Submitted information Arkadelphia High School FFA will hold a one-day Mattress Sale on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Goza Middle School cafeteria, 140 Badger Lane, to help send 10 students and two chaperones to the 99th National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis in October. Advisor Sammy Cox said the trip gives students a chance to experience FFA on a national scale, build leadership skills, explore careers and meet members from across the country. They will attend sessions, hear speakers, tour a large career expo with colleges and businesses, and take part in…
An Oklahoma National Guard CH-47 Chinook dumps water on a wildfire in Calhoun County, Arkansas on Friday, September 18, 2026. | Arkansas National Guard photo By ANDREW DeMILLO | Arkansas Advocate Teams from Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina and South Carolina are being deployed to Arkansas to assist in battling wildfires that have burned thousands of acres, the state Department of Agriculture said Tuesday. The department said in a news release that the state has activated the South Central Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact to support firefighting efforts. “Arkansas has seen a string of wildfires across our state these past…
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. The fire has been contained since this report was published. 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…
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…
In this presentation, you will see if the accomplishments of the pre-contact groups living in what is now Arkansas are just as impressive, if not more impressive than the ancient Egyptians’ activities
Nearly 57,000 kids — 7.7% of Arkansas children — were uninsured in 2024
The contest celebrates The Natural State’s rich manufacturing history and highlights some of the amazing products manufactured in Arkansas
The following people have recently been booked into the Clark County Detention Center on Crittenden Street in Arkadelphia
Texarkana, Texas, is booming. Texarkana, Arkansas – not as much. Supporters of Issue 3 say that’s because Texas, along with 47 other states, has tools Arkansas lacks, and they want voters to change that.
ASMSA-TIP provides middle-grade students from across Arkansas the opportunity to challenge themselves through above-level testing and enrichment experiences
Rice bran is a plentiful agricultural byproduct that is often underused, but research out of the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station shows it could be a source for biodegradable food packaging with built-in antibacterial properties
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.
Development is set to continue at the 1,000-acre Southwest Arkansas Mega Site, as the Economic Development Corp. of Clark County authorized up to $1.5 million in taxpayer funding in hopes to secure yet another state grant
Ouachita Baptist University will host its Homecoming & Family Weekend from Oct. 7-10, featuring nightly performances of the 48th annual Tiger Tunes
Arkadelphia High School FFA will hold a one-day Mattress Sale to help send 10 students and two chaperones to the 99th National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis in October
The eighth bi-annual multi-class reunion for Donaldson, Friendship and Ouachita High School (class of ‘51 to ‘85) will be on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026, at the Malvern Senior Adult Center
The workshop is free to attend but registration is required
The first weekend of the Arkansas alligator hunting season yielded 150 gators across the state’s three alligator management zones
