SMOKE ON THE HORIZON — Plumes of smoke, visible from miles around the source, shoot skyward from the scene of a Friday afternoon wildfire. | arkadelphian.com photo by Natalie Scrimshire Editor's note: This post has been updated to reflect the latest report of additional acreage burned. HOLLYWOOD, Arkansas — Crews are battling what appears to be a large wildfire about 12 miles east of Arkadelphia on Friday evening after an Arkansas Forestry Division pilot spotted the fire from the skies over Clark County. Bulldozer crews from the Forestry Division, as well as volunteers with the Hollywood Fire Department were responded…
The Arkansas Department of Education has released its school letter grades for the 2025-2026 school year. The state’s top education officials reported this week that fewer Arkansas schools received failing grades, which are assigned by the education department based on the Arkansas Teaching, Learning & Assessment System, or ATLAS. RELATED: Arkansas reports fewer failing schools and school districts in 2025-2026 Within the Arkadelphia Public School District, the AHS letter grade improved from a C to a B since the last report, while both Goza Middle School and Peake Elementary School maintained the letter grades they received last year. The district…
The two candidates vying to become the next Clark County Judge will highlight a Q&A-style forum ahead of the November election. The event, titled Chat with the Candidates, is set for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026, at the Community Family Enrichment Center at 301 N. 23rd St., Arkadelphia. The community is invited. The event is being co-sponsored by the Clark County Republican Party and the Democratic Party of Clark County. The forum will give citizens an opportunity to ask questions of the candidates in a public setting. Though headliners are county judge hopefuls Michael Ankton (D) and Bill Rogers…
Shutterstock image By JOEL PHELPS | arkadelphian.com Clark County justices of the peace voted Monday to create a revenue fund to receive money from Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s 287(g) program. It is federal money provided by ICE, which is providing participating law enforcement agencies across the nation with $15,000 per officer for equipment and technology, as well as an additional $100,000 stipend for vehicles that is available. The funding is akin to the county receiving money from the Arkansas Department of Corrections for holding state prisoners when needed. The measure passed by a majority vote after much discussion among justices.…
Scientists are getting a leg up on the rice stink bug, one of the most significant threats to rice, a staple food for nearly half of the world’s population and a major crop in Arkansas
Events range from ensemble performances to student and faculty recitals
The following people have recently been booked into the Clark County Detention Center on Crittenden Street in Arkadelphia
“Stitch Along Broken Line” centers on themes of memory and identity, which Duvall expresses through photography and collage
Arkansas’ members of Congress reacted cooly to President Trump’s proposal to send a $5,000 “Trump dividend” to every adult American if Republicans retain their congressional majorities this November
Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) is a private, nonprofit, accredited institution with a 94-year history of educating traditional-aged students and working adults
The AAUP survey polls faculty at schools in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia
Jeff Wadlin, the Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate, will be in Arkadelphia on Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, for a one-hour candidate meet-and-greet
The grant supports ongoing projects ranging from rice quality and brewing applications to water stewardship and crop management
A proposal by President Donald Trump to give $5,000 to each American adult if Republicans retain control of the U.S. House and Senate in November would “explode” the national deficit and worsen inflation, according to an analysis issued Thursday by the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
Arkansas’ soybean harvest is moving at a record pace for this time of year
Hutchinson, a former two-term Republican governor, had a front-row seat to the changes the U.S. went through in the months following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people
The Trump administration wants to overhaul the U.S. census to exclude noncitizens who don’t have a green card from the country’s next population count in 2030
In 2019, Henderson State University in Arkadelphia was within a week of having no cash on hand. Today, its finances have recovered, its enrollment is up, and it’s looking for ways to distinguish itself from other schools. But it won’t be paying anyone to play football.
The University of Central Arkansas conferred about 450 undergraduate and graduate degrees
The ruling did not affect Arkansas, which has a waiver prohibiting SNAP recipients from using their electronic benefits cards to purchase candy, soda and certain other items
The following people have recently been booked into the Clark County Detention Center on Crittenden Street in Arkadelphia
The Literacy Council of the Ouachitas is making its free adult literacy services more accessible in Clark County with new weekly office hours at the Clark County Library
Recently, I have seen questions raised on social media regarding city government, our budget, and how decisions are made. I would like to provide some clarification.
There was a time when Arkansas called the Cardinals and Arkansas State University cheered on the Gorillas
It took the Arkadelphia Board of Directors nearly three hours to rate City Manager Gary Brinkley’s job performance as “between good and excellent.”
The following people have recently been booked into the Clark County Detention Center on Crittenden Street in Arkadelphia
Twin Rivers Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center will host a Candlelight Vigil on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, beginning at 7:30 p.m., on the grounds of the Clark County Courthouse
The Clark County Historical Association announces the publication of a new book, Clark County Notables: Pioneers, Businessmen, Builders, Farmers, Politicians, Historians, Soldiers, Outlaws, Crooks, Rascals, and Other Memorable Characters of Yesteryear by Wendy Richter
Effective 11:17 a.m. Monday, Aug. 24, 2026, Okolona Waterworks was placed under a boil order by the Arkansas Department of Health
Sen. Tom Cotton and Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders are definitely still the favorites to win in November. But the election just got more interesting.
The current hot weather pattern in Arkansas is not driven by El Niño; however, it may bring much-needed precipitation at the end of the year.
The fire, located about a mile north of Hollywood on Arkansas Highway 53, sent plumes of smoke visible from miles away, including Arkadelphia
The Arkansas Department of Education has released its school letter grades for the 2025-2026 school year
This is a roundup of felony charges filed Sept. 4-18, 2026, by the Clark County Prosecutor’s Office
This production is based on the classic Peanuts comic strips
In 1982, Daren led the Go-Devils basketball team to win a state championship
The two candidates vying to become the next Clark County Judge will highlight a Q&A-style forum ahead of the November election
