Clark County real estate transactions recorded March 6-19, 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. In the past two weeks, Shields Wood Products Inc. sold its acreage on Arkansas Highway…
Citizens are invited to a community-wide fundraiser barbecue to benefit the 11 families displaced by the March 17 fire that destroyed Valley View Apartments. The event, titled Badgers Give Back, will take place Thursday, April 2, from 4:30-7 p.m. at the Arkadelphia Youth Sports Complex. The benefit is being headed up by the Future Business Leader Association teams of Arkadelphia High School and Goza Middle School, and AHS Beta Club. Each plate comes with a barbecue sandwich, chips and a cookie. Pre-sale tickets are $10 apiece, or $15 at the gate. Event sponsors are Patterson Federal Credit Union, Ludwig’s Bakery,…
OUTSTANDING REDDIES — Clockwise, from top left: Thomasena Craig, John Elkins, Jim Garland, Shannon Schwartz, Vanna Eddington, and Dani Pickens. From Henderson State News Henderson State University will honor six outstanding alumni at the Alumni Association’s annual awards banquet April 10. Distinguished Alumni awards will be presented to Dr. Thomasena Craig (’93), John Elkins (’02), Jim Garland (’82), and Shannon Schwartz (’01). Vanna Eddington (’90) will receive the “H” Award, and the Young Alumni Award will be presented to Dani Pickens (’08). The event will be held in the Garrison Center Grand Ballroom at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $30 and…
PHOTO: A firefighter atop Arkadelphia's ladder truck aims downward at an apartment fire early Tuesday morning, March 17, 2026. | Joel Phelps/arkadelphian.com By JOEL PHELPS | arkadelphian.com ARKADELPHIA, Arkansas — A major structure fire broke out early Tuesday morning at Valley View Apartments, 2504 Country Club Road. Police say all residents were able to make it out of the 12-unit complex. "I started hearing the ceiling pop and crackle."Corey Langston, who escaped seconds before his apartment ceiling collapsed Firefighters were dispatched to the apartment complex just before 6:30 a.m., before sunrise, when a 911 caller advised of a large fire…
Early voting in several races with primary runoffs starts Tuesday, with voters choosing the Republican nominee for secretary of state, as well as major party primaries for legislative and local seats
ailThe following people have recently been booked into the Clark County Detention Center on Crittenden Street in Arkadelphia
Arkansas led the nation in Chapter 12 bankruptcy filings in 2025 and had the largest year-over-year rise, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation
A Clark County man lost his life late Thursday in a deadly vehicle-vs-pedestrian incident
The earnings gap between men and women slightly widened last year, according to a new analysis published Thursday
Although earlier this week Arkansas had some relief for burning conditions, all 75 counties on Friday, March 20, were under a Moderate Risk for wildfire danger
High temperatures this weekend, March 21-22, could approach, tie or break daily max temperatures records both days, the National Weather Service in Little Rock says
What do you do when you’re stuck between a rock and a hard place? Two Arkansas higher education institutions are choosing the rock. All but six public schools will have to make their own decisions.
A growing number of Arkansas universities are receiving Ten Commandments posters they’re expected to display in classrooms in accordance with a state law a judge has called unconstitutional
A Hot Springs Village artist proposed an altered version of her previous design for a “monument to the unborn” advocated by abortion opponents on Arkansas Capitol grounds, months after state officials expressed concern over the design’s cost and the artist’s attempt to copyright it
The Tuesday morning fire, which claimed 12 apartment units, could have been much worse
Hattie Caraway was not going to stay quiet
Electricity rates “increased significantly” in nearly every U.S. state in 2025, with residents in a dozen states seeing at least a 10% jump, according to a congressional report released by Democrats Tuesday
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A federal judge on Monday permanently blocked six Arkansas school districts from enforcing a state law requiring displays of the Ten Commandments in every classroom, declaring the 2025 measure unconstitutional
The following people have recently been booked into the Clark County Detention Center on Crittenden Street in Arkadelphia, Arkansas
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The study found that the average cost of child care in Arkansas is $17,500 per year for a family with two young children, or 27% of Arkansans’ annual median household income
This St. Patrick’s Day, the Arkansas 4-H Foundation is encouraging Arkansans to set a bit of gold aside to support youth development in the Natural State
Army veteran Bryan Norris and state Sen. Kim Hammer are advancing to a runoff later this month for the Republican nomination for secretary of state
A retired cattle rancher and farmer, John co-owned and operated the Garden Gate nursery in Arkadelphia for many years
The following incidents were gathered from reports filed March 16-23, 2026, at the Arkadelphia Police Department and Clark County Sheriff’s Office
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Lists of prisoners held in Southwest Arkansas, with links provided
