Dear Athletic Support: With school closed, my son is itching to get back in the weight room. He’s been running around the neighborhood, but we don’t have any dumbbells or weights he can use for strength training. Do you have any home workouts we can do with minimal equipment? – Weighting Dad

Exercise classes at the EHC building in Rupert, normally held Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 9-11 a.m., have been cancelled until further notice.

This week, the House convened for an Extraordinary Session to address the urgent funding needs in our state created by the COVID-19 crisis.

This past week or so has proven that we’ve moved past the Central Time Zone and directly into the Twilight Zone. The corona virus that has been sweeping across the world and our country has changed our lives forever. It sort of makes an outdoor column seem a little trivial, but perhaps the o…

I recently read that an observant Jew will recite a minimum of one hundred (yes, you read that right!) blessings, daily. Blessings are offered before meals, during the meals (for different tastes and smells), and at the end of a meal. There are blessings that are offered at various times thr…

The legislature convened in special session to address potential revenue shortfalls, resulting from the sudden economic downturn caused by the outbreak of the coronavirus.

‘Do I have it?’

‘The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also,” Harriet Ann Jacobs.

LITTLE ROCK – Sounding a hopeful note, Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson announced in his Saturday, March 28, briefing that he was “encouraged” that COVID-19 infections were not taking place in Arkansas as fast as other areas of the country.

CLINTON – The Clinton Chamber of Commerce has released operating times and any restrictions for area businesses.

I was in the Navy in 1975, an airplane mechanic with an airplane squadron on an aircraft carrier.

From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 2, Arkansas Baptist Disaster Relief in cooperation with the North Central Baptist Association will be giving out food boxes from the parking lot of Pee Dee Baptist Church on Highway 16 in Clinton.

Some 908,900 Arkansans may become infected with the novel coronavirus over the course of the next six months, according to an epidemiological model of the spread of COVID-19 in Arkansas provided by the Arkansas Hospital Association to its members. Among those who become infected, an estimate…

Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed legislation around 12:30 Saturday morning, March 28, to create the $173 million COVID-19 Rainy Day Fund addressing various state issues due to the coronavirus.

Well another week went by and we are still keeping our distance in Scotland. All seems to be going well so we will keep on keeping on. One day this crisis will be over and we can thank GOD for his blessings. We do our part and HE will do his. I am surprised at the people that seem to think t…

In a county-wide government teleconference Tuesday morning, City of Clinton Police Chief D.L. Webb asked that anyone putting trash out to double-bag for the safety of collectors.

Two Batesville men, Alexander G. Broisus, 27, and Jesse R. Shoemaker, 35, have pled guilty to the 2018 murder of Michael Bryant who was shot to death at a home on Harrison Street Annex.

CLINTON – The Van Buren County Quorum Court met March 19 in its regular session. Items included a review of the recent sales tax ballot and funding for senior center food service.

Keep it healthy

Talked to my sister-in-law last weekend. That in itself is not surprising. I am, I suspect like a lot of you, spending more time on the phone these days. It’s also not surprising as she, her husband and I get along well and that same couple had been down here in Arkansas for my son’s wedding…

If you are a business owner struggling to meet payroll or if you have recently become unemployed due to the response from COVID-19, we want to direct you to state resources that may help.

To cushion the financial impact of the coronavirus outbreak on working families, the state has streamlined the process of applying for unemployment insurance.

We all need to be praying for each other to be careful and not get or spread the virus. I thing this is going to take a while to run its course.

Look for the waxing crescent moon in the west this week after sunset.

Dear Athletic Support: My son started playing baseball when he was five years old. I can still remember him in the backyard with his little ball and. With school currently closed, he fears his senior baseball season isn’t going to happen.

I’m sure everyone is aware of what is going on with the COVID-19 virus and the changes we all face. I believe in this “downtime” we can get back to what’s important and let God work his maintenance on us so that when we are up and running again, we will be where we need to be.

Amid concerns surrounding the novel coronavirus outbreak, Van Buren County District Court officials have canceled and rescheduled upcoming hearings.

Local and state officials are urging people to help limit the spread of COVID-19 by using social distancing measures.

LITTLE ROCK — A Hot Springs man who collected disability benefits from the Social Security Administration for 16 years has been sentenced to pay back $158,061.90, as well as serve five years probation and eight months of house arrest. Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge worked in coord…

CLINTON — The Van Buren County Sheriff’s office released a statement dated March 16, which listed access restrictions to the county Detention Center and Sheriff’s office.

[Editor’s note: You should check with the event sponsor before leaving to attend, as many events are being cancelled, some after press time. We recommend following CDC guidelines in planning to attend public events.]

Times like these

March 17, 7:30 a.m. – The number of COVID-19 positive cases has risen to 22 across the state of Arkansas.