14 teams will compete in Arkansas Quiz Bowl state finals on Saturday
The Arkansas Quiz Bowl featuring high school student teams across the state will compete in state finals on Saturday.
Stories by Danny Shameer
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Corporate-sponsored scholarships awarded to 2 Arkansas students
Two Arkansans have won corporate-sponsored National Merit Scholarship awards, the organization announced.
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Arkansas School for the Blind and Arkansas School for the Deaf voted to name Nicole Walsh as superintendent
Nicole Walsh, a veteran educator who holds certifications in kindergarten through 12th grade hard of hearing and visual impairment, has been hired as superinte…
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UAMS to host lecture on opioid crisis
LITTLE ROCK -- Patrick Radden Keefe, a staff writer at The New Yorker magazine and author of "Empire of Pain," will speak at the University of Arkansas for Med…
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UAMS to host lecture on opioid crisis
Patrick Radden Keefe, a staff writer at The New Yorker magazine and author of "Empire of Pain," will speak at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences o…
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Bull Shoals Dam road to shut for 2 days
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will close Arkansas 178 across Bull Shoals Dam from 6:30 a.m. Tuesday through 5 p.m. Thursday to move and remove equipment use…
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McNeese State presidency finalists named; UA-Fort Smith provost no longer in running
Shadow JQ Robinson, provost at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, is no longer in the running for McNeese State University president in Lake Charles, La.
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‘Love, Tito’s’ and Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance seek volunteers on Friday to continue Broadway Community Garden expansion
Two organizations are seeking volunteers who can help continue the expansion of the Broadway Community Garden at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral on Friday.
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Williams Library to reopen with three events this week
The Central Arkansas Library System is reopening the Sue Cowan Williams Library this week.
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Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau names mobile visitor center
The Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau's mobile visitor center has a new name -- Pebbles.
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Agents seize 27,940 packs of untaxed contraband cigarettes, cash
Agents seized 27,940 packs of untaxed contraband cigarettes -- all menthol -- valued at more than $243,000 along with $4,142 in cash when law enforcement stopp…
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Cherisse Jones-Branch will become the next dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Communication at Arkansas State University
Cherisse Jones-Branch will become the next dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Communication at Arkansas State University, Provost and Executive Vice Chanc…
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Road work will require detour for John Harden Drive Southbound traffic in Jacksonville, beginning Wednesday
Construction to widen U.S. 67 to six lanes between Main Street and Vandenberg Boulevard in Jacksonville will require a temporary detour for traffic on John Har…
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O. Jerome Green, noted attorney and Shorter College president, dies
O. Jerome Green, president of Shorter College in North Little Rock since 2012, has died, officials said Monday.
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Subscriber ExclusiveUniversity of Arkansas names Bobby Bones the Arkansas Alumni Association Johnson Fellow
Bobby Bones, the radio and television personality who was born and raised in Arkansas, has been named the 2024 Arkansas Alumni Association Johnson Fellow at th…
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UA-Fort Smith provost among semifinalists for presidency of Louisiana’s McNeese State
The provost and vice chancellor of academic affairs at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith has been named a semifinalist for the president of McNeese Stat…
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Hendrix College hires a new provost, chief academic officer
Hendrix College has named Teresa A. Garrett as executive vice president of academic affairs and provost.
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UCA names Athletic Director Brad Teague as director of its aviation program
The University of Central Arkansas named Brad Teague as director of its Aviation Academy on Wednesday.
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Clinton Presidential Center to hold retrospective on Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Arkansas years
The Clinton Presidential Center will hold a restrospective next week about Hillary Rodham Clinton's years in Arkansas.
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Bald Knob School Board hires new superintendent
The Bald Knob School Board has hired the principal of Prairie Grove High School as its new superintendent.
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Conway Corporation names new chief operating officer
The Conway Corporation -- which operates city-owned electric, water, wastewater, cable television, internet, telephone and home security utility services for C…
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Arkansas Achievers
• Emma Schroeder of Hendrix College has received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award for an English Teaching Assistantship to France for the 2024-2025 acade…
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Trustees name four finalists for National Park College president
The National Park College board of trustees named four finalists for the presidency.
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Interviews with finalists for Bald Knob search wrap up Thursday, recruiter says
Interviews with the finalists for superintendent of the Bald Knob School District wrap up Thursday, Mitch Walton of the McPherson Jacobson recruiting firm said…
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Three Arkansas educators make finalist list for Bald Knob superintendent
Three education administrators, all from Arkansas, have reached the finalist stage in the search for a new Bald Knob School District superintendent.
