Clark County real estate transactions recorded Dec. 23, 2025, through Jan. 8, 2026, having a value of $100,000 or greater. Information is gathered from public records held by the Clark County Circuit Clerk’s Office, online real estate records via actdatascout.com and the Arkansas Secretary of State. The Arkadelphian includes names of grantees, grantors, transaction price and property description when available, and does not withhold names. A variety of factors, including improvements made to a home or property, are considered in real estate prices that may increase from when the seller bought the property. The real estate transaction bringing in the…
This post was updated 1/9/26 with information about the store’s reopening. ARKADELPHIA, Arkansas — Scores of Walmart customers were turned away from entering the store Thursday, Jan. 8, following what law enforcement officials say was an early-morning break-in. An out-of-town suspect reportedly entered the store around 2 a.m. Thursday and vandalized servers central to the store’s operation, Clark County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Lt. Russell Ursery posted to Facebook in response to an inquiry about why Walmart was closed. Ursery said the suspect at some point encountered a Walmart employee and assaulted him. The incident sparked a felony investigation that remains…
Outstanding Farmers of America (OFA) has announced that John and Rachel Bearden of Arkadelphia, Arkansas have been named finalists for the 2026 National Outstanding Young Farmer of America (NOYF) Award. The 2026 finalists are:Mitchell and Rebecca Henry, Moulton, Alabama; John and Rachel Bearden, Arkadelphia, Arkansas; Knapp Boddiford III, Sylvania, Georgia; Todd and Meghan Selvik, Waseca, Minnesota; Preston and Emily Cave, Dobson, North Carolina; Wade and Abby Walters, Shickley, Nebraska; Brandon and Nichole Raso, Hammonton, New Jersey; Tanner Hento, Avon, South Dakota; Lindsay and Eric Baneck, Helenville, Wisconsin; and Adam and Amanda Bunker, Sheridan, Wyoming. Nominations were submitted from across the United…
PHOTO: The Arkansas State Capitol seen from the northeast on Nov. 11, 2025. | Photo by Sonny Albarado/Arkansas Advocate By TESS VRBIN | Arkansas Advocate Arkansas collected less money in net general revenue in December 2025 than it did a year earlier due to a decrease in corporate income tax collections, state finance officials said Monday. Net general revenue totaled $618.6 million, which was $7.8 million below December 2024 collections and $5.8 million below the forecast amount, the Department of Finance and Administration said. The state’s net revenue for the fiscal year, which began July 1, totals $3.4 billion. That’s nearly…
Nearly 1,300 people were found to be registered to vote in Arkansas at the same time they were registered in Alabama or Tennessee under an initiative aimed at removing outdated information, Secretary of State Cole Jester said Friday
The City of Arkadelphia’s Parks and Recreation Department has adjusted the start of its winter youth basketball season by one week
MacKinzie Massey, a Kinesiology major from Amity, was named to the University of Louisiana Monroe’s Fall 2025 President’s List
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is accepting applications from landowners until Feb. 6 to join the agency’s Conservation Incentive Program and be reimbursed for certain management practices that promote native wildlife habitat
With an estimated 30-40% of the United States’ food supply ending up as waste, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, food science and horticulture experts teamed up to study if it could lay the foundation for growing the next bunch of crops
School board members serve as the board of directors for local public schools, which in many cases are a town’s largest employer and the heart of the community
Southern New Hampshire University congratulated the following students on being named to the Fall 2025 President’s List
Currently, AHP uses cameras in interstate work zones to detect speeding violations. By mid-January, these work zone cameras will detect when drivers are using a handheld device in a work zone, such as a cell phone
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has announced the following appointments:
As pennies vanish from the American landscape, many businesses are clamoring for federal guidance on how to handle cash transactions in a penniless world
3D scanning and printing tools are changing the way institutions and communities preserve and share cultural artifacts
In 2025, Americans saw the Stars and Stripes symbolically lowered to half-staff several times as a sign of mourning. This show of respect is part of American naval traditions dating early into the nation’s history
Following one of agriculture’s darkest years, some farmers are looking for anything that might improve the bottom line, while others are looking for the exit
Jaxon Dale of Little Rock is a winner of the Southeastern Airport Managers Association scholarship sponsored by SAMA Educational Foundation Inc
The primary elections really are the ones that matter most. Republicans will easily win the general elections in November in much of Arkansas except in the remaining areas where Democrats will win. What really matters is who wins the primary.
