05/21/11 U.S. District Judge Brian Miller ruled Thursday that the state of Arkansas can end most of the $70 million it allocates annually to 3 Pulaski County school districts to fund desegregation efforts.
05/19/11 FedEx Express has been named Best All Cargo Airline for 2011 in the annual Asian Freight & Supply Chain Awards.
05/18/11 Mississippi-based BancorpSouth plans to close nine Arkansas bank branches this summer.
05/18/11 Mississippi-based Bancorp South is closing 9 of its Arkansas branches leaving 3 towns without banking options at all. The bank is currently notifying all affected customers via mail this week.
05/18/11 BancorpSouth Inc. has released a list of the 23 bank branches in six states that it will close this summer as part of a plan to consolidate operations.
05/18/11 The Sand Mountain branch at 10675 U.S. 431 N. in Albertville is the only one in Alabama on the list of 23 closures announced by BancorpSouth.
05/17/11 BancorpSouth Inc.'s plan to close nine Arkansas bank branches will leave three cities -- Chidester, Humphrey and Humnoke -- with no bank.
02/14/11 AGENDA The public may review or request a copy of support materials provided to the Board Members where the word materials appears. 6:30 p.m. A. CALL TO ORDER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG B. ROLL CALL C. CLARIFICATION OF AGENDA AND TIME ALLOCATIONS FOR DISCUSSION ITEMS D. PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS AND NONAGENDA ITEMS, PETITIONS This is the time and place to address the school board.
01/11/11 A Georgia-Pacific Crossett employee was killed following a two vehicle accident in Ouachita County Sunday morning, Jan. 9.
11/21/10 100 YEARS AGO Nov. 21, 1910 The Dodridge ditcher, the machine which the Iron Mountain is using to improve the drainage from its roadway, is now located between Chidester and Sayre on the El Dorado district of the road.
04/19/10 AGENDA The public may review or request a copy of support materials provided to the Board Members where the word materials appears. 5:15 p.m. I. CALL TO ORDER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG II. ROLL CALL III. PUBLIC COMMENT ON CLOSED SESSION AND NONAGENDA ITEMS, PETITIONS This is the time and place to address the Board.
04/06/10 Four Arkansans claimed winnings from $10,000 to $40,000 on Monday and Tuesday, the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery said today. Prizes totaled $115,000.
09/18/09 The heavy rain in South Arkansas on Thursday created some hazardous conditions late in the day and during the overnight hours.
08/21/09 Members of the Crossett School Board took a number of actions during a relatively short board meeting held on Monday night, Aug. 10.
08/16/09 Nutrition experts and residents differ on what to think after a recent London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine study funded by the United Kingdom's Food Standards Agency reported organic food is not healthier or more nutritious than non-organic.
08/16/09 The terms "bare-boned," "hold the line" and "cuts" sounded early and often during the Porter County budget sessions that began Monday. County Council members likely will repeat those adjectives this week in an attempt to pare down expenditures for the 2010 budget. Even so, they'll see budget requests with significant increases at the scheduled hearings on Monday and Thursday. The next ...
08/16/09 Hundreds of opponents of same-sex marriage gathered to celebrate marriage as between a man and woman, drawing a small group of same-sex marriage supporters to protest the event. The rally, organized by the National Organization for Marriage's Rhode Island chapter, culminated in a ceremony for heterosexual married couples to renew their marriage vows.
08/12/09 Porter county Porter County department officials who presented trimmed budgets were praised while those who sought increases for their 2010 budgets had some explaining to do Tuesday evening. The County Council went through the first round of county budgets and generally kept true its promise the day before to slash expenses wherever possible. At Monday's public hearing, Council President ...
08/12/09 The first day of the 2010 county budget hearings got off to a rocky start Tuesday, when the Porter County Council found itself at an impasse over the very first budget.
08/10/09 The Byron City Council plans to vote tonight to establish infrastructure with Macon to allow the larger city to treat its stormwater, councilman Michael Chidester said by phone early Monday afternoon. | 