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Comment period opens for ARDOT proposal to widen road, replace bridge in Western Grove
The Arkansas Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting on Tuesday about a proposal to widen U.S. 65 north of Gladden Street to Arkansas 123 and r…
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Lonoke County Quorum Court member pleads guilty to gambling device charges
A Lonoke County Quorum Court member pleaded guilty Tuesday to four misdemeanor charges of having gaming devices in a store he once operated.
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Subscriber ExclusiveJudge rules city of Hoxie violated Arkansas FOIA
A judge has ruled that the city of Hoxie violated the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act when it failed to provide a city council member with three public rec…
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Business executive, former professor to deliver Arkansas Tech School of Business lecture
Arkansas Tech University benefactor Jimmy Ferguson will provide the spring 2024 School of Business Distinguished Lecture Series address.
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Candidates for dean of UA’s Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences make forum presentations this week
Three candidates for the dean of the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences will make presentations at forums this week at the University of Arkansas, Fayettev…
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Wife of late Pulaski County Judge Buddy Villines recommended for seat on arena board
The Pulaski County Quorum Court plans to appoint the wife of the late County Judge Buddy Villines to the arena board.
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Corning School District to ask voters for funds to help finance new high school
Community meetings have been scheduled beginning Thursday to share information with voters about a proposed school property tax increase that would help pay fo…
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Getting it straight
An article Monday regarding $2,500 grants to establish calming rooms in 75 schools omitted Dardanelle Middle School in Yell County. Calico Rock High was incorr…
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Arkansas Peace Week names finalists in youth essay, art contests
Arkansas Peace Week has announced the finalists for its Youth Essay Contest and Youth Art Contest.
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A longtime educator joins UALR program to help train a new generation of teachers
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has named Rachel Eells as interim director of the School of Education. Eels is replacing Kent Layton, who retired ov…
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Arkansas achievers
m Jamaica "Soliel" Myton, a senior who is majoring in anthropology at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has been named the recipient of the 2023-24 St…
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Arkansas achievers
m Destinee Howard of Gillett has been named a Spectrum Scholar, Charter Communications Inc.'s annual college scholarship program for underrepresented students …
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Arkansas Achievers
• Ivy Guilliams, a junior majoring in finance at Arkansas State University, has received the Dr. B.C. McGough Dean's Scholarship. The scholarship, named after …
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Philander Smith College opens help center
LITTLE ROCK -- Philander Smith College has established a community engagement center for people to access resources, support and programs related to social jus…
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FEMA, state opens disaster recovery center in Wynne
A disaster recovery center in Wynne, the county seat and largest city in Cross County, will open Wednesday, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said.
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Williams joins children’s wellness group
Alison Williams, who was chief of staff for former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson from 2016-2023, has joined the staff of an organization that partners with fami…
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Ayana Gray’s “Beasts of Prey” series chosen for 2023 “If All Arkansas Read the Same Book” program
Ayana Gray's "Beasts of Prey" series will be the featured work for the 2023 "If All Arkansas Read the Same Book," the Arkansas Center for the Book at the Arkan…
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Cheech Marin set to speak at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in April
BENTONVILLE -- Cheech Marin -- comedian, actor, musician and activist -- will speak at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in April.
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Arkansas Education Secretary to discuss school voucher plan at virtual town hall on March 29
Arkansas Education Secretary Jacob Oliva will speak at a virtual town hall March 29 about the Arkansas Children's Educational Freedom Account Program, which pr…
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Black History Collection receives books
James L. "Skip" Rutherford III has donated a collection of Black history books to the Lyon College Mabee-Simpson Library for its Black History Collection.
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TheatreSquare’s co-production of ‘Russian Troll Farm’ wins Obie Award
FAYETTEVILLE -- TheatreSquared's co-production of "Russian Troll Farm" won a special citation at the Obie Awards in New York City on Monday night.
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TheatreSquared’s co-production of Russian Troll Farm wins an Obie Award
TheatreSquared’s co-production of Russian Troll Farm won a special citation at the Obie Awards in New York City on Monday night.
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Skip Rutherford donates collection of Black history books to Lyon College library
James L. “Skip” Rutherford III has donated a collection of Black history books to the Lyon College Mabee-Simpson Library for its Black History Collection.
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North Little Rock High School's bat problem called resolved; building reopens Monday
North Little Rock High School and the Center of Excellence will reopen and resume operations in most of the building Monday, Superintendent Gregory J. Pilewski…
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Bat colony will keep some North Little Rock students home for third day
North Little Rock High School and the Center for Excellence will continue remote learning Friday as workers try to rid the building of a bat colony, Superinten…