If we were asked to describe 2025 with one word, it would be “meh.”
An unwanted encounter | Christmas Eve wine theft | 2 held for ICE on Christmas Day
2025 was an uphill fight and then some for most Arkansas growers, especially those heavily invested in soybean acres
Schwartz, of New York, was three months into a three-year federal sentence for tax fraud when President Donald Trump pardoned him in November
The number of measles cases is continuing to grow, reaching 1,958 confirmed cases in 43 states through Dec. 16 and threatening to undo next year the United States’ status as a nation that has eradicated the disease
Opponents of a new prison meant to alleviate long-standing bed shortages said that money could be put to more productive use
Security camera ripped from apartment dweller’s residence | Fleeing incident still under investigation | One detained for ICE in recent arrests
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to loosen federal restrictions on marijuana, which Trump said reflected the drug’s potential medical benefits while discouraging recreational use
FOMO has broken out across Arkansas, as elected officials, unelected economic developers, utility companies and their regulators fall all over themselves not to miss out on the AI-fueled data center boom, a competition characterized by hyperbole, secrecy and healthy doses of wishful thinking
The AGFC has set up a network of locations where anyone can drop off their used trees to help Christmas … perhaps … mean a little bit more
49 recruits became Arkansas State Troopers during a graduation ceremony held Thursday evening
Fines and fees can prevent formerly incarcerated individuals from moving forward after release, advocates say
As temperatures drop and social calendars fill up during the holiday season, it’s important to protect your physical and mental health
Now in its fifth year, this celebration of the bountiful bushytail has become a favorite January event for families across The Natural State
In 45 states, immigration arrests more than doubled compared with the same period last year, during the Biden administration
Between 2019 and 2023, 4,931 people nationwide were killed in December crashes involving an impaired driver
According to authorities in Mulberry, 32-year-old Christopher Gregory of that city has been reported missing since Dec. 3, 2025
In the past month, 108 premises — 44 commercial and 64 backyard flocks — tested positive for the H5N1 strain of avian flu, affecting more than 1.16 million birds. None were in Arkansas.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has a list and is advising consumers to check it twice before whipping up any cheesy dishes this holiday season
State lawmakers of both parties said they plan to keep passing laws regulating artificial intelligence despite President Donald Trump’s efforts to stop them
Any angler who catches a largemouth bass weighing 10 pounds or larger from Arkansas waters from Jan. 1-March 31 can call the Lunker Line any time, day or night, and someone from the AGFC will meet them at the lake and take possession of the fish if it is healthy enough, return it to the AGFC’s Joe Hogan State Fish Hatchery in Lonoke and spawn it with genetically superior male bass to create improved fingerlings that will be stocked in the lake
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin is directing consumers’ attention to information about how to receive funds from a $700 million settlement with Google
Cayce Guy is waiting with anticipation for the peak of the waterfowl migration at Steve N. Wilson Raft Creek Bottoms Wildlife Management Area — maybe a little more intently this year than any other
Dr. Brendan Kelly, president of the Arkansas State University System, has been selected to become president of his alma mater, Eastern Michigan University, in Ypsilanti
Clark County real estate transactions recorded Dec. 23, 2025, through Jan. 8, 2026, having a value of $100,000 or greater
As of Thursday, January 8, the bridge over McNeeley Creek on Highway 51 southwest of Gurdon was closed following a routine bridge inspection
During WWII, Norma installed fuel lines in bombers and canopies on fighter planes. She later earned a degree at Henderson State Teachers College and taught typing and journalism at Arkadelphia High School
President Donald Trump appointed a south Arkansas district judge to a federal judgeship, he announced in a social media post
A Hot Springs woman was killed and four others were injured in a two-vehicle crash Thursday afternoon, Jan. 8, on U.S. Highway 270 at Magnet Cove
