will award a Victoria Cross to those it feels have exhibited exceptional valor in combat, even civilians (although no civilian has won the award since 1879). It is a great honor to be awarded the cross, usually presented by the British monarchy …

Thursday, the VBC Quorum Court meets, 7 to 9 p.m.

Arkansans know that no summer barbecue is complete without fresh watermelon. Our state may not be the largest producer of watermelon, but Arkansas communities lay claim to being the home of the world’s largest and the world’s sweetest.

Dear Athletic Support: My granddaughter plays travel softball. Last weekend, her team got second place in a tournament. She’s a go-getter, for sure, and wasn’t very excited about getting second place. But then they called her whole team out to the middle of the field and presented them with …

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday fired the commissioner of Social Security after the official refused to resign, and Biden accepted the deputy commissioner's resignation, the White House said.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The possibility of Texas Democrats staging a second walkout to again stop one of America's most restrictive new voting measures grew louder Saturday, as hundreds of people waited hours to rail against the GOP's plan in the largest turnout this year at the state Capitol.

FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — The authenticity of a United Nations designation that was given to an Arkansas city by an artist is now being questioned.