The City of Arkadelphia has announced its 2026 class of Black History Month honorees. These five individuals are either from Arkadelphia or made an impact on Arkadelphia, and were selected by a nominating committee. As in previous years, the 2026 class will have banners showing their likenesses displayed in the city’s downtown area throughout February. The 2026 banners are purple and can be found on Main Street between 6th Street and 7th Street. A recognition ceremony is set for 10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 9, in the Town Hall Atrium. The public is invited to attend the event. The city provided…
A surge in transfer students at Henderson State University this spring, along with significant growth in freshman, sophomore, and junior enrollment, has led to an overall 9% increase in enrollment for Spring 2026. Preliminary 11th-day reporting shows a total of 1,976 students enrolled, compared to 1,820 in Spring 2025. The freshman class numbers climbed by 39% with 465 students versus 335 in 2025. There are 295 sophomores compared to 256 last spring, and the junior class increased from 275 students to 298. Transfer enrollment reached a six-year high point with 92 transfer students enrolled this spring, compared to 66 in…
The Arkadelphia Area Chamber of Commerce announced recently that its annual banquet will be a “high-voltage” night celebrating the businesses and leaders responsible for driving Clark County forward. Themed "Rockin’ The Region" and presented by Southwest Auto Collection, the March 12 event will include live entertainment by Barrett Baber, Arkansas native known for his standout performances as a finalist on season 9 of NBC’s The Voice. The banquet takes place at the Garrison Center Grand Ballroom on the campus of Henderson State University from 6-8 p.m. Dress code is “sleek and polished” as your best rock-concert-inspired look. Pricing for admission…
PHOTO: Voters form a line outside a vote center in Benton on Arkansas’ first day of early voting in the general election on Oct. 21, 2024. | Mary Hennigan/Arkansas Advocate By ANTOINETTE GRAJEDA | Arkansas Advocate Nearly 1,300 Arkansas voters who were also registered in Alabama or Tennessee were sent undated form letters from the state lacking official letterhead telling them they may be removed from voter rolls if they didn’t respond within 30 days. The Arkansas secretary of state’s office on Monday confirmed the letters were sent as part of its effort to verify voter information, but said the lack…
As Americans grow increasingly frustrated over their electricity bills, states are trying to keep the nation’s growing number of data centers from causing higher energy costs for consumers
Students on the Chancellor’s and Dean’s Lists for the fall 2025 semester at Arkansas State University have been announced
This year’s open primary elections in Arkansas will be a little more closed, but only to Democrats seeking to vote in the Republican primary
After a multi-year slide to its lowest level in 75 years, the number of cattle in the United States may finally be poised for an upturn
Despite the high-profile U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions in Minnesota, ICE arrests were down slightly in January compared to December, according to new data
Southern Arkansas University has announced its Dean’s List and President’s List for the fall 2025 semester
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is asking all hunters to consider donating the faded, shot-up or otherwise mistreated duck and goose lures to its decoy adoption program, saving some landfill space while inspiring the next generation of conservationists
It took a little longer than Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Fisheries biologists predicted, but DeGray Lake turned in its first entry into the Legacy Lunker books, quickly followed by its second
Arkansas students may have celebrated the winter weather that kept them out of school for several days over the past week. For educators reopening schools, however, it poses a challenge: how to make up lost instruction time.
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has announced the list of students who have been named to the Chancellor’s List and Dean’s List for the Fall 2025 semester
After a bout with wintry precipitation and several days of sub-zero temperatures, spring-like weather is promised for early February—at least for a weekend
As of Feb. 3, 2026, there were 340 people listed as Clark County inmates by the Arkansas Department of Corrections website
The American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas sued top prison officials in federal court Monday, alleging that the state’s parole revocation procedures unconstitutionally deprive people of their due process rights
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A total of 15,388 students enrolled during Fall Semester 2025 at The University of Alabama were named to the dean’s list with an academic record of 3.5 (or above) or the president’s list with an academic record of 4.0 (all A’s)
The value that’s being reinforced is that the most important thing a young person can do is throw a football. It’s clearly far more important than studying to be a nurse, engineer, or teacher. The dollars say so.
In addition to poultry feed, insects are grown as feed for fish, emerging markets in swine and pet food, as well as human food in energy bars
The following people have recently been booked into the Clark County Detention Center on Crittenden Street in Arkadelphia
Lists of prisoners held in Southwest Arkansas, with links provided
The City of Arkadelphia has rescheduled its 2026 Black History Month Recognition Ceremony due to ongoing hazardous weather conditions
Arkansas’ near-total abortion ban faced its first legal challenge Wednesday with a lawsuit from four women and a physician who argue the prohibition should be struck down in its entirety
Donations, often gathered just a dollar or two at a time, are collected at checkout as an option when anyone purchases a license, magazine subscription or other product through the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s online license system
Arkansas law enforcement officials said Wednesday 48 people have been held on immigration detainers due to state police’s participation in a federal immigration program since September
The University of Central Arkansas held commencement ceremonies, conferring approximately 700 undergraduate and graduate degrees
Turkey hunting is open on many Arkansas WMAs to anyone during the season, but a handful of locations are managed through randomly drawn permits to increase hunt quality
The Mosaic Templars Cultural Center (MTCC) will open a new exhibit on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism announced
Arkansas Tech University has announced its President’s List and Dean’s List for undergraduate students on its Russellville campus for the fall 2025 semester
Matlock was identified as a potential drug dealer in an investigation launched due to an influx of narcotic activity
These five individuals are either from Arkadelphia or made an impact on Arkadelphia, and were selected by a nominating committee
Clark County’s unemployment rate for December 2025, not seasonally adjusted, is at 4.5%, according to a preliminary county-by-county report released this week by the Arkansas Division of Workforce Services
