Clark County real estate transactions recorded Aug. 28 through Sept. 10, 2026, having a value of $100,000 or greater. Information is gathered from public records held by the Clark County Circuit Clerk, 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 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 top property transaction in the past two weeks is the $375,000…
The prisoner who escaped the Clark County Detention Center is set to spend the next several years in a state penitentiary after pleading guilty Thursday to multiple felonies, 9E Prosecuting Attorney Dan Turner announced. Sean Anthony Bright, 31, of Arkadelphia, entered guilty pleas in two separate incidents, including the case for which he was incarcerated when he walked away from the jail on Easter Sunday. Bright appeared with his attorney, Winston C. Mathis, before Circuit Judge Blake Batson. For the 2025 fleeing case, Bright was sentenced to a total of 11 years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections. The sentence…
Clark County’s unemployment rate for July 2026, not seasonally adjusted, was at 5.4%, according to a preliminary county-by-county report released by the Arkansas Division of Workforce Services. According to the report, Clark County had a labor force of 9,628 persons with 9,111 employed and 517 unemployed. The unemployment rate rose one-tenths of a percentage point since June’s report of 5.3%. The labor force fell by 272 persons from 9,900. Clark County held the second-highest unemployment rate of its neighboring counties, second to Nevada County. The unemployment rate for the neighboring counties surveyed from June to July are listed with their…
This is a roundup of felony charges filed Aug. 22 through Sept. 4, 2026, by the Clark County Prosecutor’s Office. Some defendants may also have misdemeanor charges against them, but most are not included here. The following names and charges, which are contained within public documents, are gathered from online court records available through ARCourts. Defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Here’s a rundown of felony cases filed in the past two weeks: Mother of 3 left young children home alone A Caddo Valley mother is facing serious charges for leaving her young children unattended and locked inside their…
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.
An elderly Bismarck man died in a rollover on Arkansas Highway 7
Clark County real estate transactions recorded Aug. 28 through Sept. 10, 2026, having a value of $100,000 or greater
The Arkadelphian published a portion of this article ahead of a similar decision that will be part of an upcoming meeting of the Clark County Quorum Court
Here’s a full schedule of events for the Clark County Fair
Delta-born author, scholar, poet and storyteller Robert Arnold will speak at the Arkadelphia Family Enrichment Community Center on Tuesday, Sept. 15
