Atkins gets matching grant for new downtown park with splash pad
Summers are going to get sweeter in the city known for Picklefest when Atkins builds a park, playground and splash pad, partially funded with a $250,000 matchi…
Summers are going to get sweeter in the city known for Picklefest when Atkins builds a park, playground and splash pad, partially funded with a $250,000 matchi…
Her estranged husband, who once choked her until she passed out, has texted her to say “nobody’s gonna love you like I do,” JJ said.
Heidi Wilson didn’t have experience as a superintendent, but she promised the East End School Board something if they hired her.
Lindsay and Jeff Sublett of Bono had a son 14 years ago, but the couple experienced heartbreak when they tried to have more children.
Clark Horton, 3, smiled as he made music on the big colorful xylophone in Laurel Park in Conway.
Nakia Morris, blindfolded and wearing ear plugs, had to make a peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich in her own kitchen.
Executive Director Teresa Little opened a small wooden box she keeps on her bookshelves and sifted through special letters, cards and poems she’s received from…
Capt. Ty Ledbetter of the Conway Fire Department launched an online fundraiser to install a Safe Haven Baby Boxes unit at one of the city’s fire stations after…
Diana Ashley of Conway was the little sister who grew up tagging along with her brothers to Scouting events, never dreaming she’d join their ranks as an Eagle …
Wendy Stufflebean was living in her SUV a year ago in January when the temperature dropped below freezing.
Maureen Martin of Little Rock was relieved to get a call that her missing black cat, Snow Monstah, had been found.
Central Arkansas women are taking the national face-mask shortage into their own hands. The Let’s Sew Face Masks Facebook page was created by two Faulkner Cou…
When Charlotte and Mark Strickland of Conway planned an anniversary cruise for March 1-11, the coronavirus was just coming into the public’s conversation.
Billy Hoyt of Morrilton remembers the day almost 60 years ago that he decided to become a hairstylist.
I’ve written this column in my head several times, but putting it in writing is harder.
This year’s Project Homeless Connect in Conway promises to be the best one yet because of new partnerships with national sponsors, said Melissa Allen, communit…
Rose Bud School District Superintendent Luke Lovins said that despite the stereotype portraying them otherwise, most students don’t want to be sick and miss sc…
When Melvin Gonzalez heard a speaker tell his Conway Area Leadership Institute class about Imagination Library and how important reading is for children, that …
Jo Ellis of Searcy said she initially had “no interest” in going to Ireland to be a missionary, but she was there for three years.
The only Spanish words I know, besides how to count to 20, are “bano” for bathroom and “Te quiero” for I love you.
The students who will benefit from Jim Murphy’s $1.2 million endowment at Arkansas Tech University can thank his football skills for landing him there.
We took my 2 1/2-year-old granddaughter, Kennedy, to ride The Polar Express to see Santa, and there was excitement and screaming.
Wanda Emde’s love for Santa is no secret — and it’s on display for the world to see.
Jackie and Sean Sikes have helped feed low-income senior citizens from places as varied as Clinton and Paris, France, and the couple are not stopping.
Vicki Gill helped start a food pantry more than 30 years ago in Perryville, and since then, the number of families the pantry serves has more than quadrupled.
Frank Holbrook of Conway said that as he travels Arkansas, he drives through cities with streets named after his hero, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., but not in C…
Defense attorney Jim Lane said Monday he wants to do more research before he decides whether to seek a mental evaluation for the Conway teenager charged with t…
Hendrix College Dean of Students Jim Wiltgen really knows Santa; just ask him.
This is the 13th year that Mark Ferren has helped to create the city of Bethlehem for the Searcy First Assembly of God Living Nativity, but he said the project…
Dan Newsom was a little bit rusty at job interviews — he hadn’t been to one in 36 years — when he prayed for God to lead him to a second career helping people.
I’m feeling the pressure of Christmas shopping the closer it gets to the big day.
Executive Director Maret Cahill Wicks said the United Way of Central Arkansas is more than just one person, and she knows she’s leaving the nonprofit agency in…
When Melynda Knapp of Morrilton started teaching 35 years ago, she said her favorite part was seeing “the light” in children’s eyes when they’re learning.
My 2 1/2-year-old granddaughter, Kennedy, is going to be a lot of fun this Christmas.
Jackson Barnes said his favorite part of his Make-A-Wish Foundation trip to Disney World this month was the part when he felt Mickey’s nose and ears and touche…
Janet Pace is a walking advertisement for her own jewelry.
The $1.5 million Mayflower City Center municipal building that will officially open this week is a testament to the fact that Mayflower is recovering after two…
Tarshawn Whitehead makes no secret that he struggled to get through college — it took 10 years — but his new boss said his work ethic is one reason she hired h…
Thanksgiving, as we learned when we were little kids, is more than food, football and gearing up for Black Friday sales.
Lisa Willenberg has worked at the University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton for more than half her life, but her relationship with the school start…
CONWAY — The Conway Ministry Center’s winter warming station sheltered 35 people — including a 3-month-old baby — on an emergency basis last week because of be…
Logan Russell, the 2019 Searcy Regional Chamber of Commerce Volunteer of the Year, started crying when she gave her acceptance speech at the awards banquet.
I usually don’t pay much attention to polls posted to Facebook, but this one got my attention because it was about Thanksgiving food.
BATESVILLE — Daniel Armstrong said he enjoyed all the sights at the Lyon College Scottish Festival when his mother took him there as a child, but it’s what he …
When I was in a business last week, I commented that it was raining, and that led to a discussion on how things don’t last anymore.
When I was in a business last week, I commented that it was raining, and that led to a discussion on how things don’t last anymore.
A $40,000 interactive musical sculpture, commissioned by the Conway Public Art Board in 2017, finally has a home. Bluescycle was unveiled in October in Airpor…
The Salvation Army Conway Corps will have its iconic red kettles out in force soon, and there’s a new way to sign up to be a bell-ringer, Capt. Trish Knott sai…
Oana Ennis of Batesville said she remembers the joy she felt as a child in Romania when she received an Operation Christmas Child shoebox filled with school su…
Long before she ever joined the Jacksonville Lions Club, Terri Duran had respect for Mid-South Lions Sight and Hearing Service in Memphis because of its effort…